Year: 2011

crypt-o software powered by firebird

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While on firebird-architect there was a serious discussion about encryption i found on the web the following software that uses firebird

Crypt-o will help you to organize and store securely any kind of valuable information, such as logins, passwords, customers or employees lists, access codes, credit card numbers, PIN codes, files, etc.
Crypt-o is a secure Client/Server solution for creating custom databases, which is designed for use in enterprise networks. The data is reliably stored in Firebird SQL Server database and is encrypted using AES encryption algorithm with 256-bit key. Crypt-o client applications access the Crypt-o Server using secure SSL connection.

4 key distinctions of the new IBProvider v3.4 that make your applications faster

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4 key distinctions of the new IBProvider v3.4 that make your applications faster:

Firebird driver become faster
  1. Possibility to abort lengthy loading of resulting rowsets in SQL scripts.
  2. Control and adjustment at your own discretion of deferred data loading.
  3. Accelerated work with BLOB fields and arrays in updatable rowsets.
  4. Background garbage collector became multithreaded.

Please read details here: Firebird driver become faster

django-firebird switched for #django 1.2/1.3 support only in svn trunk

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The django-firebird trunk was updated with new version. It supports django 1.2 and I hope what support the next 1.3 release too.

I was using this version on production web app and all work fine for
now.[ED:also firebirdsql.ro works ok with it]

The prior django-firebird implementation with support for django 1.1 was tagged

Please, feel free to check it out and report any issue.
Any feedback is wellcome.

Firebird 2.1.3 #HDD vs #SSD Benchmarks

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The forum post with the results are in Spanish but here are the results and translation in English:
1. The computer was as below :

  • Intel Core i7 930 2.93 @ 4.0 Ghz
  • 6GB DDR3 1600 Cas 7
  • Mobo Gigabyte x58-UD3R
  • Professional 64-bit Windows 7
  • Firebird 2.1.3

    • 2. Hard Drives :
    a. Western Digital 1TB 64MB Cache Sata III Black
    b. Crucial 128GB RealSSD C300

    The test consisted in the creation of a database with 1 table :

    CREATE TABLE COR_PRUEBA (
    INTEGER INTEGER NOT NULL,
    CHARACTER CHAR (20),
    CARACTER2 CHAR (10),
    “DOUBLE” DECIMAL (15, 2),
    INTEGER1 INTEGER);
    ALTER TABLE COR_PRUEBA
    PK_COR_PRUEBA ADD CONSTRAINT PRIMARY KEY (INT);

    The test is done with the IBExpert 2009.08.19 and consisted of the insertion of 500,000 records (Insert operations) with random data.
    Results:

    Disc A (HDD): 1hr 11m 40s 43ms
    Disc B (SSD): 3m 42s 224ms

    What really stunned me was the Big difference and both tests were performed with exactly the same parameters.
    Judge yourself whether it is worth mounting a SSD for storage xD.

    Firebirdsql website down – do not panic

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    Please do not panic , the line upgrade went wrong so it will be soon fixed

    Message from Helen :

    >I will put SQL script into rabbit hole tomorrow (provided WEB server
    >will be alife). Currently non of new/old IPs do not ping.

    Message from Sean indicates things went wrong with the migration to the new subnet of the hosting provider. The current situation is that the Tracker is up, while the webserver is not serving pages. Can’t give more info at present as Sean is not at his desk today.

    Firebird Web/Tracker may be unavailable on Wednesday January 12

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    Leyne, Sean announced on firebird-support list:

    The company hosting the Firebird servers is migrating to a higher speed net
    connection, which will require a change to the IP addresses. This means that
    the addresses of the Firebird servers will also be changing.

    Tips : create/alter/drop user in firebird 2.5 , or howto get rid of gsec

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    On .net provider list Rick Roen is writing a utility to change user password , the best way to change it is from sql :).
    Read the user create/delete/update notes.
    Now a regular user can change it’s own password without the need for sysdba intervention:

    The new DDL command ALTER USER enables an “ordinary” user (a regular Firebird user, a non-root user on POSIX or a trusted user on a Windows system where trusted authentication is enabled) the ability to change his or her password and/or personal name elements, while logged in to any database.

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