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ANN: FB TraceManager V3.0.2 has been released!

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FBTM_V3_48x48 Upscene Productions is excited to officially release FB TraceManager V3.0.2!


Ever wondered if garbage collection might be guilty when one and the same statement shows dramatic different execution time on the same data volume? We have the answer.

This release exposes user-friendly Firebird Garbage Collection information at statement-level in parsed trace data and in the per-database monitoring tables integration.

More information on V3.0.2 is available here:
http://www.upscene.com/displaynews.php?item=20131025

Don’t forget our 15% autumn discount: HERFST13

More information on the product is available in the FB TraceManager section on our website, including an edition comparison sheet, webcasts etc.:
http://www.upscene.com/go/?go=fbtm

Screencast: Identify TOP contributors and problem patterns with FBTM V3 Hotspot Analysis

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FBTM_V3_48x48 Upscene Productions has made a new FB TraceManager V3 screencast available! This screencast discusses the new Hotspot Analysis feature in detail.


An in-memory and on-the-fly aggregation on executed statements allows you to identify TOP contributors and common problem patterns. Check it out here: http://www.iblogmanager.com/download/demos/fbtm/fbtm_30_hotspots_analysis.htm

More information on the product is available in the FB TraceManager section on our website, including an edition comparison sheet, additional screencasts etc.:
http://www.upscene.com/go/?go=fbtm

Firebird seminar in Siegburg, Germany- November 22, 2013

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Reminder from Alexey Kovyazin

As you probably know, November 22, 2013 in in Siegburg (Germany) there
will be Firebird seminar, devoted to all aspects of transactions, from
the basic idea to the internal implementation, about the best practices
and guidance how to effectively use transactions in the applications,
and, of course, performance analysis of transactions and related areas.

More details:
http://www.firebirdsql.org/en/firebird-conference-tour-2013/

Please feel free to ask any questions.

GSOC LibreOffice Firebird Integration Weekly Update 13

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New GSOC update for the previous week with
current status of the firebird-sdbc driver :
Progress this week:
– Made libatomic-ops buildable meaning that we should now be able to build embedded firebird on non-X86 systems too
– Added rebuilding of indices to deal with the icu collation issues.
– Implemented a simple .odb loading test (in gerrit atm.) that also
tests that the embedded firebird .fdb can be connected to.
– Implemented Index retrieval and dropping
– More fixes to do with the firebird temporary and lock directories
– Some coverity fixes
– Started working on foreign key retrieval

Code commits can be reviewed in the LibreOffice git repository

IBSurgeon FBDataGuard 2.8: Update of monitoring and database protection tool

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FBDataGuard, a server-side tool to monitor Firebird databases and prevent corruptions, was just updated to the version 2.8. This version contains stability improvements and minor bug fixes, improved support of SSL and support of SMTP-servers.
For ISVs (i.e., companies which produce Firebird-based software and need to protect a lot of installations) IBSurgeon now offers unlimited 1 year subscription for FBDataGuard for fixed price (EUR 990/USD1390). Regular price for
“Unlimited” means that there is no restrictions on how many FBDataGuard instances will be installed, and also it means that installed instances will work permanently. “1 year subscription” means that subscriber can install, reinstall and upgrade FBDataGuard installations during subscription period.
Please download new FBDataGuard from Deploy Center (deploy.ib-aid.com or www.ib-aid.com:8180) and install. Also, FBDataGuard User Guide is available now in Portuguese.
For more information about FBDataGuard, trial downloads and purchase visit www.ib-aid.com.

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