Category: Tools & Products releases

IBPhoenix inform that IBReplicator V2.1.6 is released. The Release Notes can be downloaded here.

Jason Wharton informed about a new release of the InterBase Objects component suite. This release contains many bug fixes and registered users can download it from the IBO community site. The list with all the changes can be read here. An updated evaluation kit will be available soon.

About:
DB Copy Plugin is a database copying plugin for the SQuirreL SQL Client. It makes it possible to copy and paste tables from one session to another and between different databases and includes primary key and foreign key constraints for copied tables, and uses Hibernate 3.0 internally to perform database object type mappings. It supports Firebird, Oracle, Sybase, MS SQL Server, MySQL, HyperSonic, Pointbase, and PostgreSQL, and allows the user to select a Hibernate dialect for the destination database if one couldn’t be determined automatically.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements

Nando Dessena is proud to announce the release of the second beta of the long-awaited version 2 of InstantObjects. Click here to download it.

Feedback: Please test this release and report back any problems in their newsgroups and trackers.

From the site: InstantObjects™ is the integrated framework for developing object-oriented business solutions in Borland Delphi™. The framework provides the foundation for the development process as well as the engine that powers the final application.

Vladimir Tsvigun has released build 125 of the Firebird ODBC driver. The change log of enhancements and bug fixes versus the previous builds is available at the Praktik website.

Read more here

Fyracle, the oracle-mode Firebird distribution, is getting some attention in the press around Europe. It is in the January 2006 issue of “Linux Programming” in Germany and France, and in the December 2005 issue of Software Developers Journal (not available online yet).

Read more here

The Firebird ADO.NET Data Provider 2.0 Beta 3 for Microsoft.NET 2.0 is
available for download.

Download information can be found here:

http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=files&id=netprovider

(Please read the Changelog for details)

Bug Fixes:

– Fixed problem with the FbDataAdapter design time support.

– Fixed TableAdapter integration in Visual Studio 2005 now the
tableadapters should have select, insert, update and delete commands
when requested.

– Fixed bugs in Indexes and Index columns schemas.

I just found an Open Source console application to administer IB/FB databases on linux. The features looks interesting:

• Supports services api and local utils (gbak, gfix e.t.c. for classic architecture).
• Script editor.
• Data editor.
• Grant manager.
• Database Comparer.
• Much more…

For more information and nice screenshots, look here.