Kinterbase 3.3 snapshots
http://kinterbasdb.sourceforge.net/snapshots/3.3/
You can read this thread about this release where Pavel Cisar explains his role for kinterbase project Read more
Author: mariuz
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mariuz
Firebird Project has now ports for the top4 embedded processors
Firebird Project has now ports for the top4 embedded processors used in small devices like phones
The top cpu used in that area are arm,x86,mips,powerpc according to linuxdevices survey
http://www.linuxdevices.com/files/article077/embedded_processor_current_trend.jpg
Here are the build results for firebird2.0 package on debian on main cpu architectures used in debian
http://buildd.debian.org/pkg.cgi?pkg=firebird2.0
The latest port is for arm cpu , and here is the devel-thread
http://www.nabble.com/arm-port-patch-td16497801.html
Installing firebird 2.0.x client with screenshots
When configuring a Windows machine for use by the Evolution™ payroll service-bureau system, a common step is installing the open-source Firebird database software; this Evo Tip details the process.
General tips for FirebirdCS on Fedora , Centos, RHEL
The Evolution Payroll service-bureau system from iSystems, LLC employs a three-tiered architecture, with the backend being one or more Linux servers running the Firebird SQL database. Evolution is able to split the load across multiple DB servers on a per-client basis. As Service Bureaus grow, it’s common to add new DB servers to the system, and this Evo Tip covers the steps required to take a fresh Fedora Core system and prepare it for Evolution.
Editline, Curses and Solaris AMD64
We finally solved the last major problem in the Firebird 2.0x build for Solaris 10 AMD 64bit. Whenever we tried to include editline in the build isql_static would coredump. We tracked the problem down
The fastest way to insert 100K records
I’m doing some performance tests today with our three different database backends: MySql, Firebird and SQL Server.
Flamerobin 0.8.6 officially accepted in ubuntu hardy
Flamerobin 0.8.6 is now accepted in the official ubuntu 8.04 hardy repository
http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/utils/flamerobin
here is the distro list where flamerobin 0.8.6 is included
Debian http://packages.debian.org/lenny/flamerobin
Gentoo http://gentoo-portage.com/dev-db/flamerobin
ibwebadmin 2.0 added to ubuntu ppa repository
I have created the ppa packages using the version 2.0 pre from cvs and it can be installed by an simple
$apt-get install ibwebadmin or with synaptic(gdebi)
http://jimicompot.blogspot.com/2008/04/ibwebadmin-20-added-to-ubuntu-ppa.html
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13170201/ibwebadmin_2.0-1ubuntu6_all.deb
Firebird on 2nd place in Entwickler Readers Choice Award 2008
FWIW: Firebird won the 2nd place in the Entwickler Readers Choice Award 2008.
http://entwickler-magazin.de/zonen/magazine/psecom,id,47,nodeid,17,p,0.html
Python backup script for firebird
Here is an cron backup script written in python