Avanced Data Generator 3, beta 3 released

adg3_64x64 Upscene Productions announces a new release of:
Advanced Data Generator 3, beta 3″

This beta release includes a beta for the Firebird, MySQL and InterBase Edition.

A fast test-data generator tool that comes with a library of real-life data, can generate data into your database, XML Data Files, SQL script, CSV files, has many filling options, templates and much more.

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

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Security Updates for Firebird 2.5.2 and Firebird 2.1.5 are released

The Firebird Project releases important security updates addressing a remote stack buffer overflow discovered in the Firebird Server during March, 2013.

This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated user to crash the server and opens a gate for remote code execution, so it’s highly recommended to upgrade your server installations. Security updates are available for Firebird 2.5.2 and Firebird 2.1.5 versions. They don’t include any changes other than the bugfix for the aforementioned buffer overrun.

http://www.firebirdsql.org/en/firebird-2-5/

The Lazarus team is glad to announce the release of Lazarus 1.0.8.

The Lazarus team is glad to announce the release of Lazarus 1.0.8.

This is a bug fix release, built with the current fpc 2.6.2. The
previous release 1.0.6 was built with 2.6.0.

Here is the list of changes for Lazarus and Free Pascal:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Lazarus_1.0_fixes_branch#Fixes_for_1.0.8
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.6.2

The release is available for download at SourceForge:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus/files/

Choose your CPU, OS, distro and then the “Lazarus 1.0.8” directory.

Minimum requirements:
Windows:       98, 2k, XP, Vista, 7, 32 or 64bit
FreeBSD/Linux: gtk 2.8 or qt4.5, 32 or 64bit
Mac OS X:      10.5, LCL only 32bit, non LCL apps can be 64bit

German court case confirms validity of the LGPL on Firebird related project FreeadhocUDF

Buhl Data Service GmbH, the developer of the WISO Mein BüroGerman language link2009 software has agreed to pay €15,000 (approximately £13,000) to adhoc dataservice GmbH for using its LGPL-licensed FreeadhocUDF open source library in his business software without observing the LGPL’s licensing terms. The GNU Lesser Public Licence allows software to be used free of charge, but it stipulates that developers must give prominent notice to where the licensed code was used, point out that the code is under the LGPL, include a copy of the LGPL, and make the library’s source code available.

The payment was negotiated as a settlement between the involved parties and concludes a court case. Back in January 2011, the regional court in Bochum, Germany, had ruledGerman language linkthat the use of the FreeadhocUDF library in WISO Mein Büro 2009 was not legitimate because it violated the LGPL’s licensing terms. The court ruled that adhoc dataservice GmbH was, therefore, entitled to know in which products the library was used, what product quantities were released, and how much revenue was generated.

 

News via TheH

YiiFirebird 1.0 is marked as stable we need more volunteers for writing and doing tests

It seems that now the YiiFirebird extension is stable enough (please let me know it is not so) for merge in YiiFramework master repo.
Now, the next step is to create the automated tests for this extension. Volunteers? Ideas?
We need to add a “tests” directory for that purpose in our local repo before committing Yii master repo.
Example: https://github.com/yiisoft/yii/blob/master/tests/framework/db/schema/CPostgresTest.php

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ANN: FB TraceManager V3.0 has been released!

FBTM_V3_48x48 Upscene Productions is excited to officially release a new major version of FB TraceManager: FB TraceManager V3.0 is available!


New on-the-fly aggregated analysis capabilities on trace events (so-called “Hotspots”), improved throughput and stability, trace configuration templates and more is included in V3.

For more information, check out the news item here:
http://www.upscene.com/displaynews.php?item=20130315b

A high-level overview on the new features is available here:
http://www.upscene.com/documentation/fbtm3/index.html?whats_new_in_v3_0.htm

More information on the product is available in the FB TraceManager section on our website, including an edition comparison sheet, webcasts etc.:
http://www.upscene.com/go/?go=fbtm

Firebird Foundation will have Annual General Meeting at March 20, 13. Join FF now

Firebird Foundation, the non-profit organization which finances Firebird development, will have Annual General Meeting (AGM) at March 20, 2013.

The AGM addresses the issues that are required to continue functioning from year to year: review the finances, hear what the committee(s) have been doing, elect a new committee.

This is a good moment to join Firebird Foundation as voting ($300) or associate ($50) member.

Hopper v1.2.0 – stored procedure/trigger debugger – released

Upscene Productions announces a new release of:
Hopper – a Stored Code Debugger”

Hopper is a Stored Routine and Trigger Debugger, available for Firebird, InterBase and MySQL.

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

Bugfixes include, but not limited to:

  • SQL errors with certain regional settings
  • some Unicode data not properly displayed
  • InterBase EXECUTE PROCEDURE always returns NULL

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