PostgreSQL vs Firebird
PostgreSQL vs Firebird feature comparison (for Enterprise Use)
Month: August 2007
phpBB3 Release Candidate 5 (RC5) released
We are very pleased to announce the availability of the phpBB3 RC5 package. This is the fifth (and hopefully last) release candidate which is meant to become the Gold release if no more critical problems arise.
Firebird 2.0.2 is Released
The Firebird Project team is pleased to announce the release of Firebird V.2.0.2. Download kits should be making their way through to the mirrors now. Kits and release notes can be accessed HERE.
Database Workbench 2.8.10 released
Ladies, gentlemen,
Upscene Productions is proud to announce the next
version of the popular database development tool:
Database Workbench 2.8.10 has been released today!
This update includes a fix for the trial version and
it’s memory usage.
Download a trial at: http://www.upscene.com
What’s new?: http://www.upscene.com/products/dbw/whatsnew.htm
Full list of features and fixes: http://www.upscene.com/news/20070824.htm
Database Workbench supports:
– Borland InterBase ( 4.x – 8.x )
– Firebird ( 1.x, 2.0 )
– MS SQL Server/MSDE ( v6.5, 7, 2000, 2005, MSDE 1 & 2, SQL Express )
– MySQL 4, 4.1, 5.0
– Oracle Database ( 8i, 9i, 10g )
– NexusDB ( 2.05 and up )
5th International FBConference 2007: Conference session planner now available
5th International Firebird Conference 2007
18.-20. Oct in Hamburg Germany
The conference session planner now available for download
www.firebird-conference.com/fbconf2007.zip
For german speaking visitors: In diesem Jahr haben wir wieder viele Vorträge in deutscher Sprache eingeplant. Am Donnerstag und Freitag sind spezielle deutsprachige Einsteigerkurse dabei, während die fortgeschrittenen Anwender in englischen Vorträgen
ihr Wissen vertiefen können. An beiden Tagen können Sie auch im Codecamp Ihre konkreten Probleme mit den anwesenden deutschen und internationalen Experten analysieren. Am Samstag sind dann allgemeinere Informationen in deutschen und englischen Vorträgen zu erwarten.
For english speaking visitors: This year we have a special entry level track on thursday and friday. For advanced visitors you find a seperate thread. In the codecamp, you can ask on both days the experts and let them analyze your real world problem. On saturday
you will find more general session topics.
Early bird conference fees (valid until 20th sep 2007):
osFinancials RC6 released, hitting 2.0 series
The osFinancials development team has released the new Release Candidate 6 which is the base for the new 2.0 series.
ANN: dbExpress driver “InterXpress for Firebird” version 2.0.0 released
Ladies, gentlemen,
“InterXpress for Firebird” is our driver that supports Borlands
dbExpress technology! Today is the launch of version 2.0.0
that includes enhancements, bugfixes and support for BDS 2007!
You can download a copy of it http://www.upscene.com .
Currently supported are Delphi 6, Delphi 7, BDS 2006, BDS 2007,
Kylix 3 and C++Builder 6.
What’s fixed, new and changed? Check it out here:
http://customer.upscene.com/script/mantisgateway.exe/fixed?fixedin=2.0.0&projectid=19
Firebird FAQ
New site about Firebird is up:
Firebird FAQ is an online repository of 300+ answers to frequently,and not so frequently asked questions about the Firebird database management system (DBMS). This growing Q&A collection is a built by Firebird users, for Firebird users. All FirebirdFAQ editors have been using Firebird in various projects since the first versions showed up for download. While most of the contents are written from our personal experience, there are also bits collected from various online forums, mailing lists or websites.
mojoPortal 2.2.3.4 Release
I’m happy to announce the release of mojoPortal 2.2.3.4, its available now on the download page. [ED:with automatic schema creation and upgrade working in Firebird]
mojoportal New Setup System landed in svn trunk
Heads up to anyone working with the sourcecode from svn trunk. I’ve just merged the new Setup system. The new system provides a lot more helpful information during setup and is designed such that if an error happens, the process can continue if the cause of the error is corrected.