Specify a database alias for Firebird 5.0

[NikolayUkleyko]

Hello !

Please, tell me how to correctly specify a database alias in the databases.conf file fo Firebird 5.0 ?
Previously, the database was running on Firebird 2.5.

What's the difference between specifying a database alias in databases.conf and firebird.conf ?

Thanks !

[aafemt]

Database aliases cannot be specified in firebird.conf. That's the difference.

Examples of database declaration are written in databases.conf itself. Pay attention: they may differ between versions.

[NikolayUkleyko]

After configuring the databases.fdb file, connecting to the database via alias works correctly.
Thanks a lot, @aafemt !

[mrotteveel]

This was changed with Firebird 3.0. As documented in the Firebird 3.0 Release Notes, section aliases.conf Is No More:

The file aliases.conf is replaced by databases.conf in the Firebird root directory. The format for database aliases has not changed, so you can copy/paste the contents of your existing aliases.conf file into databases.conf successfully. The new file is capable of carrying a lot more configuration detail, however, to enable database-level configuration of many features that were previously available only at the global server level.

You can also refer to the Firebird Configuration Reference, section databases.conf, but I see I need to provide some more details.