Survey to be closed soon

Our survey about what languages you use with Firebird will be closed in a few days. If you have not voted yet, do it now! Knowing what Firebird users are currently using may help in directing future project decisions, etc.

The survey is in the right sidebar in the main page of the site.

Time to remember the Firebird band Xmas special!

For those who didn’t follow FirebirdNews in the past years, check out the Firebird Band performing a classic Christmas song 🙂

I hope the guys will enjoy it!

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

Band is:

Drums: Alex “Bonham” Peshkov
Guitar: Vlad “Vai” Khorsun
Guitar: Claudio “Friedman” Valderrama
Bass: Adriano “Harris” Fernandes
Vocal: Dmitry “Plant” Yemanov

Advanced Data Generator 3.3.0 released

adg3_64x64 Upscene Productions announces the release of:
Advanced Data Generator 3.3.0″

A fast test-data generator tool that comes with a library
of real-life data, can generate data to your database,
SQL script or CSV files, many filling options, presets and
much more.

If you develop database applications, you need data for testing purposes!

Version 3 included many new features, eg:

  • Unicode support in an all new fresh user interface
  • Ability to use external databases as the source for data
  • New and improved data libraries for real life like data
  • New template types
  • Much improved documentation with comprehensive “How to”-section

This product comes in four versions:

  • Pro: ADO and ODBC connectivity
  • InterBase Edition
  • Firebird Edition
  • MySQL Edition

For more information and a trial download, see the news @ Upscene Productions, pricing information is available.

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Database Workbench 5.0.6 released

Upscene Productions is proud to announce the availability of the next release of the popular multi-DBMS development tool:

” Database Workbench 5.0.6 “

This release fixes a few MySQL related bugs and introduces new functionality for Firebird 3.

DBW 5

“There is so much new in Database Workbench 5, I don’t know where to start”, says Martijn Tonies, founder of Upscene Productions. “This release adds code editor features, has diagramming improvements, comes in multiple editions, is fully HiDPI aware and offers tunneling for MySQL and MariaDB connections. It all was a lot of work, but it was worth it!”

“We worked closely with out customer and implemented many of their requests and for new users, we offer multiple editions to suit their development needs. From design to productivity, there’s new features and improvements in almost everything!”

New features in version 5 include:

  • Support for the latest versions of database engines and MariaDB support
  • New and improved user interface
  • Code editor features like block staples, code folding, object linking and dynamic highlighting
  • “Diagram Navigator” for easier diagramming navigation
  • MySQL/MariaDB tunneling support
  • Firebird 3 Package Editor
  • Basic and Pro Edition to suit your needs
  • and much more…

For more information, see What’s new in Database Workbench 5?

Database Workbench supports MySQL, MariaDB, Firebird, Oracle, MS SQL Server,
SQL Anywhere, NexusDB and InterBase, comes in multiple editions and is licensed based on selectable modules.

It includes tools for database design, database maintenance, testing, data transfer,
data import & export, database migration, database compare and numerous other tools.

About Database Workbench
Database Workbench is a database developer tool, over 10 years in the making and
is being used by thousands of developers across the globe who have come to rely on it
every day. From database design, implementation, to testing and debugging, it will aid you
in your daily database work.

About Upscene Productions
Based in The Netherlands, Europe, this small but dedicated company has been providing
database developers with useful tools for over 12 years. Slowly expanding the product portfolio
and gaining recognition amongst InterBase and Firebird database developers, they now offer
tools for a whole range of database systems, including Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.

FireBird Performance Tweaking

Mr. Hartmann wrote on his blog

Last week, I posted a story about my interaction with a software developer who uses FireBird (FB) as a back-end for their software. The short version is that they left FB’s settings at default and were using a really, REALLY old version of FB. This caused the application to have massive (18 minute) load times and hang the entire server, with just one client connected. Bellow (in the article) are the changes I made to increase overall performance of the application and server.

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