Multiple buffer overflows in Firebird 2.1 allow attackers to trigger memory corruption and possibly have other unspecified impact via certain input processed by (1) configConfigFile.cpp or (2) msgscheck_msgs.epp.
DB Designer Fork is a fork of the fabFORCE DBDesigner 4. DBDesigner is a visual database design system that integrates entity relationship design and database creation. DB Designer Fork generates SQL scripts for Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, and FireBird.
Release focus: Initial freshmeat announcement
you can read the article translated here
La gestion des transactions dans Firebird
Présentation du concept de transaction et du modèle transactionnel de Firebird, comparaison par rapport à d’autres SGBD. Avantages et inconvénients, bonnes pratiques de conception et de programmation.
Via http://firebird-fr.eu.org/doku.php?id=wiki:rendez-vous2007
Carlos Guzmán Álvarez wrote on dotnetprovider mailing list:
We are going to need to implement the version 11 of the Firebird Protocol (in .net provider) and review the buffer handling code to make better checks on
buffer lengths and server responses.
We have been working on the installers for the platforms supported. We tried to make installation even easier!
You can read the Changelog and release information about the new MDB2 release.Package is maintained by Lorenzo Alberton
Martijn wrote on his blog: For those of you who don’t know yet, or aren’t following the Firebird-support list, Helen Borrie just posted a small part of the excellent “The Firebird Book”, the date/time literals accepted by Firebird: Firebird Date/Time Literals
Keep that one for future reference.
The Docbuilding Howto and Docwriting Guide have been updated. The most
important modifications are:
Stunnix Advanced Web Server is a Web server for putting Web sites onto CD-ROMs, DVDs, FlashDisks, and other readonly media to be used on any typical system
Release focus: Major feature enhancements
Changes:This release adds support for Web sites that use the Firebird database server
