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the DDEX Provider v2.0.3 for Visual Studio has been released. This release contains all new registry files as well as reworked readme file for installation and one bug fix. Download it from http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=files&id=netprovider.
Open-source databases have become quite prominent over the last decade, in large installations as well as small ones. MySQL and PostgreSQL are the best-known open-source databases, but SQLite, Firebird, and CouchDB are also popular in some corners, and offer compelling features of their own. In some cases, users aren’t even aware that they have installed a database: For example, the Firefox Web browser comes with an installation of SQLite, which it uses to manage preferences and passwords.
Read full article here.
Mario Cornejo talks about the Windows Authentication feature introduced in Firebird 2.1 in his blog. With this feature, you can login to your database using a Windows user.
The final version of SP1 for VS2008 and .NET 3.5 is out for a while. And you may noticed, that there were some [more …]
The list of open issues for Lazarus 0.9.26 is getting smaller by the day. Most are fixed. Some are re-targeted to 0.9.28, if we estimate it takes too long fix them now. Some are re-targeted to 1.0.0, if closer inspection turns out the bug is not a regression.
The Free Pascal team is pleased to announce that version 2.2.2 is
released and available for download for all major platforms
A list of major changes is available Here.
We are proud to officially announce the release of the ZEOS DBO Library 6.6.3 – stable
There is a Firebird VMware applicance available for download. It contains: Ubuntu 8.04 x86, Firebird V2.1.1 (SuperServer) and Mondrian V3.0.4 with their foodmart example already set up with Firebird.
While on vacation I’ve been working on a pet-project that has been around for many years now. The service is a mobile device chat and is powered by Firebird and PHP.
There used to be lots of problems handling more than 400 simultaneous users, but after a DB upgrade to Firebird v2.5 Alpha 1 things really look different.
Nhibernate 2.0 GA was released.
Download here.
Overview of changes available here.
