New version for Android Jaybird is released This is a port of the Firebird Jdbc driver (Jaybird)
You can check what is new in Jaybird 2.2.3 from the official announcement page
ps: You can download latest version from Files area also the Netbeans example
URL to build from is: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/firebird/code/firebird/tags/T3_0_0_Alpha1/.
Roadmap was also updated
http://www.firebirdsql.org/en/roadmap/
For testing you can use the pre alpha snapshots For Linux:
http://web.firebirdsql.org/downloads/snapshot_builds/linux/fb3.0/
and Windows:
http://web.firebirdsql.org/downloads/snapshot_builds/win/3.0/
The Lazarus team is glad to announce the release of Lazarus 1.0.10.
This is a bug fix release, built with the current fpc 2.6.2.
Here is the list of changes for Lazarus and Free Pascal:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Lazarus_1.0_fixes_branch#Fixes_for_1.0.10_.28Merged.29
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.6.2
The release is available for download at SourceForge:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus/files/
Choose your CPU, OS, distro and then the “Lazarus 1.0.10” directory.
Minimum requirements:
Windows: 98, 2k, XP, Vista, 7, 32 or 64bit
FreeBSD/Linux: gtk 2.8 or qt4.5, 32 or 64bit
Mac OS X: 10.5, LCL only 32bit, non LCL apps can be 64bit
FDB release 1.4 is out:
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/fdb
Here is the changelog and the list of bugs fixed
New Features:
* fdb.schema submodule extended with support for user privileges.
Improvements:
* fdb.services.User.load_information() method to load information about user from server.
* fdb.ibase content cleanup and additions.
* fdb.blr submodule with BLR definitions.
Bugs Fixed:
* PYFB-37 – Unicode Strings incorrect not allowed for insertion into BLOB SubType 1.
You can now buy all 3 volumes from printed second edition from Amazon (If you are in Eu choose Amazon.uk/de)
http://www.firebird-books.net/
This page describes how to configure GlassFish for use with Jaybird. These instructions are based on GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 3.1.2.2 and Jaybird 2.2.3.
Maximiliano Robaina announced django firebird driver status related to django 1.6 :
I’m pleased to announce that django-firebird with django 1.6 support is underway.
Django 1.6 is still in alpha state, so django-firebird 1.6 too.
Then, you can see the current status at the master branch . The master branch has the “in develop” version. If you need stable support (django 1.5) take a look at stable/1.5.x
What are the changes in database field?
The main changes is on transaction management and including BinaryField
Django 1.6 release notes
FDB release 1.3 is out:
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/fdb
Here is the changelog and the list of bugs fixed
New Features
* fdb.monitor submodule for access to / work with monitoring tables.
* New fdb.Connection.monitor property for access to monitoring tables.
Improvements
* closed property and clear() method for Schema.
* Unit tests reworked.
Bugs Fixed
* Unregistered: Bug in fdb.schema.Schema.close() and
fdb.schema.Schema.bind().
Next version 1.4 will provide access to/work with privileges to database
objects.
best regards
Pavel Cisar
IBPhoenix
Jiří Činčura wrote about his experience with Firebird Embedded and Azure Websites
To sum up. Firebird Embedded works well in Windows Azure Websites. If you need fully featured SQL database for zero extra-money with option to go hassle-free to full server if the need comes, it’s a way to go.
