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Firebird related news
ADO.NET provider for Firebird 3.0.2 released
As it turned out the I introduced regression in 3.0.1. It’s now fixed in 3.0.2. http://blog.cincura.net/233086-ado-net-provider-for-firebird-3-0-2-released/
.NET provider for Firebird 3.0.1 released
I’m glad to release today version 3.0.1 of .NET provider for Firebird. You can read more at http://blog.cincura.net/233084-ado-net-provider-for-firebird-3-0-1-released/.
FenixSql is updated to version 0.9.1
Fenixsql simple multiplatform admin tool for Firebird developed with Firebird Library and released under GPL License (produced with Lazarus ide)
Firebird Database Events and Message-oriented Middleware (part 2)
Part two of the previous article is now online : Introducing message brokers and message queues
October Month Changes for Firebird 2.5.x Release branch
Here are the source code changes for Firebird 2.5.x branch in the Month of October :
– Fix compilation for semaphore classes [57221]
– Backport fix for CORE-3946 – UNICODE collations does not work with ICU 49 [57236]
– Fixed the backporting bug introduced while fixing CORE-3902 [57244]
– Avoid a sweep pass for temporary tables, as the sweeper always sees those tables as empty, but even setting them up as empty has a non-zero cost [57265]
Developers are not to be trusted
A post with the title “Developers are not to be trusted” in the TPersistent.com blog is getting lots of “move to Firebird” in its comments. Do you agree? Read it and comment.
Android port for Jaybird
Mark Rotteveel wrote on Firebird-Java
Although I am skeptical about the need for an android port for Jaybird,
I have decided that I am going to spend some time to investigate the
problems involved in porting Jaybird to android.
To that end, I would like to hear if anyone has tried this before, and
what problems arose when trying to do that. Either reply here, or add
your comment to http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/JDBC-280
New Flamerobin snapshots flamerobin-0.9.3.1186200 ready for testing
New Flamerobin snapshots flamerobin-0.9.3.1186200 for Windows are available .
You can check Git Log for source code changes and details.
Enjoy, and please be sure to report any bugs, regressions or suggestions on flamerobin-devel list or in the new bug tracker .
On Ubuntu/Debian you can follow the Buiding guide from git to obtain the latest snapshot source.
ADO.NET provider 3.0.0 for Firebird and DDEX provider 3.0.0 for Firebird released
I’m pleased to announce version 3.0.0 of ADO.NET provider for Firebird and version 3.0.0 of DDEX provider for Firebird.