Are you curious to see all the new internal functions that will be available in the shortcoming FB 2.1? If so, take a look here. Most of the functions were ported from Yaffil to FB 2.1. It seems that the porting job was finished by Adriano a few days ago. That’s really good news
April 2007
FB 2.1 new internal function list
SQLAlchemy 0.3.7 released
SQLAlchemy is the python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper with firebird support. Version 0.3.7 is out and has a huge number of improvements and fixes. Some of the highlights:
- server side cursor support for Postgres
- much improved auto-reconnect support
- informix support
- long identifier name support
- support for unicode table/column/identifier names and SQL statements
- deterministic label name generation
- new query features, like with_parent()
- improvements to custom collection mapping
- lots more docstrings
- major refactoring of sqlalchemy.engine internals, featuring clearer
structural relationships, fewer codepaths, better result handling
Get the latest version of SQLAlchemy via setuptools or at: http://www.sqlalchemy.org/download.html
InterBase/Firebird Development Studio has been updated
SQLLY Development team is happy to announce the availability of the next version of InterBase/Firebird Development Studio.
Please find detailed list of news and fixes at:
http://www.sqlly.com/news/chagelogs/changelog11.en.html
More information about InterBase/Firebird Development Studio can be found at:
http://www.sqlly.com/features.en.html
http://www.sqlly.com/IBDS.en.html
30-days evaluation version is available at the following page:
http://www.sqlly.com/download.en.html
libgda/libgnomedb version 3.0.0 have been released
I’m pleased to annouce that libgda/libgnomedb version 3.0.0 have been released
This is the first major stable release since the previous 1.2.x
versions, in which of the code has been reworked, many new features
have been added and the dependencies have been lowered to a minimum;
for more information, please visit http://www.gnome-db.org.
Call for Testers: Mono 1.2.4 and Firebird .NET Provider
Mono 1.2.4 preview sources, packages, and installers are available at:
http://mono.ximian.com/monobuild/preview/download-preview/
The beginnings of the release notes for 1.2.4 are available at:
Firebird for MacOS Intel – fresh builds
There are two new updated packages available on ibphoenix.com
CoreLab Data Access comps supports FB 2
Core Lab Software Development has released new versions of the Data Access Components product line with support for Firebird 2. Read more here.
Tableau Version 3.0 supporting Firebird
Tableau Software, the global leader in visual analysis software, today launched Tableau v3.0, the most powerful and easy to use data analysis software available. It is designed for information workers in all job functions and industries. Tableau v3.0 enables people to summarize and explore their everyday data with an intuitive interface that generates crisp visual displays.
Read more here.
Firebird job for the weekend – on rentacoder
Job for the weekend : Add Stored Procedures To Firebird Database
Another interesting one is about crypting stored procedures in Firebird.
Keep your eye on the Firebird related jobs
Interesting thread on realbasic forum
An good thread to read on realbasic forum (hey is Friday
and is related to firebird advantages)











