The Firebird team is pleased to announce that the first Alpha builds of Firebird V.2.1 are ready for testing. Binary and source kits for Linux and and some Win64 and Win32 kits should start appearing at the Sourceforge mirrors today. For a summary of new features and bug fixes, see HERE.
After a long delay, Microtec is pleased to announce the release of the long-awaited CopyCat version 2.0!
CopyCat is a set of Interbase/Firebird replication components for Delphi and C++Builder. Using CopyCat, you can easily build applications comprising advanced database replication capabilities, which can be deployed royalty-free.
For more information about this new release, click here.
General information about CopyCat : http://www.microtec.fr/copycat
Ivan Prenosil posted in Firebird support list an interesting way to retrieve the aproximated record count in a table, without using the “slow” select count(*). See the code:
Morfik 07 was release today. It uses Firebird as the default database. Check it out, it is a great tool for generating web applications that also works in “standalone” mode with no code changes.
PHP Interbase Extension Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
BugTraq ID: 22976
Remote: Yes
Date Published: 2007-03-15
Relevant URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22976
If you live in Brazil, DB FreeMagazine is organizing the first SQL Connect conference, devoted to all the major database technologies. There will be talks about Replication, RDBMS (including Firebird), data access methods, etc. The conference is scheduled to 31/March, in Piracicaba-SP.
Take a look at the conference site and subscribe now to get discount!
Dimitri Zaharov published all his videos from FB 2006 conference in DivX format You can download them here.
[Note] He wasn’t able to record all the presentations, so you will not find all of them for download. In this case, you can try IBExpert Live.
David I just posted in his blog that the new Delphi for PHP supports Firebird, along with many other databases.
CodeGear announced two new Delphi products: Delphi 2007 for Win32, to generate Win32 native applications for Windows 2000,XP and Vista, and Delphi for PHP, a new product to develop PHP applications. Both products cames with native InterBase drivers, so probably it can be used with Firebird too, and of course there are also tons of third party native components for Firebird access. More information in the CodeGear site.
Hi to everyone from Firebird, I managed to integrate with Firebird a few days ago now and it works great. There are also other database options to integrate with remote servers over MySQL or MSSQL and SQLCE, for anyone thinking about Firebird I’d reccomend that solution, compared to the other embedded databases I’ve been playing with it’s a painless and simple solution.
Read more here.
