Category: General news
Firebird related news
node.js firebird driver 0.0.8 released with experimental support for #node on Windows
Here is the download page and you can check the Commit History for interesting changes.
Under Windows
Unzip, modify config.js for your DB. Run:
node.exe test.js#fbcon11 – Pictures from conference
On the Firebird Facebook page there are some cool pictures from the conferece
Flamerobin video tutorial
We’re brand new company, who is creating video guides for various software or systems. Recently, we made a video tutorial for your tool “Flamerobin” showing some basic management operations, like registering a database, managing users, changing SYSDBA password etc.
And the blog post related to this video
Recursive Queries in Firebird 2.5 : example for WITH RECURSIVE
WITH RECURSIVE example with Firebird 2.5.x . Article is in Japanese but you can try to read the google translation
Google translate bar from chrome shows you a better rendering of the page .
How to install Firebird server on Windows – Video
Video guide is showing, how to install Firebird Server on a windows platform.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLg0TuhMUU0
Start using gmane.org for news / archive / blog interface for firebird related mailing list
I suggest to drop Atkins [for news readers] and start using gmane.org. I use it for several years in FireBase, and it had always been very stable.
We have also archive on mail-archive :
http://www.mail-archive.com/firebird-devel <at> lists.sourceforge.net
http://www.mail-archive.com/firebird-docs <at> lists.sourceforge.net
http://www.mail-archive.com/firebird-net-provider <at> lists.sourceforge.net
http://www.mail-archive.com/firebird-odbc-devel <at> lists.sourceforge.net
http://www.mail-archive.com/firebird-python <at> yahoogroups.com
http://www.mail-archive.com/firebird-support <at> yahoogroups.com
on gmane :
http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.firebird.user
http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.firebird.documentation
http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.firebird.dotnetprovider
http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.firebird.general
http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.firebird.net-provider
http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.firebird.php
http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.firebird.python
Update : Firebird support archive and NNTP is back on gmane
Group Statistics for Firebird SQL Community on linkedin.com
I’d like to share vital statistics on the activity, growth, and demographics of this group with you.
Firebird 2.5.1 package for Debian Stable named Squeeze
Damyan Ivanov announced :
I have prepared packages from the current version in wheezy
(2.5.1.26351), built for squeeze.
ftp://ftp.modsoftsys.net/public/firebird2.5-backports/
If these improve the situation, then we at least know the bug is fixed
in that version and can start looking for the exact fix, which would
take about 10 iterations (and probably several weeks).
[ED if you want to rebuild them for 32bits you can use these instructions ]
Firebird official newsletter
The first issue of the Firebird Project official newsletter is being sent right now! All the people that have subscribed to it should be receiving it in their email box in a few minutes. If you did not subscribe yet, just to go the project site main page and fill your email in the subscription widget at the left sidebar .
A web version of the report also can be viewed online, but I strongly suggest you to subscribe to the newsletter.