#ubuntu 12.04 LTS released with Firebird 2.5.1
Ubuntu LTS is released and includes the latest firebird stable release 2.5.1
Category: Developer News
News from the Firebird developers.
Massive code changes : Getting rid of legacy code dsql_nod
Adriano Fernandes finished a massive code drop and rewrite : Getting rid of dsql_nod
#AnyDAC Spring 2012 v 5.0.7 – #Delphi Components for Firebird, Interbase and more
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DA-SOFT Technologies announces the availability of AnyDAC for Delphi Spring 2012 release v 5.0.7.2333 – high-speed, Universal Data Access Components for Firebird, Interbase, SQLite, MySQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MS Access, IBM DB2, Sybase SQL Anywhere, Informix, Advantage, dbExpress, ODBC, that simplifies the task of building Embarcadero Delphi, C++Builder and Free Pascal Compiler database applications. |
AnyDAC for Delphi can be immediately downloaded from the download page.
What is new in v5.0.7 and what is AnyDAC ?
Perl driver DBD-Firebird 1.00 is released
Here is the full Changelog and you can use your Cpan mirror near you
You can contact the developers on dbd-firebird-devel mailing list
Shorter Firebird queries from Entity Framework
From Jiří Činčura blog :
Yesterday I released ADO.NET provider for Firebird version 2.7.5 and there’s one feature I’d like to blog about. As you might know Firebird has a pretty old limitation on “size” of query. It’s both the string itself, but also the column datatypes and parameters used. No need to dive to details, because I’ll only talk about the first item.
ADO.NET provider for Firebird 2.7.5 released
The 2.7.5 version of ADO.NET provider for Firebird is ready for download. More info…
Firebird SQL Project Newsletter, Issue 3
Firebird roadmap has been updated
From Dmitry Yemanov:
The project roadmap has been updated a bit. The change is to boost the v2.1.5 and v2.5.2 releases at the cost of slightly delaying the v3.0 Alpha release.Firebird 2.1.4 was released exactly one year ago, so now it’s a promised time for v2.1.5. It has 53 bugs fixed and no critical issues remaining unresolved. Firebird 2.5.1 was released more than 5 months ago and the expected release date for v2.5.2 is approaching the next month. It has 45 issues resolved up-to-date and a few more are in the pipeline. So it makes a lot of sense to release them sooner rather than later.
The v3.0 Alpha release will be going through the preparation stage while all three release candidates (v2.0.7, v2.1.5, v2.5.2) are being field tested, so it’s likely to appear shortly after the aforementioned releases, in the second quarter.
Thanks for your understanding.
The Firebird Book: a Reference for Database Developers – Edition II (Beta) is now available
The Firebird Book: a Reference for Database Developers – Edition II (Beta) is now availble directly from IBPhoenix in electronic format on the March 2012 Edition of the Developer DVD. It covers Firebird up to Firebird V2.5 .
If you buy a copy of the early version, you will have automatic accessto updated versions as they are released.If you have a subscription to the IBPhoenix Developer DVD you will automatically recieve your copy via post shortly.
www.ibphoenix.com
www.ibphoenix.com
InfoQ: Q&A with Jiri Cincura of the Firebird Database Project about the ADO.NET provider , ORM ,EF …
Jiri Cincura was recently interviewed for InfoQ article – Q&A with Jiri Cincura of the Firebird Database Project. We touched Firebird, ADO.NET, O/RMs, Entity Framework etc. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Update: The article seems to be retracted for the moment , Don’t panic we asked why and investigate the cause (see the comments section) ,
Here is the full text from Google cache
We recently spoke with Jiri Cincura of the Firebird database project.
InfoQ: Can you tell us briefly about yourself and your role in creating the ADO.NET provider for Firebird?
Jiri: Currently I’m project lead for the ADO.NET provider for Firebird project. And actually only one active right now. I’m doing majority of development (although there are some worth contributions) and all the stuff around, like testing, releases, issue tracker watching, replying in mailing list etc.
InfoQ: And for the benefit of our readers who are unfamiliar with it, who would you describe Firebird?