Do you want to speak at the FBConference 2006?
The deadline for speakers to submit papers proposals is 31/July. You can find more info here. The conference will be in Prague again, in November.
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!
Borland and Firebird, friends?
At last in Brazil, the relationship between Borland and Firebird community is getting better. For the second year, Borland is sponsoring the Firebird Developers Day conference. You can check the nice promotion banner they included in their June newsletter clicking here.
I hope things will get even better when “DevCo” starts running.
KInterbasDB 3.2rc1 Released
KInterbasDB is a Python extension package that implements Python Database API 2.0-compliant support for the open source relational database Firebird and some versions of its proprietary cousin Borland Interbase. In addition to the minimal feature set of the standard Python DB API, InterbasDB also exposes nearly the entire native client API of the database engine.
See the release announcement at here.
Do you want to download free eBooks?
No! No piracy here! Just access the World eBook Fair site from 4/July to 4/Aug and you will be able to download many ebooks (from the 300,000 publications catalog) for free and with no need for registration. You may try search for some words like programming, databases, sql, etc.
New FB 2.0 book will be released at FDD
“Firebird 2“, my new book devoted only to the new features of Firebird 2.0 will be released at the Firebird Developers Day Conference, in Brazil at July, 29. The book is written in portuguese and will be sold with special price during the conference.
DeZign for Databases V4.1
Datanamic is pleased to announce the release of DeZign for Databases V4.1, the latest version of its easy-to-use database modeling tool. DeZign for Databases V4.1, the first feature release since DeZign for Databases V4.0, includes a wide range of performance enhancements and a number functionality additions.
All the changes can be viewed here.
Firebird 2.0 RC3 is out!
Builds for Windows and Linux of the new Firebird 2.0 RC3 (probably the last RC) are out. Get yours now here.
INM VizionDB uses Firebird
INM VizionDB is the first database management tool designed to meet the needs of skilled programmers, creative individuals and everyone in between by combining leading-edge database technology and support for the creation of engaging interfaces within Macromedia Director.
Built on a solid foundation of renowned, industry-standard Firebird database technology, INM VizionDB supports SQL and additionally offers a Lingo API, familiar to Director developers.
Read more here.
Replication using IBExpert
The open source database server, Firebird, and its commercial partner, Borland InterBase, have long been established as a proven and stable platform for all sorts of database applications. Because of the common ancestry in the form of the InterBase 6 source code, many solutions can be implemented on both platforms without any problems. However Version 2 of the Firebird Server has recently set new standards, introducing many helpful functions that are unfortunately missing in InterBase 7.5.
However a replication facility is not included in either platform. This article illustrates how a replication can be created with the aid of IBExpert and ibeblock.
Download this article here.
IBProvider 3.0.0.1324 [Beta]
This OLEDB provider is being updated to become more compatible with FB 2.0. From the news page:
- Bug fixed
- Firebird compatibility is improved
- “DBMS Version” property now provide real Firebird server version: 0.9.4, 1.0, 1.5.x, 2.x
- “IB Database Creation Date” property added (FB2)