Category: General news

Firebird 3.0.13 / 4.0.6 / 5.0.3 for Intel QNAP NAS can be downloaded via the follow link

https://fbm.gksoft.ch/Download.html

This release 2.2.0 brings complete SSE (Server-Sent Events) transport support to MCP Firebird, making it fully compatible with the MCP Inspector and modern MCP clients while maintaining 100% backwards compatibility with existing STDIO implementations.

✨ New Features

🌐 SSE Transport Support

• Full SSE Implementation: Complete Server-Sent Events transport using official MCP SDK v1.13.2
• MCP Inspector Compatible: Works seamlessly with npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector
• Backwards Compatible Server: Supports both modern and legacy MCP clients
• Multi-Protocol Support: Single server instance handles STDIO, SSE, and HTTP simultaneously

PyFirebirdSql 1.4.0 is released with with a few bug fixes related to async method :

• change class inheritance relationship
• modify debug print for driver developper
• remove too much debug print
• aio.connect() change to async method
• refactoring many async methods

This FirebirdSQL pull request introduces support for Windows ARM64 builds to the Firebird project. The changes cover updates to build scripts, configuration files, and Visual Studio solution/project files to accommodate ARM64 architecture, ensuring compatibility and enabling compilation and functionality on Windows ARM64 platforms.

Flamerobin 0.9.14 Snapshot released with a few fixes and features.

What’s Changed

• Table/view triggers: add enable/disable button by @arvanus in #405
• small improvements by @arvanus in #406
• Bug fixed (Build-on : GNU/Linux) -> target_file: PreferencesDialogStyle.cpp, target_line: 571 by @baldeuniversel in #408
• Fix binary fields being extracted incorrectly by @arvanus in #415
• Fix binary fields being extracted incorrectly by @arvanus in #416
• Workflow for Linux systems (the deb executable file will be generated) by @baldeuniversel in #417
• New feature: highlight text selection at SqlEditor by @arvanus in #418
• Add index, functions and packages to generate rebuild script by @arvanus in #421

New Contributors

• @baldeuniversel made their first contribution in #408

This library serves as dialect (client) for Knex.js (A SQL query builder). Under the hood, is using node-firebird-driver-native.

Enhanced Model Context Protocol Implementation for Firebird Databases

We are excited to announce the release of MCP Firebird v2.0.4, a significant update to our Model Context Protocol implementation for Firebird databases. This stable release brings several important improvements and new features that enhance both functionality and user experience.

MCP Firebird provides a robust interface between Firebird databases and AI models, enabling seamless integration with tools like Claude Desktop and other MCP-compatible clients.

Key Features and Improvements

Server-Sent Events (SSE) Support

The new version introduces full support for Server-Sent Events (SSE) as a transport mechanism, allowing real-time data streaming between your Firebird database and client applications. This feature enables more responsive applications with live updates without requiring constant polling.

Robust Command-Line Parameter Handling

We’ve significantly enhanced the command-line interface with improved parameter handling, ensuring seamless compatibility with both NPX parameters and environment variables. This makes MCP Firebird more flexible and easier to configure in various environments.

npx mcp-firebird --database your_database.fdb --user SYSDBA --password masterkey

New release of Firebird driver for Python V1.10.10 is available for download with a few changes :

• Fix: Extend response buffer size in iBlob.get_info2.
• Fix: Don’t use _bpb_stream when opening blob.
• Fix: typo in iResultSet definition.

Github Action : Setup FirebirdSQL updated to 2.0: What’s Changed : migrated to official firebirdsql/firebird docker images.

This GitHub Action sets up a Firebird database running on a docker container.