Author: Cantu
I'm the owner of the Firebase.com.br site and the author of the books Firebird Essencial, Firebird 2 and Migration Guides to Firebird 3, 4 and 5. Loving Firebird even before it was born!
For portuguese speakers
Para o pessoal que quiser acompanhar a conferência de Firebird, estarei postando sempre que possível algumas notícias no meu blog pessoal.
Firebird Cheat Sheet
Lorenzo Alberton: Since I couldn’t find a Firebird SQL cheat sheet, I wrote one, listing useful information about the upcoming Firebird 2 external link such as its data type, its internal and UDF functions, and the php ibase functions. The cheat sheet is here.
dnfBB v1.1 Now available
The dnfBB team are pleased to announce the immediate release of dnfBB version 1.1.
Version 1.1 introduces a couple of new features along with many bug fix’s. Please see the release notes for details.
There is also a new area on the forum for upgrade
(http://www.dnfbb.net/ViewForum.aspx?id=69) and installation
(http://www.dnfbb.net/ViewForum.aspx?id=68) support and help.
dnfBB is a powerful and fast 3 Tier, C# discussion board or forum for websites running ASP.NET. Native support for multiple forums within the same db structure. Designed around Firebird!
Rgds, Si
Firebird in CONISLI
Luiz Paulo will be doing a talk about Firebird at CONISLI (International Conference of Free Software) today in São Paulo. It is the first time that Firebird is being presented at the conference.
Firebird Hymn
Russian band recorded a version of famous AC/DC song Thunderstruck with different lyrics (Firebird devoted) 🙂 Check it out (the MP3) here.
Looking for beta testers – Firebird Metadata Synchronizer
We are about to release a simple utility to help developers keep the DDL between multiple Firebird databases synchronized. Firebird Metadata Synchronizer (FMS) is a simple, low priced tool that allows you to compare and synchronize DDL between two Firebird databases. Its ideal for developers & DBAs who want to ease the process of migrating from development -> test -> production, from release to release of their applications and database revisions.
If you think you could benefit from this software, we are opening a
pre-release viewing of the program. You are welcome to download a 7 day trial of the software at the following URL:
Read more
IBSurgeon has new site and docs
IBSurgeon site got a facelift and has new docs in the knowledge base section.
Delphi Features survey
Borland/DTG had put up a survey to find out what Delphi users want to see in new Delphi versions. Question 6.1 is specially important to us:
6.1. Which databases do you require Delphi connectivity with? (Choose all that apply …)
Firebird is one of the options! Vote for it!
Firebird lock tables
Blog discuss the Firebird Lock “Table”. Check here.