Python Bug that can trigger some errors when upgrading from kinterbasdb 3.2 to kinterbasdb 3.3
if python/kinterbasdb users upgrade kinterbasdb they must be aware of this python bug, because all existing code must be inspected for “(retrieved Decimal value) compare (float)” statements, which before upgrade were Ok (retrieved float value) compare (float)) statements
Firebird’s Jira Tracker is now restored on the new VM, with data up to 5 December 2009. However, we have lost attachments from the last two years. Missing ticket headers from after Dec 5 will need to be reconstructed from notification messages.
An identity column is a column associated with an internal sequence generator and has it value automatically set when omitted in an INSERT statement.
Example:
create table objects (
id integer generated by default as identity primary key,
name varchar(15)
);insert into objects (name) values (‘Table’);
insert into objects (name) values (‘Book’);
insert into objects (id, name) values (10, ‘Computer’);select * from objects;
ID NAME
============ ===============
1 Table
2 Book
10 Computer
Inside the zip file you will find a nice pdf about why he uses Firebird and Euphoria Language example. I have uploaded the html version of the pdf here (transformed with pdftohtml)
Demonstration program for Firebird Server ODBC access using odbc.e and wxEuphoria with two-tone flexible datagrid. Uses the EMPLOYEE.FDB example database that comes standard with Firebird install.
Firebird Trace Manager, Upscene’s new product that exposes the Firebird
2.5 Trace and Audit Services in a user-friendly way, is available as
BETA for immediate download.
– Lite Edition (freely available)
http://www.iblogmanager.com/download/FBTraceManagerLite_setup.zip
– 30 days trial of the Enterprise Edition
http://www.iblogmanager.com/download/FBTraceManagerTrial_setup.zip
Compared to the first public ALPHA version, a few bugs have been fixed,
new features and a product documentation have been added.
Fbclient 0.4.0 is out! Read the full story.
Upscene Productions is proud to release a new version of it’s Advanced Data Generator tool. This new release brings many new features, enhancements and bugfixes.
At the end of the year 2009 we see what Firebird development plans were and what is the reality. (original article is in Polish)
Nice blog post about firebird and django
I found this nice project Django-Firebird that will make Django able to use Firebird as the database backend. The process of switching from MySQL to Firebird is painless, but there are some adjustment needed.
