Firebird JDBC and OOo 2.3
I having been trying to connect (without success) to a Firebird server from OOo 2.3.[ED:but in the end it was solved by using this guide and it was fast too ]
Category: Technical Articles
Technical articles, How-tos, guides, etc.
php5-interbase + ibwebadmin 1.0.2 added to the ubuntu gutsy repository
php5-interbase package fixes php-api dependencies (LP: #179803) and (LP: #135695)
and ibwebadmin is an update release for ubuntu gutsy
the repository can be used by adding it in /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mapopa/ubuntu gutsy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mapopa/ubuntu gutsy main
then
$sudo apt-get update
$sudo apt-get install ibwebadmin
as bonus firebird2.0-super from repository fixes startup bug when server is restarted
Firebird remote BOF POC
Firebird Remove Buffer Overflow Proof of concept was posted on BugTraq
The bug is the one fixed in the next stable releases and is not present in firebird 2.1 rc1& rc2 here is the description:
Integer overflow in Firebird SQL 1.0.3 and earlier, 1.5.x before 1.5.6, 2.0.x before 2.0.4, and 2.1.x before 2.1.0 RC1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code
Collation charts
The goal of this project is to provide information about how various pieces of software (e.g. operating systems, DBMS and others) sort textual data, in the form of easy-to-read charts.
Check Firebird collation charts.
ibwebadmin 1.0.2 added to ubuntu ppa repository
here are the instructions for installing ibwebadmin 1.0.2 package on (latest development branch of ubuntu)
HowTo Install Firebird 2.0.3 Database Server On Ubuntu 7.10
This tutorial explains how you can install the Firebird database server (version 2.0.3) on an Ubuntu 7.10 server.
compiling .net provider on osx with mono 1.2.6
some steps for compiling .net provider on osx with mono
IBProvider and new features of FB 2
An article is available in IBProvider site showing how to use the “new” features of Firebird 2 with the driver.
Storing databases in RAW devices
Philippe Makowski posted a tutorial in his blog.
RAID 10 performance tradeoffs and firebird
I have been configuring a fair number of Linux database servers for a line-of-business application; it runs the Firebird SQL database in server mode only (no application code at all – just DB).
All of these are the wonderful Dell PowerEdge 2950 units with the PERC6i RAID controller, and my typical configuration is 6x 146G 15k SAS drives. These are the highest-performance, highest capacity solution in 3.5″ drives.