Alexey Kovyazin announced:
Detailed schedule is here http://firebirdsql.org/en/firebird-tour-2013-details/
Several seats are still available both in Siegburg (November 22) and Prague (November 25).
Here you can find the latest stable release Firebird 2.5.2 Update 1 for all supported Ubuntu releases.
Follow the Firebird 2.5.x guide for usage and installation.
What is changed is added the security fixes plus many fixes from Debian unstable repository.
Compared with previous upload support for hardy and oneiric is dropped (unsupported by Canonical)
Mark Rotteveel announced :
As Jaybird 2.3 is going to be a big change from Jaybird 2.2, I have
decided to renumber the version to Jaybird 3.0.
Changes planned for Jaybird 2.3 are now planned for Jaybird 3.0. Changes
planned for Jaybird 3.0 are now planned for Jaybird 3.1 (but might get
into Jaybird 3.0).
Some of the major changes include a new Type 4 (wire protocol)
implementation to be able to support new features in the wire protocols
(especially for Firebird 3*), and probably also in the Type 2 (native)
implementation. The behavior and compatibility of Jaybird and the
interpretation of the JDBC specification might (will) also change for
some cases and I think a new major version is needed to indicate this,
as I expect that this new version will not be a drop-in replacement in
all cases.
There is no date set for the release of Jaybird 3.0, work is progressing
but slowly and the changes made for the new wire protocol implementation
will cascade through the entire driver once I replace the existing
implementation.
Once the new wire protocol implementation is in place I will start
releasing snapshots for testing.
Development of Jaybird 2.2.x will continue at least until the release of
Jaybird 3.0. If necessary new features will be implemented and bugs will
continue to be fixed. For example Firebird 3 BOOLEAN type and (basic)
Java 8/JDBC 4.2 support will be added in Jaybird 2.2.4.
I have planned to release Jaybird 2.2.4 at the end of this month.
*: Actual implementation for the Firebird 3 authentication and
encryption protocol (SRP) is not yet planned for Jaybird 3.0.
Although this adapter may not yet have feature parity with the 1st tier databases supported by the Rails developers,
it has been in production for several months without issues (Rails 3.2.x) and may be considered stable. (Rails 4 testing and pull requests are wellcome)
Nigel Weeks created a demo for an assignment (for his Paramedic Practice degree) for a small fictional town’s health clinic, some appointment rooms, and some remote health professionals that are employed a few days a week (You can check it online also download the source code : Firebird SQL , PHP , webrtc, Ubuntu Server):
Naturally, I used the tools I know and love: PHP, FirebirdSQL, a splash of CSS, and a dollop of HTML.
Its feature set:
-Client management, current and outdated contact information(historical support)
-Bookings to see specialists, and notes system to go with the consultancy
-Booking screen with calendar for each specialist, and automatic blocking out for longer appointments.
-Daily run sheets for specialists (so they can see their appointment load in the morning)
-Payment status reports on appointments
-Reports on Specialist’s booking loads, and booking trends for hour of the day
-Outstanding account reports
-A WebRTC TeleHealth system for remote client and specialist consultancy and more. Oh yes, role-based access control(rudimentary)
Firebird package for Go is updated . Does not currently conform to database/sql/driver interfaces.
There are quite a few changes in the master branch and the author (Brent Rowlan) is quite happy with it’s progress.
Here are the test results between Firebird and HSQLDB
With the impending implementation of Firebird as a backend for LibreOffice Base, to replace HSQLDB, I re-ran the tests of converging and cyclic cascades that were previously carried out for other databases.
These tests were carried out using Firebird 2.5 running on Ubuntu Server 12.04.2
Update Posted by Paul Beach : I have updated the Firebird embedded on iOS page on my blog to reflect the current state of things, now my Mac has been returned.
My Mac has returned, with a new motherboard and I have rebuilt Firebird for iOS with the relevant (new) embedded code, and made an embedded build. This can now be downloaded from:
http://www.ibphoenix.com/downloads/FirebirdEmbedIOS.tar
isql/gbak (or any other firebired utility) can now find the relevant libs they need by searching the directory above them i.e. MacOS.
I haven’t tested this myself yet on IOS, so any feedback would be appreciated.
Firebird Tour is a series of seminars around the world in 2013 and 2014, devoted to Firebird, with members of Firebird Project as speakers.
The first seminar will be in Siegburg (Germany), November 22, 2013 (early bird registration is over, few places at regular price still available).
The second stop of Firebird Tour will be in Prague (Czech Republic), November 25, 2013.
Firebird 2013 Tour will be devoted to all aspects of transactions, from the basic idea, to the internal implementation, best practices and guidance how to effectively use transactions in the applications, and, of course, performance analysis of transactions and related areas.
List of topics to be covered:
– Transactions from the beginning: isolation levels and specific Firebird parameters (no_rec_version, table locking, read/write, wait/nowait), examples of their usage
– How to use effectively isolation levels and parameters in multi-user applications, typical errors in transactions management
– Internal implementation of transactions in Firebird, including versioning, locking and multi-generation mechanism
– Garbage, sweep, auto-sweep: what are they and how to make them work for you and not against you
– Effective management of transactions in various development tools (Delphi, Java, .NET, etc)
– Transactions monitoring: transaction markers, MON$ tables, Trace API, third-party tools, how to find bottlenecks in transaction management and optimize database performance with monitoring
– Best practices of transaction management, special approaches to optimize transaction in closed sourced applications.
– Overview of Firebird 3.0 features
The detailed schedule of talks will be published later.
Languages at seminar will English and Czech.
Organizers of Firebird Tour are IBSurgeon Ltd and IBPhoenix.
Firebird seminar in Prague will take place in Hotel Extol Inn, November 25, 2013, from 09-00 to 18-00.
Attendee’s fee includes seminar attendance, coffee-breaks, lunch and beverages. Room is not included.
Early bird registration is available till November 1, 20, 2013.
Early bird registration is EUR 25 , for group of 3+ attendees – EUR 19/person.
Regular price registration (after November 1, 2013) is EUR 35, for groups 3+ – 29 eur/person.
There are limited seats, so please take your chance and register as soon as possible.
Please feel free to ask any questions to organizer’s email firebird2013@ib-aid.com
Regards,
Alexey Kovyazin
IBSurgeon
