IBDataWorks 1.3.0

Eric Chabot announced the availablility of IBDataWorks version 1.3.0 with numerous enhancements and bug fixes.

Securing Firebird on Windows2003

Si Carter of TECT Software Ltd has produced a paper on securing Firebird on Windows2003.

Mantis 0.19.2 Released

This is mainly a maintenance release, but it is also the first release that is officially tested on PHP 5, Apache 2, and the MySqli extension. All Mantis users are encouraged to upgrade.

To see the change log for the release visit the following url:
http://bugs.mantisbt.org/changelog_page.php?project_id=1
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Mantis is a php/MySQL/web based bugtracking system. Learn more.

Firebird 1.5.2 RC5

Latest--and hopefully last--beta build (4731) of Firebird 1.5.2 is now available in our pre-release area for download and final testing. Updated point release notes can be read on-line or downloaded.

Please submit any problem descriptions directly to the firebird-devel list (subscribe here): we don't want beta problems in the bug tracker.

Delphi2005 is faster.

"...That is a free 20% performance increase by just compiling, great, thank you Danny. (or whoever is else responsable)
Even the executable is smaller with delphi2005; 1.1Mb vs 1.4Mb."

Delphi 2005 fixes for QualityCentral bug reports

This article provides a list of the hundreds of reports in QualityCentral that are resolved with the Delphi 2005 release. I am posting this to my blog because BDN's publishing engine is currently unable to parse a document this large. We'll get that resolved ASAP.

QualityCentral bugs fixed in Delphi 2005

There are currently 263 QualityCentral bug reports closed with the release of Delphi 2005. This table lists the bugs, and provides links to additional information for each bug report.

Firebird is second!

Carlos Cantu reports that one of the biggest computer publications in Brazil Info Exame puts Firebird in second place in a survey of databases. Oracle 10g was first and there was no third.

Microsoft Goes to Pieces

With the release of Longhorn in 2007, Microsoft said it will offer "role-based" versions of Windows in which only the code needed to perform a given function will be included in a particular build of the operating system. Could Longhorn's new, component-based approach be the start of something big?

KDE 3.3.2 Released

"The KDE Project today announced the immediate availability of KDE 3.3.2, a maintenance release for the latest generation of the most advanced and powerful free desktop for GNU/Linux and other UNIXes." Read the full announcement here, or download it here."

Mono 1.0.5 and 1.1.3 Released

Updates to the production and development versions of Mono have been released. The major features of this release are:

• Generics support in the compiler is now feature complete. Use the bundled Mono.C5a library to explore the generics world. Couple more features from C# 2.0 are implemented.
• SSAPRE optimization engine: for your performance needs.
• New simplified build system, single `make' compilation of C and C# sources.
• New and improved Mono.Unix namespace.
• Faster, leaner, stabler everything.
• .exe files are now gone from your /bin directory.

The Young Turk of Firefox

The Young Turk of Firefox, A Q & A with Blake Ross, lead architect of the Firefox browser by Keith Ward on RedmondMag.com mentions the Firebird open source database project.

IBReplicator

IBReplicator V1.5.10 and IBReplicator Beta 2.0.0.11 are available for download. Changes since the last release are available in the on-line Release Notes.

InterBase V7.5

InterBase V7.5 from Borland is available for download and trial. Note this is a 70-120MB download.

What's the Difference Between a Hobbyist and a Professional?

By Robert Bogue - Published 12/03/2004
A little something to debate about....

Firebird targets the enterprise database

Firebird targets the enterprise database by Paul N. Richter on NewsForge

Jaybird JDBC/JCA Driver v.1.5.5 released

The latest Jaybird driver point release 1.5.5 is now available. Details are here. If there are no showstoppers in this version, it will be the last v.1.5 point release. Coming next will be v.1.6, with Services API support.

Firebird ADO.NET Data Provider 1.7 Beta 2

The Firebird ADO.NET Data Provider 1.7 Beta 2 is available for download and testing. It fixes a number of bug issues and includes a new Wizard Framework to simplify the development of design time wizards and a configuration wizard for the FbDataAdapter class. More...

Which Software Company Has the Best Support?

Fyracle 0.8.2 released

Fyracle 0.8.2 released
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Changes:

- fixed instability when using date functions (win)
- fixed instability when accessing blobs; this
issue also caused ODBC-driver errors
- fixed install issue with plsql on some linux systems
- fixed initialization failure of connector (lin)
- added suport for certain TOAD-generated syntax
- fixed a regression with nested queries
- fixed an auto-commit issue in JayBird
- upgraded the ODBC drivers to version 1.2.1
- upgraded the JDBC drivers to version 1.5.4 (lin)


Download:

The new demo installers can be downloaded from:
http://www.fyracle.org/downloads

The new Install Kit can be downloaded via:
http://www.janus-software.com/fb_buy.html


Upgrade:

The recommended upgrade procedure is to first
uninstall previous versions of Fyracle and only
then to install the new 0.8.2 release.

The uninstaller has a start menu entry on Windows
and can be found at the top of the install
directory on Linux and Windows.


Note:

The Compiere demo has Jaybird preinstalled. If
you downloaded this demo ("compiere2.zip") before
30-Nov-2004, you will need to download it again to
get rid of the "autocommit" failure reports.

Firebird V1.5.2 Release Candidate 4

Firebird V1.5.2 Release Candidate 4 is available for download and testing. Please report any issues, problems with this build to the Firebird Development list.