Big in Japan - Firebird Japanese user comunity

It does the business regarding the spread and development of [rireshiyonarudetabesu] Firebird

Official site :

http://firebird.gr.jp Birthplace sight

http://www.firebirdsql.org//

Mailing list

http://groups.yahoo.co.jp/group/Firebird-jp-general/

spotted via jp.sun.com -> Open comuity directory

Translated version of http://jp.sun.com/communities/open/directory/firebird.html

ZybaCafe - sofware written with Lazarus

ZybaCafe (formerly DireqCafe) is a next-generation free and open-source internet cafe management suite.ZybaCafe comprises a server-side administration suite, as well as clients to manage time-control on machines. The standard version uses postgresql as an RDBMS but porting it to other database systems should not be very difficult.[ED:It Might be easily ported to firebird]

silentcoder.co.za - ZybaCafe

technorati tags:lazarus, freepascal, pascal, delphi, firebird, postgresql, oopascal

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upgrading firebird 1.5 to 2.0 latest stable

Yeah, last week I try to install the new Firebird 2.0. And it's easy to migrate the old ODS 10.1 (FB 1.5) to ODS 11 (FB2.0) what you need to do is:

My Personal Interest & Activity: Upgrading Firebird 1.5 to 2.0

technorati tags:firebird, upgrade, databases, gbak

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hunting for code

Technically Speaking, Krugle couldn’t have come to my attention at a more opportune time as I am starting to play around a bit with Firebird, and I’m beyond rusty on simple SQL these days!

Krugle - Stop hunting, go Krugling! « Technically Speaking

technorati tags:firebird, krugle, google

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computer world slowdown please...

[ED: isn't an cell world ? the number of embedded devices > computers , Here are some comments from Dimitri Kuzmenko]
Interesting that press starting to write more news about Firebird. For example, look at Firebird 2.0 announce at Computerworld. This is great, but, a lot of mistakes.

IBDeveloper: Computerworld, slowdown please....

technorati tags:firebird, computerworld, ibdeveloper

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it's a new day , it's a new *bird - blog of the day about firebird

During the conference two new versions of Firebird were discussed and are expected to see the light of day during 2007. These will be 2.1 and 3.0.

New IT Trends: A new Firebird

technorati tags:firebird, flamerobin

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firebird headline on neowin

"my company uses firebird and we've been waiting for 2.0 for a while."

Neowin.net - Firebird Project Releases Firebird 2.0 Final

technorati tags:firebird, neowin, windows

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spreading the word about latest firebird 2 (gold)

The Firebird Project today officially releases the much-anticipated
version 2.0 of its open source Firebird relational database software
during the opening session of the fourth international Firebird
Conference in Prague, Czech Republic.

Firebird 2.0 is the happy culmination of more than two years' efforts
from a broad-ranging, truly international community of dedicated
developers and supporters. It brings with it a large collection of
long-awaited enhancements that significantly improve performance,
security and support for international languages and realise some
desirable new SQL language features. Under the surface, it also
provides a much more robust code platform from which the
re-architecting planned for Firebird 3.0 is proceeding.

Read and download: i started with these sites (google spreadsheet)]

News i will send to (over time):

http://news.google.com/news?q=mysql
http://www.google.com/search?q=mono+1.0
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&um=1&tab=wn&q=postgresql+&btnG=Search+News

other good linux/bsd/mac/windows/vms sites

leftovers from spreadsheet

- betanews.net [DONE ]
- devshed.com [ on forum]
- lwn.net[DONE]
- linuxelectrons.com []
- phoronix.com [DONE by email]
- eweek.com [ sent to LisaVaas]
- informationweek.com [NOT ]
- infoworld.com [ sent to Neil McAllister]
- freshmeat.net
- linuxquestions.org
- debcentral.org
- opensourcexperts.com - > PR
- databasejournal.com
- linuxgazette.net [NOT ]
- linuxcompatible.org [NOT ]
- pclinuxonline.com [NOT ]
- tuxmachines.org [NOT ]
- prweb.com [NOT  ]
- sourcewell.berlios.de[NOT ]

- warp2search.net [NOT ]
- forum.amd.com []
- geek.com []
- aceshardware.com []

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firebird with mono 1.2

Ok here's what I have: Lastest Mono (1.2) - and it worksFirebirdsql.data.firebird version 1.7 as it came bundled with this Monoinstallation.

Getting Firebird .net provider to work in Mono 1.2 | Firebird Questions .NET

technorati tags:firebird, mono, fx3.0, .net2.0, .net, .net1.0, .netprovider

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Firebird dot net provider 2.0 in mono issue

I will be glad to see v2.0 of provider coming with mono, butmono people are who needs to decide if they want that and how thatshould be done not me.

Re: Using the 2.0 Provider on Mono | Firebird Questions .NET

technorati tags:firebird, mono, .net, dotnet, asp.net, microsoft, linux

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Osdbconf - impressions

There were number of talks about MySQL by Arjen Lentz, Me and Giuseppe Maxia . There also were talks about Firebird, Apache Derby, Ingres and DB40. There however were no talks about PostgreSQL which is probably second most popular OpenSource Database or any others.

MySQL Performance Blog » Back from OpenSource Database Conference

technorati tags:mysql, db40, ingres, derby, postgresql, php, firebird, ibexpert

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blog of the day about firebird 2.0 release

I've personally seen some fairly dramatic performance improvements with this release, as well as some fairly significant new features for the project.

Jesse Sightler's Weblog

technorati tags:firebird, databases, java, jroller, javalobby

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phpbb 3.0 beta 3 - any firebird testers ?

We are pleased to announce the availability of the phpBB3 Beta3 package. With this third beta release we are again a great step forward. With this beta no update path is provided due to a number of extensive database schema changes and us having decided to implement full UTF-8 capability. But what we did is implementing the first steps to provide you with an automatic update tool which should lay the ground for providing updates later.

phpBB.com :: View topic - phpBB 3.0 Beta3 released

technorati tags:firebird, phpbb, phpbb3, bb, php

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oscon blog mention

I mainly followed the database track, which for the most part meant PostgreSQL and MySQL. I can't say I even heard Firebird mentioned, which surprised me a little.

More OSCON to come

technorati tags:firebird, mysql, firebird, oscon

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kernel koroner - io scheduler

Interesting read (see the article bellow), I will check if linux io scheduler has some effect on firebird databases too , I saw some redhat benchmarks with oracle and seems that io schedulers do have some performance gain (that is scheduler's sole raison d'être after all )
some related papers
http://www.google.com/search?q=linux+2.6+i%2Fo+schedule
I'm really interested into this because we have one raid-5 setup and when one of the drives failed and added an new drive to the raid (soft array) the io speed was very poor (1M/s reconstruction speed) and killed the server (booted ant took 1 hour until the login prompt), also we had an mysql 5.1 instance with gigs of data that crashed the centos box when updating/reconstructing some table (4G of ram , athlonX2 and raid5 setup ) I couldn't even press ctrl-alt-del or even sysrq keys (no console error or kernel panik) I call it blank sceen of death (no video output) it might be related to ACPI or freq scaling but now we replaced with another box (same specs) and cpu scalling is disabled in bios

mySQL DBA: IO schedulers matter

technorati tags:firebird, mysql, kernel, koroner, io+scheduler, linux, databases

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configuring firebird on large databases (linux kernel)

I took some tips from the oracle instalation notes [scroll down to Configuring Kernel Parameters]

Oracle instances consume memory and CPU resources on servers, and Ubuntu doesn't come configured to allow the quantity of resources to be consumed that we'll end up needing. To fix that, we therefore have to specify a set of new Kernerl Parameters which the operating system should use. That's easily done by editing one file, like so:

Installing 10g Release 2 on Ubuntu (Breezy Badger and Dapper Drake) | Dizwell Informatics

technorati tags:firebird, vldb, oracle, ubuntu, linux, centos, mysql

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linux on vax - project of the day

I guess someday firebird will run on linux on vax
Here you will find all you need to get the Linux Kernel up and running on a VAX computer.

Linux/VAX Porting Project

technorati tags:firebird, vms, vax, linux, netbsd, simh, emulator

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new jaybird release added on freshmeat

Release focus: Major feature enhancements

Changes:
Support for Firebird events, few other features and fixes

http://jaybirdwiki.firebirdsql.org

technorati tags:firebird, jaybird, jdbc, jdbc3, jdbc2, java, transactions, security, connections

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ajax+firebird mention on lockergnome

You have to admit, this concept of an Ajax builder could end up providing us with some pretty amazing products in the not too distant future.

AJAX made easier Down Under ~ Web Developers

technorati tags:firebird, ajax, csharp, rad, ide, javascript

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Easy Ajax with Firebird down under

The AJAX-based product features a visual designer and cross-compiling capabilities for programming in C#, Java, Visual Basic and Object Pascal. An embeddable Firebird database and Apache Web server are also included for application deployments. With WebOS AppsBuilder, Morfik saves developers from having to learn new languages for Web development, such as PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) or Python.

AJAX made easier down under

technorati tags:firebird, firebird+database, ajax, php, csharp, pascal, delphi, oopascal, perl, python, webos

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Quote of the day "Interesting that they call if Firebird...Firebird Suite "

"Interesting that they call if Firebird. The obvious next step would be to bundle it with a word processor and spreadsheet. Then call it the Firebird Suite."
by Andrew B. on http://www.desktoppublishingforum.com/bb/showthread.php?t=3175

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free pascal , free beer meeting

Lazarus and FPC will be on the Systems 2006 in Munich in October in hall A3 booth 542. We will try to be there on all 5 days. You can find more information about the Systems 2006 here.[Ed:you can meet the team and talk about the lazarus ide, oopascal , firebird , open source , free beer ;) ]

Firebird News

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Firebir, Firefox mention in nepal - is time for iceweasel

The next major change came with the release of Firebird browser. Mozilla changed the name of the browser from Phoenix to Firebird. This was done to avoid trademark issues with a company called Phoenix Technologies, which makes a browser of its own. After months of brainstorming, the Mozilla team rested on a new name, Firebird. However, the name Firebird had to be changed again later because Firebird was the name of an open source development project that makes a relational database.

http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/content.php?nid=4493

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qemu powerpc cpuinfo

cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
cpu : 604
clock : 200MHz
revision : 0.0 (pvr 0004 0000)
bogomips : 494.79
machine : PReP Mesquite cPCI (MCP750)
l2 cache : none
simms : 0:144M

uname -a
Linux debianppc 2.4.27.001 #1 Tue Oct 27 00:32:19 EET 1970 ppc GNU/Linux

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steps for porting on powerpc64

sudo apt-get install autoconf libtool g++-4.1 libreadline5-dev valgrind bison

checkout latest release version  (almost stable)
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@firebird.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/firebird login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@firebird.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/firebird co -r B2_0_Release firebird2

implementation error (ppc is not defined)
../src/jrd/inf.cpp: In function 'int INF_database_info(const SCHAR*, SSHORT, SCHAR*, SSHORT)':
../src/jrd/inf.cpp:406: error: 'IMPLEMENTATION' was not declared in this scope


patch the src/jrd/common.h

--- src/jrd/common.h    2004-12-01 07:49:10.076214624 -0800
+++ src/jrd/common.h_ppc        2004-12-01 07:46:23.809196816 -0800
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@
 #define IMPLEMENTATION  isc_info_db_impl_linux_amd64 /* 66  next higher unique number, See you later  */
 #endif

+#ifdef PPC64
+#define IMPLEMENTATION  isc_info_db_impl_linux_ppc64 /* 68 next higher unique number, See you later  */
+#endif
+
+
 #ifdef i386
 #define I386
 #define IMPLEMENTATION  isc_info_db_impl_i386 /* 60  next higher unique number, See you later  */


in src/jrd/inf_pub.h search for isc_info_db_impl_freebsd_amd64 and add 


        isc_info_db_impl_freebsd_amd64 = 67,
        isc_info_db_impl_linux_ppc64 = 68,


in src/jrd/pag.cpp search for CLASS_FREEBSD_AMD64 

and add new class

static const int CLASS_LINUX_PPC64 = 26;// LINUX  on PPC64

change CLASS_MAX to 

static const int CLASS_MAX = CLASS_LINUX_PPC64


add ArchitectureType in archMatrix (in our case BigEndian)

archBigEndian // CLASS_LINUX_PPC64

Define the const SSHORT CLASS after the AMD64 one 


#if defined LINUX && defined AMD64
const SSHORT CLASS              = CLASS_LINUX_AMD64;
#endif

in src/jrd/utl.cpp
search for  "Firebird/FreeBSD/amd64",   /* 67 */
and add 
 "Firebird/linux PPC64",     /* 68 */


in src/remote/xdr.cpp search for 
#elif defined(sparc) || defined(PowerPC)
and replace and add PPC64 define check 

#elif defined(sparc) || defined(PowerPC) || defined(PPC64)

change in the 
 gen/make.platform 
and add DEV_FLAGS=-DPPC64

it should look like this
DEV_FLAGS=-ggdb -DLINUX -pipe -MMD -p -fPIC -Wall -Wno-switch -DPPC64

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compiling on an powerpc VM

I have started compiling firebird on an 32 bit powerpc emulated machine
here is the guide for installing debian on powepc (qemu)
is good to install dhcpd and vde interface
so you can work with ssh on the emulated machine

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quote of the day from php source code

 /**
 * These aliases are provided in order to maintain forward compatibility. As Firebird
 * and InterBase are developed independently, functionality might be different between
 * the two branches in future versions.
 * Firebird users should use the aliases, so future InterBase-specific changes will
 * not affect their code
 */

you can browse firebird extension on php.net

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building time on dual cores (amd athlon x2 4200+ am2)

Today i tested a new machine based on amd athlon x2 4200+ am2 with 1G of ddr2 4200 (@533Mhz) and 3x320G drives (it will have 4G of ddr2 in dual channel soon with max of 8G)
Motherboard is asus m2npv

here are the build times for firebird 2 rc5
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@firebird.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/firebird co -r B2_0_Release firebird2
cd firebird2
./autogen.sh --prefix=/opt/firebird2 --enable-debug --enable-superserver
time make
real 4m38.617s
user 4m2.259s
sys 0m27.574s

cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 75
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 1000.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm cr8legacy ts fid vid ttp tm stc
bogomips : 2007.24

processor : 1
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 75
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 1000.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 1
cpu cores : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm cr8legacy ts fid vid ttp tm stc
bogomips : 2007.24


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booting netbsd on vax

Here is one howto
boot netbsd on an emulated vax machine , I wonder if firebird will work on it ;)
someday

.:(firebird):..:(databases):..:(sql):..:(vax):..:(bsd):..:(netbsd):.

firebird on other architectures (powerpc/arm/ultrasparc/s390)

I read the mips porting thread and here is the one thing to care when doing the port (besides code patches)

Alex Peshkov wrote:
As I see from your answer about cross-compilation, security.fdb in your
package is created by INTEL, not MIPS, binary. And, therefore, it can't
be opened on MIPS, which, I suppose, may have different endianness,
different alignment rules, etc. Therefore you must create security
database at MIPS box to have it usable. But to do it you must attach to
the server, and to attach you need security.fdb => dead lock.

Let's start from the simplest opportunity - do you have isql_static for
MIPS (it's created during normal BOOT_BUILD) ?


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building firebird 2.0 rc5 on ubuntu edgyeft beta

I have just installed my ubuntu edgy and wanted to test the new machine
so i will show how i compiled it on it (32 bit system = sempron 2800+ )

sudo apt-get install autoconf libtool g++-4.1 libreadline5-dev valgrind bison
checkout latest release version (almost stable and soon will be officially)
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@firebird.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/firebird login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@firebird.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/firebird co -r B2_0_Release firebird2
cd firebird2
./autogen.sh --prefix=/opt/firebird2 --enable-debug --enable-superserver
make
sudo make install
ps -ax | grep firebird
/opt/firebird2/bin/isql -u SYSDBA -p ********** /opt/firebird2/examples/empbuild/employee.fdb




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big table google video presentation

You can watch the video presentation how bigtable based database is working for google.com
(inside view).
Another related paper (pdf) with bigtable info is located at google's labs

http://labs.google.com/papers/bigtable-osdi06.pdf

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Don't tell us that is Marina! - we sent her to indonesia

That is marina novikova ? Don't tell us that she is :)
Now is doing well in her dream trip
Firebird never looked so good

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firebird rc4-5 soon

i submitted the news about rc4 and 5 on the bsdnews channel
I try to find new sites where to spread the word about firebird and new ways of doing pr (any wacky ideas are allowed)

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Firebird Conference 2006 Initial Programme

..has been released on the Conference pages. It's a tightly-drawn selection of highly interesting topics with something for everyone. Notice that, this year, several papers will be presented on the Sunday afternoon, in advance of the Welcome session in the evening.

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Firebird and phpbb 3.0

I tested the new phpbb 3.0 setup with firebird 1.5.3 and php 4.4.x
and almost i finished the creation of all the tables then it crashes at some point

A fatal and unrecoverable database error has occured. This may be because the specified user does not have appropriate rights to CREATE TABLES or INSERT data, etc. Further information may be given below. Please contact your hosting provider in the first instance or the support forums of phpBB for further assistance.

install_install.php [ 1323 ]

SQL : INSERT INTO phpbb_modules (module_basename, module_enabled, module_display, parent_id, module_class, module_langname, module_mode, module_auth, left_id, right_id) VALUES ('attachments', 1, 1, NULL, 'acp', 'ACP_ATTACHMENT_SETTINGS', 'attach', 'acl_a_attach', 1, 2)

.:(firebird):..:(databases):..:(sql):..:(php):..:(phpbb):.

firebird client for ARM platform (KinterbasDB interface)

Hi,
following question was allready posted on firebird-support but no answer:

Se would like to connect our ARM based computers (Linksys NSLU2 with
the DebianSlug Linux) to the firebird database running on the server.
Is there a way how to compile linux Firebird (client ONLY!!!) for ARM
platform?

We are using Python and KinterbasDB Firebird interface, which runs
only, when the Firebird is installed on the machine.

Best regards

Petr Jakes on the firebird-python group


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Can I install Firebird on Asus WL-HDD

Asus WL-HDD is an mipsel machine so with custom firmware (linux toolchain) it may be possible
to install firebird on it .
Here is the mipsel port status
http://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=559
Here is the request (thread)
http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=6502

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Some books about distributed databases / systems (principles)

Here are the list of books i want to read these days (on my desk)

http://www.aw-bc.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,032131283X,00.html
http://www.aw-bc.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0321263545,00.html
http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/1,4096,0130888931,00.html
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0136597076/sr=1-1/qid=1155718008/ref=sr_1_1/102-8280438-8944144?ie=UTF8&s=books

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Intelligence (for) business: Using Pentaho with Firebird

[To use Firebird as a database source for queries in your pentaho solution you need very little things]

Read more at new-google-blog.blogspo...

Oracle Users: Keen on Open Source | Database | SQL Server | Oracle | MySQL | DB2 | PostgresSQL |

[Although a majority of Oracle users who participated in a recent study don’t or won’t use open-source databases, the uptake of open source in general is going strong.Sixty percent of Oracle users who responded to a survey put out by the Independent Oracle Users Group are using open-source operating systems somewhere in their operations.]

Read more at www.idoel.smilejogja.co...

How Products Were Named: How Was "Firefox" Named?

the new name, Firebird, provoked mixed reactions, particularly since thefree database software Firebird uses the same name. In late April,following an apparent name change to Firebird browser for a few hours,the Mozilla Foundation stated that the browser should always bear thename Mozilla Firebird in order to avoid confusion with the Firebirddatabase server. However, continuing pressure from the FLOSS communityforced another change, and on February 9, 2004, Mozilla Firebird becameMozilla Firefox (or Firefox for short).

Read more at productnames.blogspot.c...

Debian architectures, according to popularity-contest

[Our nex porting target would be arm or powerpc , Here is the popularity contest results for debian, The raising star is 'arm',now used by 1.3% of the population.]

Read more at lists.debian.org/debian...

Firebird 2 Release Candidate 4

We are pleased to invite you to download your preferred binary kit for Firebird 2 Release Candidate 4. Though very close, this is still a field-testing release. Please check any problem areas you encountered in RC 3 and report to the Firebird-devel list without delay if something isn't working as you expect.
Please note also that this release will NOT become the final one, due to an issue that appeared after these builds were made.

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spreading the word about latest firebird 2 rc 3

[it's time to spread the word about firebird 2 rc3 , i started with sites bellow ]

News i will send to (over time):

http://news.google.com/news?q=mysql
http://www.google.com/search?q=mono+1.0
http://www.google.com/search?q=postgresql+8.0

other good linux/mac/windoze sites

Completed area
- amdzone.com [DONE]
- icewalkers.com [DONE]
- sourcewell.berlios.de [NOT DONE]
- http://linux.softpedia.com[DONE by a good soul]
- betanews.net [DONE]
- osnews.com [DONE]
- linux360.ro [DONE]
- myl.ro [DONE]
- devshed.com [DONE on forum]
- lwn.net[DONE]
- linuxelectrons.com [DONE]
- phoronix.com [DONE]
- eweek.com [DONE sent to LisaVaas]
- informationweek.com [NOT DONE]
- infoworld.com [DONE sent to Neil McAllister]
- freshmeat.net [DONE]
- lxer.com [DONE]
- developers.slashdot.org [DONE]
- linuxquestions.org [DONE ?]
- digg.com [DONE digg it :)]
- debcentral.org [DONE]
- newsforge.net [NOT DONE]
- linuxtoday.com [NOT DONE]
- linuxpr.com [NOT DONE]
- osdir.com[NOT DONE]
- opensourcexperts.com - > PR [DONE]
- databasejournal.com [DONE forward from betanews]
- linuxgazette.net [NOT DONE]
- linuxcompatible.org [NOT DONE]
- pclinuxonline.com [NOT DONE]
- madpenguin.com [NOT DONE]
- tuxmachines.org [NOT DONE]
- prweb.com [NOT DONE ]
- sourcewell.berlios.de[NOT DONE]
- vnunet.com [DONE]
- linuxdevices.com [DONE]
- neowin.net [NOT DONE]
- warp2search.net [NOT DONE]
- fbtalk.net [DONE EN-RO]
- forum.amd.com [DONE]
- geek.com [DONE]

Open source database conference

[the folks at S&S organized a novelty: an open source database conference. It was a great success. We had people from most projects for end users to talk to: PostgreSQL, BerkleyDB, MySQL, SQLite, Apache Derby, HSQLDB, Firebird and MaxDB.]

Read more at pooteeweet.org/blog/463

A Continuous Learner's Weblog: Visual Studio 2005 and Firebird

[an small howto use firebird + vs2005]

Read more at spietrek.blogspot.com/2...

CHTEKK’s blog » #gentoo-db

[The new channel is intented to provide a platform for discussions, concerning both support and development, centering on Gentoo and databases.]

Read more at chtekk.longitekk.com/?p...

Firebird Developers Day

last chance to subscribe on the Firebird Developers Day http://www.firebirddevelopersday.com.br


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Firebird Embedded on Linux

[Milan published an guide about firebird embedded on linux]

Read more at sotu.berlios.de/Firebir...

Race between Firefox and Firebird

Anyone wants to bet which project: Firefox or Firebird will be first for release version 2.0?

Time to digg an Firebird vs Firefox story

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LWN: Firebird 2.00 Release Candidate 3 announced

[Enter your comment here]

Read more at lwn.net/Articles/190214...

Firebird 2.0 RC3 (omega) is out. What's next ? Gold Final Release

Firebird Database 2.0 RC3 builds are available for download (including kits for x64 Linux).Unless there are any dramas, this build will become the gold final version. More details about this release are in full changelog notes

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Firebird Omega - Latest Release Candidate

[So this should be the name for last release candidate , and gold for the Final 2.0 ]

Read more at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D...

Firebird 2.0 Gold Release

[Here is the info about the Gold Relase Meaning , I loved the name Netscape Gold - when i was using netscape 4.x , I wonder is that why microsoft doesn't use the word "gold" in their releases ?]

Read more at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D...

Mobile Linux developer hails successful IPO

[Firebird is working with KDE (see the knoda tool ) , we need an Firebird ARM port for mobile devices: like cell phones, nokia770 ... ]

Read more at www.eetimes.com/news/la...

Firebird Project Doc Downloads

[Firebird Project's doc downloads in pdf format ]

Read more at www.firebirdsql.org/pdf...

Servoy Magazine: PowerDesigner (Sybase) and Firebird

[ED: sybase agressive marketing at work , "then they fight you" ]

It has been two years now since a couple of Sybase guys walked up to the Servoy booth at Apple's developer conference in San Francisco and checked the product out. Very soon after that introduction Sybase replaced Firebird to become the default database to ship with Servoy.

Read more at www.servoymagazine.com/...

Firebird is for Enterprise | SYP

[Thanks for the ping back ]

Read more at scott.yang.id.au/2006/0...

SunbeltBLOG: Microsoft model: Lose money on everything. Make it up in volume

[Ed: Blog of the day ]

"What about Access? Microsoft blew it out for $99 and killed Borland (my former employer). Then took over the high-end market with SQL. What happened? SQL gets slammed by worms and the effects have been horrendous. And how many security patches have we had with Access?"

Read more at sunbeltblog.blogspot.co...

LWN: The Firebird Conference 2006 CFP

[A call for papers has gone out for the Firebird Conference 2006, submissions are due by July 31]

Read more at lwn.net/Articles/186445...

freshmeat.net: Project details for knoda

[new version realesed for knoda database frontend]

Read more at freshmeat.net/projects/...

Jim Starkey Speaks, July Boston MySQL Meetup - My-ess-queue-ell vs. My-see-quell

[found it on the mysqlplanet]

Read more at sheeri.com/archives/88

DevMedia - Feito para desenvolvedores de software

[firebird configuration in detail , in portuguese]

Read more at www.devmedia.com.br/vis...

Firebird 2.0 RC2 (gold) is out. What's next?

Firebird Database 2.0 RC2 builds are available for download and testing (including kits for x64 Linux). More details about this release are in the full changelog

Firebird 2.0 RC2 has just been released. As we have to complete the documentation and solve some minor installation issues. Also, there were a few regressions fixed in the meantime.

But should one expect RC5 and so on? This depends on you only. The better you test the server and provide us with the feedback, the sooner we release the final version



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Looking for an firebird/linux related job

Sorry for cross posting (and spam)


Seems that i lost my job at www.reea.net (All confirmed)
so i'm looking again for job (I had to finish all my administrative tasks at
reea.net,and this temporary solution for working with them is gone now)

I will update my cv on the wiki page https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mariuz

I have applied to the role of community manager for bazaar project ,
and canonical.com answered that they will review my cv, let's hope it will be an good answer.
(Nothing sure yet)



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New Server Dual Core - and firebird

[some firebird user with one opteron dual core need @layeredtech]

Read more at layer0.layeredtech.com/...

Remastering DSL: A Short HOWTO - candidate for small Firebird+Flamerobin live CD

[Another very good candidate for an very small Firebird + Live CD , Milan mentioned it and now i will try to remaster it . Is very good for < 100M live cd or to install it/boot on USB, with qemu starts very fast]

Read more at www.linuxforums.org/des...

Debian Live +Firebird

[Seems to be smaller than ubuntu with gnome or xubuntu , so if i can remaster it maybe i can make the default firebird+flamerobin live cd ]

Read more at live.debian.net/

Lazarus - Delphi like ide -Appliance

Here the firebird dbaware components are active and and dbgrid populated at
design time

 

Ultimat Firebird Database Appliance

Here is when install firebird components in lazarus ide
  

Mono Live + Firebird - work in progress this summer

I will create an Firebird Live Cd + mono applications this summer (be it if i'm accepted for

google summer of code or not)

Here is the list of application i intend to add to the dapper live cd (the list is taken from the mono-live.org )

Desktop Applications (written in Mono)
Beagle - Desktop Search (done with apt-get)
Blam - Blog Reader
F-Spot - Photo Album
Muine - Music Player or Banshee (itunes like with apt-get install)
Tomboy - Simple Note-Taking

Web Applications (ASP.NET)
ASP.NET Forums - 1.0 on Firebird (if it works or will be ported)
BlogX - Weblog Engine
IBuySpy - Portal on Firebird (if it works or will be ported)
mojoPortal - Community Portal
nGallery - Web Photo Gallery

Developer Tools (Mono and non-Mono)
MonoDevelop - Mono IDE (done apt-get)
Monodoc - Documentation Browser (done apt-get)
Glade - GTK+ / Gtk# GUI Builder (done apt-get)
FirebirdSQL- Best Open Source Database [DONE]
Flamerobin - Graphical Firebird Administration and Development Tool[DONE]

Other possible inclusions:
Reports Starter Kit using Mono/Firebird

Time Tracker Starter Kit using Mono/Firebird

DotNetFirebirdBB It should work with Mono/Firebird
Lucene.net (with firebird support addded) and optional spider (Hard work)
Read more about the original mono-live cd www.mono-live.org/Defau...

Firebird 2.0 From source howto (ubuntu dapper drake)

download the Firebird 2.0 RC 2 kit
wget http://ovh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/firebird/Firebird-2.0.0.12654-ReleaseCandidate2.tar.bz2

tar -jxvf Firebird-2.0.0.12654-ReleaseCandidate2.tar.bz2
cd firebird-2.0.0.12654-ReleaseCandidate2/
sudo apt-get install libreadline5-dev
sh autogen.sh --prefix=/opt/firebird2 --enable-superserver
make
sudo make install
ps -awwwx | grep firebird (see if is working)

/opt/firebird2/bin/isql -u SYSDBA -p masterkey /opt/firebird2/examples/empbuild/employee.fdb

Database: /opt/firebird2/examples/empbuild/employee.fdb, User: SYSDBA
SQL> show tables ;
COUNTRY CUSTOMER
DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYEE_PROJECT JOB
PROJECT PROJ_DEPT_BUDGET
SALARY_HISTORY SALES

SQL>select * from sales;

Here is one screenshot






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Firebird Backups

[some notes on backup process - blog of the day]

Read more at blog.arturanjos.com/200...

MySQL PowerPC optimizations

[maybe is time for firebird on powerpc , this time i need some hardware : g4/g5 with ubuntu x.xx ]

Read more at www.greyhound-data.com/...

Firebird locking from 10.000 ft

[small intro to locking and MGA in firebird ]

Read more at cipto-kh.blogspot.com/2...

ZeosDBO intro and call for help

[they need more delphi/lazarus developers]

Read more at cipto-kh.blogspot.com/2...

installing JEDI VCS

An alternative to cvs/subversion for delphi users, what is interesting about it ? you can install it on an firebird server or use the firebird 1.5.x ebedded included in the JCVS app server setup

Read more (in portuguese) at www.delphiman.com.br/bl...

related to nhibernate and firebird support

[ What NHibernate Supports: DB2, Firebird, SQL Server 2000 / 2005, MySQL (3? ) / 4 /5, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Sysbase, AccessYes, I guess that NHibernate is so much less flexible than their product.]

Read more at www.ayende.com/Blog/200...

Firebird locking

[firebird blog of the day]

Read more at cipto-kh.blogspot.com/2...

How open source databases will kill mssql server

[I agree with the open source databases vs mssql part, i don't have comments on the other things]

10.MySQL / PostgrSQL / Firebird threatens MS SQL Server. SQL Server is the one division that showed a modest profit in 2004, but many database professionals are switching Open Source alternatives. Even though sales for SQL Server is growing, it is growing at a slower rate than the overall market.

Read more at toorg.blogspot.com/2006...

Firebird used in ethernus (embedded devices)

[Firebird used in embedded device ]

DB/CRM module accompanied with Lefthand CRM is a great extension of Your ethernus .Stable, preconfigured [Firebird] database server for your company and flexible Customer Relationship Management encourage your employees to more efficient work.

Read more in polish at www.idg.pl/news/93067.h...

Sequoia 2.8.1 (C-JDBC) - new release new features

[Seems that Clustered JDBC got new release out- Now they renamed the project to Sequia also project have new license : apache]

Read more at freshmeat.net/projects/...

DBReplicate - Firebird dump tool ?

[interesting perl tool for dumping firebird's database structure- didn't test it yet]

Perl program to help extracting a database's data and metadata and dumping it as a set of SQL commands (similar to pg_dump or mysqldump).

Read more at www.honeypot.net/~kirk/...

firebird-docs - quote of the day - Paul Vinkenoog

I guess is time for more action in documentation area , if you can help please give a hand

[Please don't apologize! We're all volunteers, we're doing our best andwe have limited spare time. You should read some of my announcementson this list, stating that this-or-that will be ready in one day / oneweek / a couple of weeks... and compare to the actual delivery dates.In december 2002 (or 2003?) I estimated that we could have a full setof Firebird documentation ready in two years, everything written fromscratch, no copying from IBPhoenix or other docs. Of course I wouldn'thave to do it alone - there were as many as TWO active members in themanual subpoject then :-) :-)]

Read more at sourceforge.net/mailarc...

Ragetutorials.com » 1. History and definition of PHP

[I din't knew php was started as an bunch of perl scripts ;) . Good news is that you can use it with firebird , and in the future someone will fix the pdo driver in php5.x too - seems to be the next jdbc like interface to databases ]

Read more at www.ragetutorials.com/a...

myTracker - firbird project of the day

[MyTracker is tracking and collaboration system that allows users to collect, file, share, and discuss any type of information, whether it is news, a thought, bug, task, idea, document, graph and report. MyTracker is powerful, well-organized, efficient, fully customizable and easy to use.]

Read more at mytracker.sourceforge.n...

SitePoint Forums - Anyone suggest a good Firebird Database Host?

[i guess i could reply with ibphoenix firebird hosters lists and ... reea.net]

Read more at www.sitepoint.com/forum...

Ingress "Enterprise" database 2006 released

quote of the day "Its not as simple or straight forward as PostgreSQL or MySQL (or even Firebird) but its not much of a chore either. The one thing that I can't figure out is the 'sql' or 'isql' interfaces. I can't find explanations beyond how to invoke them in the guide and nothing I do has an effect.... I'll figure it out in time."

Read more at cuddletech.com/blog/piv...

FBReplicator 4.1 - released

For those who are interested, a new version of FBReplicator is now released. New features include the following

* Fixed bug with ReplManager to allow addition of target databases

* Fixed bug with ReplManager Preferences to allow for test email

* Enhanced ReplManager to provide for better form design on different screen sizes

* Changed ReplManager to run maximised

* Changed all icons to new form

* Updated to Indy 10 component set for all three packages

Please enjoy…

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CVS report for firebird2 - Last changes

[lisf of changes for this week ]

Read more at flamerobin.org/mapopa/f...

Books! - PANIC! - by Vetle Roeim

[someone got books - yes ! Firebird bible is included]

Read more at my.opera.com/vetler/blo...

David V.F. Burton Dot Com Firebird Database support

[I call it site/blog of the day, hope that he will add fresh content to it ]

Read more at www.davidvfburton.com/i...

firebase article about installing apache 2.2 firebird and php

[How to install apache2.2. php and firebird on fedora ]

Read more at www.firebase.com.br/fb/...

Mark Logic CEO Blog: Ingres: Can You Ever Go Back?

[worth reading it - a short intro to ingres history ]

Read more at marklogic.blogspot.com/...

falcon will rock on fulltext searches (mysql)

via Jeremy's blog

The good news is that the recently announced falcon storage engine should have a FULLTEXT engine that rocks. After explaining the situation a bit more, we decided that in the mean time a 64-bit MySQL with a ton of RAM is probably the only viable solution.

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Xul for thought: Strange Blog behaviour and Firebird Embedded Database on Linux

[ED:Don't know what was the solution to his problems , at least firebird embedded is used by someone ;)]

Read more at xullicious.blogspot.com...

spreding the word - firebird 2rc1

Firebird 2 rc1 released
http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=files&id=fb2_rc1

Firebird 2.0 RC1 has just been released. There will definitely be RC2 as well, as we have to complete the documentation and solve some minor installation issues. Also, there were a few regressions fixed in the meantime.

But should one expect RC3 and so on? This depends on you only. The better you test the server and provide us with the feedback, the sooner we release the final version

News i will be send to :

http://news.google.com/news?q=mysql
http://www.google.com/search?q=mono+1.0
http://www.google.com/search?q=postgresql+8.0

other good linux/mac/windoze sites

Completed area:
- icewalkers.com [DONE]
- sourcewell.berlios.de [DONE]
- http://linux.softpedia.com [DONE by a good soul]
- betanews.net [DONE by a good soul]
- osnews.com [DONE]
- linux360.ro [DONE]
- myl.ro [DONE]
- devshed.com [ DONE on forum and on blog i will post soon]
- lwn.net[done]
- linuxelectrons.com [DONE]
- phoronix.com [DONE]
- eweek.com [DONE send to Lisa Vaas]
- informationweek.com [DONE]
- infoworld.com [DONE send to Neil McAllister and Paul Krill or look for someone else pr contact?]
- http://freshmeat.net/projects/firebird/
- lxer.com [DONE]
- developers.slashdot.org [ DONE - will be rejected as usual]
- linuxquestions.org [ DONE]
- digg.com [DONE]
- debcentral.org [DONE]
- newsforge.net [ DONE]
- linuxtoday.com [DONE]
- linuxpr.com [ DONE]
- osdir.com[ DONE]
- opensourcexperts.com - > PR [ DONE]
- databasejournal.com [ DONE]
- linuxgazette.net [ DONE]
- linuxcompatible.org [ DONE]
- pclinuxonline.com [ DONE]
- madpenguin.com [DONE]
- tuxmachines.org [DONE]
- prweb.com [DONE ]
- sourcewell.berlios.de [DONE]
- vnunet.com [ DONE]
- linuxdevices.com [DONE]
- neowin.net [ DONE]
- warp2search.net [DONE]



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Daffodil Replicator v2.1 - upport for Heterogeneous Data Replication with Firebird

Few new features included in Daffodil Replicator v2.1 are:

MySQL Database Replication Support: Heterogeneous Data Synchronization between MySQL and other databases has been introduced.

Support for Heterogeneous Data Replication with Firebird: Daffodil Replicator v2.1 provides the flexibility of data replication between Firebird and any other database supported by Daffodil Replicator.

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Gentle.NET ORM with firebird support

I have seen lots of .NET architect speak highly about NHibernate which I agree that is a great framework but I think that as it was ported from java they did not take the .NET advantages in consideration. I have tried for a while to use gentle.net framework which I found to be more of what I expected from a .NET framework as it uses attributes as it's mapping mechanism and by that you get in my opinion a better experience as a programmer.

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Job Scheduler 1.2.6 (Default branch)

The Job Scheduler runs executable files, shell scripts, and database procedures automatically
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Generator (FB) vs Sequence(Oracle)

In this comment I will compare a featured called "generator" in Firebird (FB) with "sequence" in Oracl

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chess game in ajax - done by morfik team

Much had been said about the browser as a platform. It was an idea strongly promoted by, the now gone, Netscape at the start of the Web revolution, but we never got there. Did we? Yes, we did! We just did not notice it!
If you take your browsers to this chess game, you might start to understand what I mean.

< This game has a great interface and is played against you by your own computer. Your moves do not get sent off to a server which comes up with a response and sends a move order back to your browser. The analisys of the play and the decision of the move is entierly done in Javascript, in your own machine, by the browser.

[ED:via Mauricio Longo’s blog , now that is something useful ]

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MyPostBirdSQL 2.0 RC1 released

Today a RC1 release is announced that many oss developers had been awaiting
MyFireGreSql 2.0 is based on code from mysql 6.0 ,firebird 3.0,postgresql 9.0
We needed a big shake up in open source database world and working on the common code base have it's
advantages:Firebird and Postresql borrowed from mysql's speed , mysql used MVCC for it's transactional engine (is based on firebird) .
SQL2003 is implemented in all three engines now that is published as standard .So why working on a three SQL200X implementations when we could work only on one? , The project's model is linux kernel where vendors are using only one source code for their distributions (patched properly) but there is only one organization for working on the kernel osdl.

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Then they laugh at you

ot only does open source Firebird-Fyracle have a catchy name and almost match Oracle on the 6 well known “gold standard key database evaluation mapping criteria”, but it is “just as idiosyncratic”, AND you can run “Compiere v2.5.3c” ( almost )!

Here is the response from shocked oracle users after they found Firebird/Fyracle (Denial Mode)

Permalink

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20GB of video data available, with around 100 hours of firebird related presentations from Firebird Conference

Here is the list of available Films

What is IBExpertLive?

HK-Software has implemented a streaming system based on the Firebird database server, which publishes pictures and audio, as needed to view the presentations from the 2004 and 2005 Firebird Conferences. We will also be adding IBExpert tutorial videos enabling you to learn more about working with Firebird and InterBase with IBExpert.

There is currently about 20GB of video data available, with around 100 hours of firebird-related presentations from last two Firebird Conferences and other events.

To use IBExpertLive, you need a firebird connection via Internet using port 13050 to our server on IP 80.237.154.78. If it does not work, please check your firewall settings. For reporting any other questions/problems regarding IBExpertLive, please use the following contact addresses:

IBELive newsgroup: hk-software.ibexpert.live (English, German and Russian language).

E-mail: ibexpertlive at ibexpert.biz.

There might be some videos that are not working yet, even if they are on the list. Please bear with us; we'll have everything up and running as soon as possible.

The download address is: www.ibexpert.com/ibexpertlive/IBExpertLive_setup.exe

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google reader firebird

Here is the list of feeds i have in google reader

http://forums.devshed.com/rss61.xml
http://fhasovic.blogspot.com/atom.xml
http://www.firebirdsql.org/devjournal/rss.php
http://www.firebirdnews.org/?feed=rss2
http://firebirdnews.blogspot.com/atom.xml
http://flamerobin.blogspot.com/atom.xml

I had the firebird-support added but it was too much for
google reader (scrolling between many posts)

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The Firebird ADO .NET Data Provider 1.7.1 for .NET 1.1 and Mono 1.1 is available for for download.

Download information can be found here ·

· 1.7.1 ( 2006-03-29 ) ·

(Please read the Changelog for details)

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed bug #1417618

- Minor fix on Guid datatype infer.

Changes:

- Changes to try to avoid problems with IPV6.

- Added new synonym for the user identification ( userid ) in
connection strings.

New features:

- Added initial support for EXECUTE PROCEDURE commands in
FbBatchExecution class.

–
Carlos Guzmán Álvarez
Vigo-Spain

http://carlosga.blogspot.com/

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fyracle - oracle replacement blog of the day

I won't be suggesting this as a replacement for my Oracle production databases anytime soon, but it might be worth looking at for some applications.

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Google blogsearch drowning in spam

I agree with that
Try to search Firebird on the google search (and sort it by Date)
ps: i tweak-ed the search a little eliminating the auto,body, parts articles
Now even tehnocrati.net is starting to get spammed (Search for firebird+database)
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Firebird source code reviews

Claudio Valderrama wrote:

"Recently, Coverity presented their first results in their scanning technology that hunts for defects in source code. One of the addressed projects was Firebird. After Roman Rokytskyy reviewed the results, he concluded the failures are in two areas ..."

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New acronyms FLAPS , FWAP, FWIP

FLAPS is FLAP with ssl (that is s for)

FWAP is an acronym for the combination Microsoft Windows, Apache, Firebird and one or more of Perl, PHP and Python. It is modelled after the more well-known FLAP, referring to the all-open source/free software approach which uses Linux instead of Windows.
FWIP is the WIMP equivalent (alias) with firebird used instead of mysql
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FlameRobin whitepaper

it was recently concluded that the original authors have the copyright
on papers that were published at the Firebird Conference, so I decided
to make my paper available to the public.

Some small portion of the text is outdated (based on version 0.4.0),
but you can read about history and basic ideas around the project:

http://www.flamerobin.org/flamerobin_paper.pdf
Thanks,

Milan

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