Technical articles, How-tos, guides, etc.
[ED:django is like RoR implemented in python]
Just attached the firebird backend and a patch file. Firebird has a problem, names can’t bigger than 31 chars for tables, fields, constraints, etc. In auth app needed to change user_premissions to permissions so the many to many table name doens’t get too big… must be a way we can workaround this…
Paul Beatch wrote on Firebird-General mailing list:
A Firebird user commissioned IBPhoenix to put together an accurate
report showing how capable Firebird was in the Enterprise and we interviwed some
very large users 🙂 I have asked to see if I can make that report publically available. [So here it is ]
Right click and save as…
Here is the google translation of the original article
You can use wine on other operating systems (even on older unsuported versions of windows)
Here is the link to article in pdf format
[ED rant :
I think is time for the world to post articles in ODF format , we need an open rw web]
Here is the the solution on the ubuntu forums
This is a very nice article about Firebird generators: Firebird Generator Guide
XPlanner it will add support for Defect Tracking Systems like Trac+, JIRA or Bugzilla , some of these can be installed on Firebird (yes it is mentioned in that article)
With this patch applied, the AR test suite runs against FB with relatively few problems (9 failurs and 1 error, compared to 3 failures and 170 errors without the patch). The remaining issues are related to a number of specific defects, which will be addressed in subsequent patch and/or bug-report tickets.
Bugs fixed by Ken Kunz
The open source database server, Firebird, and its commercial partner, Borland InterBase, have long been established as a proven and stable platform for all sorts of database applications. Because of the common ancestry in the form of the InterBase 6 source code, many solutions can be implemented on both platforms without any problems. However Version 2 of the Firebird Server has recently set new standards, introducing many helpful functions that are unfortunately missing in InterBase 7.5.
However a replication facility is not included in either platform. This article illustrates how a replication can be created with the aid of IBExpert and ibeblock.
Download this article here.
We are glad to inform you that “The InterBase and Firebird Developer Magazine” #4
is available for free download.
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