Database Access

After setup, FireStart will try to find its database in the SQL server. If it does not exist it will be created.

Creating the database requires the used account to have enough permissions to create a database (dbCreator) or to manually create an empty database before the first server starts. The script for creating an empty database can be found in the FireStart programs folder at FireStart Resources\Database.

Note: We recommend setting the DB property Auto Close to OFF (it is OFF by default on SQL Server installations, but ON by default on SQL Express installations).

For DB operations (incl. possible schema changes during version upgrades), dbOwner permissions are required for the database.