Firebird 2.5 is compiling successfully with Clang++ and production tests
The good news is that tests are running ok and soon i will show the numbers vs the g++ ones
Here are the tips on howto compile it on Linux (Debian/Ubuntu…)
Month: October 2010
Firebird project is worth more than Half a Billion $
According to ohloh widget calculator the project is worth $ 671,246,615
“This calculator estimates how much it would cost to hire a team to write this project from scratch.”
You can help promoting firebird by using the widget to your site and clicking “I Use this” button
New #FlameRobin 0.9.3 snapshots for Windows
Michael Hieke wrote on flamerobin-devel list :
I have posted SVN revision 2048 (nice round number) snapshot files for
Windows 32 and 64 bits, both setup and ZIP files.
Enjoy, and please be sure to report any bugs, regressions or suggestions.
Firebird downloads will hit 1 Million Downloads for this year
From the download statistics we can observe that Firebird will hit 1 Million downloads for this year pretty soon (a few days)
python 3 db api for firebird rdbms is updated.
python 3 db api version 0.2.0 is released
FirebirdDB driver for Codeigniter 2.0 is released Finally!
Here is the announcement on Codeigniter Forums
I have developed a FirebirdDB driver for Codeigniter 2.0
you can get it at BitBucket here
Code Igniter seems to be a cool PHP framework
CodeIgniter is most often noted for its speed when compared to other PHP frameworks. In a critical take on PHP frameworks in general, PHP creator Rasmus Lerdorf spoke at frOSCon in August 2008, noting that he liked CodeIgniter “because it is faster, lighter and the least like a framework”.
Be Free Romanian version : In Autumn we count the buds: Firebird 2.5
It’s hard to translate the sentence but the main idea is in Autumn you get all the rewards for a full year work (if you work in agriculture)
The article is in Romanian and is on one of the best portals for Free Software (Translated Be Free)
You can try reading using the google translate.
Delta Quadrant: Horizons
From Sergey Mereutsa (posted to fb-devel):
Dear friends!
While it is an offtopic here, but it may be interesting for all, who is in any form involved in Firebird development.
Several years ago, we announced a web-based game, written in Firebird SQL. It was DQ:Empires and a lot of peoples around the world played this game.
Now, I`m pleased to announce next game, in the same game universe, but slightly other – Delta Quadrant: Horizons, a web-based space 4X strategy.
I will not write much details here about the game (someone compared it with online version of Masters of Orion game, but it is not MOO2 clone) – you can read more on game`s site, http://www.dqhorizons.com/ .
Some technical details:
Japanese Firebird 2.5.0 installer is ready (Windows 32-bit versions)
Do you use TIME and TIMESTAMP in your applications? The new IBProvider version will further simplify your work!
Have you ever lost microseconds when working with the type TIME?
Definitely, if you have ever tried to use them. In the previous versions of IBProvider, time was stored in OLE DB structure of DBTYPE_DBTIME type that does not support fractions of a second.
In the new IBProvider version, time data types have been improved. The new properties dbtime_rules and dbtimestamp_rules allow to set time storage not only in DBTIME/DBTIMESTAMP but also in WSTR and in the new type of MS SQL 2008 – DBTIME2 without losing milliseconds.
Please, read more and download new IBProvider Professional right now: Download Firebird OLE DB driver.