Year: 2010
#Python bug: float compared to decimal is silently incorrect
Python Bug that can trigger some errors when upgrading from kinterbasdb 3.2 to kinterbasdb 3.3
if python/kinterbasdb users upgrade kinterbasdb they must be aware of this python bug, because all existing code must be inspected for “(retrieved Decimal value) compare (float)” statements, which before upgrade were Ok (retrieved float value) compare (float)) statements
Database Master 1.7 released
Database Master is a powerful database development, management and administration software for the Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, FireBird and SQLite database systems. It allows you to manage databases, tables, views, procedures, indexes, triggers and provides productivity features for rapidly creating and executing SQL queries and connect some major database systems via ODBC and OleDb. Database Master is being imagesed for modern multi-cpu/core architecture.
From Firebird Foundation blog
Older posts here.
Firebird Tracker is Restored
Firebird’s Jira Tracker is now restored on the new VM, with data up to 5 December 2009. However, we have lost attachments from the last two years. Missing ticket headers from after Dec 5 will need to be reconstructed from notification messages.
Firebird support for Identity Columns in 3.0
An identity column is a column associated with an internal sequence generator and has it value automatically set when omitted in an INSERT statement.
Example:
create table objects (
id integer generated by default as identity primary key,
name varchar(15)
);insert into objects (name) values (‘Table’);
insert into objects (name) values (‘Book’);
insert into objects (id, name) values (10, ‘Computer’);select * from objects;
ID NAME
============ ===============
1 Table
2 Book
10 Computer
#JIRA 4.0 and Firebird
#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.