Preparing for v2.0 Final Release
The CVS tree has been tagged for the final v2.0 release. The builds will be available for download as soon as they pass the QA procedures. [From: Dmitry Yemanov/Firebird Developer’s Journal]
Category: Developer News
News from the Firebird developers.
Lazarus and FPC will be on the Systems 2006
Lazarus and FPC developers will be on the Systems 2006 in Munich in October in hall A3 booth 542. They will try to be there on all 5 days. You can find more information about the Systems 2006 here.
[Ed:you can meet the team and talk about the lazarus ide, oopascal , firebird , open source , free beer ;)]
Patch for the Linux/PPC port – ready
Damyan Ivanov restarted the linux powerpc port
You can watch the powerpc porting thread on sf.net devel mailing list
UPDATE:firebird started on powerpc (make passed create_db stage so first database was correctly created on that platform) Read more
Firebird php manual online
Another part of the Firebird on-line manual has gone live:
http://www.janus-software.com/fbmanual/
Read more
SuperServer future – think about it
From Jim Starkey:
I said in a post this morning that I thought a single code base for
superserver and classic was a mistake. I thought it might be useful to
elaborate.
Read more
1st Russian Firebird Conference
Dear Friends,
IBase, Inc is glad to announce The 1st Russian Firebird Conference. It will take place in Moscow, Russia, October 14, 2006.
Firebird Core developers, vendors of many related products and well-known enthusiasts will be there to present the most recent news and plans regarding Firebird 2, new versions of developers products and so on.
Check-in to conference (in Russian):
http://www.ibase.ru/conf2006_reg.htm
If you have any questions regarding participation or sponsorship please feel free to email conf@ibase.ru.
With best regards,
Alexey Kovyazin
IBase.ru
IBSurgeon.com
Firebird marked as stable on gentoo linux sparc architecture
Active Query Builder v. 1.6 released
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Active Database Software announces today the release of Active Query Builder 1.6, a suite of robust and feature-rich .NET-ready ActiveX and VCL components, which allows your end-users to build complex SQL queries via the intuitive visual interface. |
Active Query Builder features:
Firebird on Windows XP Embedded [tablet pc]
I have installed an application of ours that uses Firebird 1.5
Embedded on a tablet pc running Windows XP embedded.
So far, fingers crossed touch wood and all that, it works well. Read more