Month: January 2010
#Euphoria Language Demonstration program for Firebird Server using #ODBC
Inside the zip file you will find a nice pdf about why he uses Firebird and Euphoria Language example. I have uploaded the html version of the pdf here (transformed with pdftohtml)
Demonstration program for Firebird Server ODBC access using odbc.e and wxEuphoria with two-tone flexible datagrid. Uses the EMPLOYEE.FDB example database that comes standard with Firebird install.
Upscene Firebird Trace Manager – #beta available
Firebird Trace Manager, Upscene’s new product that exposes the Firebird
2.5 Trace and Audit Services in a user-friendly way, is available as
BETA for immediate download.
– Lite Edition (freely available)
http://www.iblogmanager.com/download/FBTraceManagerLite_setup.zip
– 30 days trial of the Enterprise Edition
http://www.iblogmanager.com/download/FBTraceManagerTrial_setup.zip
Compared to the first public ALPHA version, a few bugs have been fixed,
new features and a product documentation have been added.
Fbclient (#Lua Client) 0.4.0 is out!
Fbclient 0.4.0 is out! Read the full story.
Login using external authentication temporary disabled
Due to an incompatibility between WordPress 2.9.x, I had to disable temporarily the RPX plugin, responsible for enabling the login of users at FirebirdNews using OpenID, Google, etc. accounts.
The bug was holding new posts to be added to the site. I will re-enable the plugin as soon this get fixed. If you need to login at the site, you will need to have a local account.
Choosing a File System on Linux for Firebird
Philippe Makowski wrote a nice article comparing the performance of Firebird database on different linux file systems.
Don’t believe benchmarks made by someone other than yourself !
Read it here.
Advanced Data Generator v2.5.1 released
Upscene Productions is proud to release a new version of it’s Advanced Data Generator tool. This new release brings many new features, enhancements and bugfixes.
Firebird Roadmap for 2009 and the reality
At the end of the year 2009 we see what Firebird development plans were and what is the reality. (original article is in Polish)
Django meets Firebird
Nice blog post about firebird and django
I found this nice project Django-Firebird that will make Django able to use Firebird as the database backend. The process of switching from MySQL to Firebird is painless, but there are some adjustment needed.