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Firebird related news
Jaybird 4.0.0-beta-1 available for testing
The first beta for Jaybird 4 is available for testing.
We’d really appreciate it if you take the time to test this version of Jaybird with your applications. Bug reports about undocumented changes in behavior are appreciated. Feedback can be sent to the Firebird-java mailing list or reported on the issue tracker http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/JDBC.
Jaybird 4 is – compared to Jaybird 3 – an incremental release that builds on the foundations of Jaybird 3. The focus of this release has been on further improving JDBC support and adding support for the new data types and features of Firebird 4.
The main new features are:
- Wire encryption support (backported to Jaybird 3.0.4)
- Database encryption support (backported to Jaybird 3.0.4)
- Authentication plugin improvements
- Firebird 4 DECFLOAT support
- Firebird 4 extended numeric precision support
- Firebird 4 time zone support
- JDBC RowId support
- JDBC DatabaseMetaData.getPseudoColumns implemented
- JDBC DatabaseMetaData.getVersionColumns implemented
- Improved JDBC function escape support
- New JDBC protocol prefix jdbc:firebird:
- Generated keys support improvements
Jaybird 4.0.0-beta-1 is for testing purposes only, and not intended for production use.
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Jaybird 2.2.15 is available for download.
We are happy to announce the release of Jaybird 2.2.15.
Jaybird 2.2.15 is the last version of Jaybird 2.2.x, and we will not plan new changes or fixes for 2.2.x. This effectively means that Jaybird 2.2.x is End-Of-Life.
IBProvider News. Support For Visual Studio 2019
Hello All!
In latest update of our components, we offer support for Visual Studio 2019, which was released a week ago:
- New DDEX providers (v1.12) for our ADO.NET provider (FW4.5, FW4.6.2, FW4.7.2) and VS2019. The installation instruction is the same as for Visual Studio 2017.
- IBProvider v5.3.1 compiled by VS2019 (signature of binaries – vc16)
IBProvider vc16 builds (32/64bit) have gone through load testing, so you can start using them in your solutions without any problems.
This news at our web site: https://www.ibprovider.com/eng/news/n_190411-vs2019.html
Thanks&Regards. IBProvider Team.
New article: Fast conversion from Firebird 2.5 to 3.0 with streamed backup-restore
If you need to convert a very big Firebird 2.5 database to 3.0, or many databases during the short period of time (for example, overnight or during the weekend), you will definitely find useful this article: it describes how to speed up the backup-restore process by 25-30% with stream backup-restore process.
Please read Fast conversion of Firebird 2.5 databases to Firebird 3.0
ADO.NET provider 6.6.0.0 for Firebird is ready
More info at this link.
Jason Wharton is the new elected President of the Firebird Foundation
News via LinkedIn :
I’m grateful to announce that I was recently elected to be the President of the Firebird Foundation!
For me this is a great honor and privilege as I have been heavily involved with Firebird SQL ever since its very beginnings. I even played a significant role in the events leading up to the open sourcing of InterBase.
This database is on a solid foundation! If we really get the attention we deserve, and attract some additional talent to add to our dedicated team of developers, it will be amazing to see what we continue to accomplish over the years.
I would especially like to begin reaching out to companies who would be open to becoming sponsors of our ongoing development.
I welcome contact from large corporations looking to improve their bottom-line by adopting Firebird in their embedded devices and everything in between, all the way up to mid-ranged muti-terrabyte datastores.
Firebird’s versatility and light footprint and low maintenance make it a must-have database tool for the industry today.
Jason Wharton
DB Explorer For Firebird Databases
Explore and run queries against your Firebird® databases without leaving VS Code. This extension allows you to connect directly to your Firebird databases, list tables and fields, run queries, display/export results and more.
| Features NEW! SQL Mock Data Generator Manage multiple database connections List hosts, databases, tables and fields inside Explorer View Firebird Reserved Words Code Completion Table and field names Code Completion Run Firebird SQL queries Run predefined custom queries View results in a table Realtime results filtering and sorting Export results to JSON, CSV, XSLX or PDF file Find more here. |
Firebird high-level native client for Node.js / TypeScript updated to v0.1.3
Database .NET v27.2 released
Database .NET v27.2 is an innovative, powerful and intuitive multiple database management tool.
- Major New features from version 26.1 to 27.2:
- Redesign Find In Grid
- Added Grant Manager for Members (FB)
- Improved Grant Manager for Objects (FB)
- Added Duplicating Connections and Tables (FB)
- Support for Computed Column Expression for Table Designer and Table Editor (FB)
- Support for INSERT (…) RETURNING value and Case Sensitive user names (FB)
- Support for editing of table data for tables with UUID primary keys (FB)
- Added Locking Query Tabs
- Added Split and Float Query Mode
- Added Synchronize vertical and horizontal scrolling
- Added Changing the schema of query tabs
- Added SSH: Secure Shell support
- Added Dark Themes
- Improved Graphical User Interface
- Improved AutoComplete and IntelliSense
- Improved Data Export and Data Import
- …and more
