The source code was just tagged in the repository, so we can expect the final release being out in the next days!
Are you prepared for Firebird 3? The Migration Guide to Firebird 3 eBook is here to help you to move quickly to Firebird 3. The eBook is available in English and in Brazilian Portuguese.
The Portuguese version of my new eBook, Guia de migração para o Firebird 3 (Migration guide to Firebird 3) was just released! The book has tips and explanations to make the life of anyone who wishes to move to Firebird 3 easier.
An English version of the guide will be available in the following weeks at Amazon, both in paperback and digital formats. This is my third book devoted to Firebird, and the first one to be published also in English.
Brazilians can buy the guide right now in the FireBase on-line store.
Carlos H. Cantu
Firebird ODBC driver 2.0.4 was released today, with the following changes:
You can download it at sourceforge.net/projects/firebird/files/firebird-ODBC-driver/2.0.4-Release/
Firebird Project announces the second Release Candidate of Firebird 3.0, the next major version of the Firebird relational database, which is now available for testing.
Hi,
I think might be helpful, today for a customer i do the Haversine formulas for Firebird Sql as a stored procedure.
This formula allow you to calculate the distance in meter between two WGS84 datum points(degree points of Earth).
You can call the procedure like this:
SELECT * FROM HAVERSINE_GENERIC(1, 45,474081, 9,179348, 45,456091, 9)
Dmitry Yemanov just confirmed that we can expect Firebird Release Candidate 2 to be released this month (January/16). The source code should be tagged in the next 2 weeks, and after that, it is just a matter of the documentation team finishing the release notes.
Of course, we could not miss the chance to post again the video of our preferred band (The Firebird Core-Developers band)! 🙂
Merry Christmas to everyone!
Band is:
Drums: Alex “Bonham” Peshkov
Guitar: Vlad “Vai” Khorsun
Guitar: Claudio “Friedman” Valderrama
Bass: Adriano “Harris” Fernandes
Vocal: Dmitry “Plant” Yemanov
Sorry, for now, this is only for Brazilians…
Entrou no ar a campanha (crowdfunding) para financiamento do meu novo livro: “Guia de Migração para o Firebird 3”. Todas as informações e o formulário para contribuir estão disponíveis em www.firebase.com.br/guiafb3.php
Esse é um projeto totalmente independente, e depende de você para se tornar realidade! Dependendo de como for essa experiência, ela servirá de base para lançamentos futuros.
Acesse o link, leia e contribua se julgar interessante.Carlos H. Cantu
The survey about Firebird 3 installer is closed, and results are now published (see below).
Thanks to everyone who participated and contributed with comments and ideas. I hope the result will help guiding the Project about what people expect/wants from the official installer 😉
Firebird Project is happy to announce general availability of Firebird 2.5.5 — the latest minor release in the Firebird 2.5 series.
This sub-release introduces several bug fixes and a few improvements, please refer to the Release Notes for the full list of changes. Binary kits for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X on both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms are immediately available for download.
