TPDA (Tiny #Perl Database Application) 0.70.1 released
TPDA (Tiny Perl Database Application) is a classic desktop, database application framework, written in Perl and pTk. TPDA has support for Firebird, Postgresql and MySQL.
Author: mariuz
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mariuz
Firebird and #Flamerobin used in Database Design course
Nicole Anderson from Computer Science Department Winona State University is using Firebird and Flamerobin in one of her Database Design course
Firebird 2.1.3 package is now in #Gentoo #Linux #Portage
Here is the ChangeLog for Firebird 2.1.3 package in Gentoo :
Bump to 2.1.2, mostly fixes #264955. Thanks to Vladimir, John W. Higgins and all the testers in the bug.
No need to panic over #MySQL – are other open source databases available. #PostgreSQL, #Firebird, #HSQLDB, even Apache #Derby
MySQL users are nervous about Oracle’s takeover of Sun Microsystems, according to InfoWorld. You can see their point: Why would a company whose main product is a proprietary database be interested in maintaining an open source competitor to it?
There are other open source databases available. PostgreSQL, Firebird, HSQLDB, even Apache Derby can all be called into service, depending on your needs. The developer communities behind any of these projects would be more than happy to help scores of ex-MySQL users migrate to their particular platform. They almost certainly already have tools to do it
Firebird 2.1.3 packages for #Ubuntu are ready
DbBench 0.6.0 Release
Tsutomu Hayashi released DbBench 0.6.0.
List of changes :
* Move development environment to Delphi2010.
* Add “ENGINE INNODB” to MySQL CREATE TABLE script.
* Firebird now use dbExpress driver for firebird by Embarcadero.
* Add “WaitOnLocks = True” for each drivers parameter.
* Change processed transaction count method, now include rollbacked transaction.
Great presentation from Alex Peshkoff regarding Firebird Security is published
Great PPT from Alex Peshkoff (Firebird Core developer) regarding Firebird Security is published: http://bit.ly/3ITICI
via ibsurgeon’s tweet
Firebird 2.1.3 uploaded to #debian #unstable #sid
Firebird 2.1.3 package is uploaded to Debian Unstable (Sid) and here is the list of package changes
* fix repack.sh invocation in watch file
* make executable
* New upstream release
+ drop patches released upstream
– cvs_CVE-2009-2620_DOS.patch was deleted (fixed upstream in 2.1.3)
– cvs_autogen.sh-autoreconf.patch
* refresh all patches to apply cleanly
* no longer regster QuickStart.pdf with doc-base; it was dropped upstream
* -classic.postinst: remove stray stop rc.d symlinks
What is interesting is to see the import diff vs the 2.1.2 package
C++ Wrapper Library for Firebird Embedded SQL
This article is devoted to the Embedded Firebird database usage and also development of C++ wrapper of this database.You can reply on code project for this article.If you wonder :”What is the difference between his wrapper and IBPP?” here are some answers
Firebird 2.1.3 – Recommended update
Douglas Tosi wrote about why is recommended to do the upgrade in a short like review (If you don’t want to parse the changelog yet)
Yesterday Firebird 2.1.3 was made public. As with all maintenance releases its focus is stability. A number of bugs are fixed and it is a recommended update for everyone using older versions of the 2.1 series
Via twitter status post