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Welcome to FDB's documentation!
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FDB is a `Python <http://python.org>`__ library package that
implements `Python Database API 2.0`-compliant support for the open source relational database `Firebird® <http://www.firebirdsql.org>`__.
In addition to the minimal feature set of the standard Python DB API, FDB also exposes nearly the entire native client API of the database engine.

FDB is free -- covered by a permissive BSD-style `license <license.html>`__ that both commercial and noncommercial users should find agreeable.

This documentation set is not a tutorial on Python, SQL, or Firebird; rather, it is a topical presentation of FDB's feature set, with example code to demonstrate basic usage patterns. For detailed information about Firebird features, see the `Firebird documentation <http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=doc>`__, and especially the excellent `The Firebird Book <http://www.ibphoenix.com/products/books/firebird_book>`__ written by Helen Borrie and published by APress.

Documentation Contents:
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.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   getting-started
   usage-guide
   python-db-api-compliance
   differences-from-kdb
   reference

   changelog
   license


Indices and tables
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* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`

