LibreOffice 4.2 released with New Preview Feature : Firebird SQL backend

New feature preview feature in LibreOffice 4.2  : Firebird SQL connector for LibreOffice Base ( contributed by Andrzej Hunt). When creating a new Database, select Firebird Embedded in the drop down menu (you have to first enable the Experimental features in Tools ▸Options ▸ LibreOffice ▸ Advanced).

 

This allows creation of databases that perform many times faster than the previous built-in HSQLDB 1.8, avoiding the C++-to-Java overhead inherent in using HSQLDB. We plan to phase HSQLDB out over the next few releases, and provide a smooth migration path to Firebird.

Here is the history of Firebird -> Libo GSOC integration (idea ,code ,bugs, blog posts)

http://en.libreofficeforum.org/node/6062

Database Workbench 4.4.4 released

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

Database Workbench 4.4.4 Pro

For more information, see here.

The Free Lite Editions will be released at a later stage.

Database Workbench supports:
– Borland InterBase (6.x – XE )
– Firebird ( 1.x, 2.x )
– MS SQL Server/MSDE ( 7, 2000, 2005, 2008, MSDE 1 & 2, SQL Express )
– MySQL 4.x, 5.x
– Oracle Database ( 8i, 9i, 10g, 11g )
– Sybase SQL Anywhere ( 9, 10, 11 and 12 )
– NexusDB ( 3.0 and up )

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Firebird Foreign Data Wrapper for PostgreSQL Release 0.1.5 is out

New version 0.1.5 is released in the unstable area and here is the ChangeLog:

  • Add basic Firebird version detection to ensure that only functions available on the remote Firebird server are actually pushed down
  • Push down functions COALESCE(), NULLIF()
  • Only push down SUBSTRING() if 2nd and 3rd arguments are INTs

Also fbsql is progressing (a command-line client for Firebird inspired by PostgreSQL’s psql)

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