flamerobin added new developer , newbie tasks
New developer joined flamerobin team
Details are: Bart Bakker from Zaandam, Netherlands.
Category: Worth Reading
Content not direct related to FB, but interesting reading.
More about MySQL and Jim [Starkey]
The storage engine being worked on at MySQL will be available this year an derives from an acquisition of it own: the company Netfrastructure, which employed a database luminary Jim Starkey and other engineers. Read more here.
[Ed: I still wonder why some articles “forget” the word “Firebird”. Even when the subject is direct or indirect related to it, they prefer to mention Ingres, MySQL, PostgreSQL or EnterpriseDB].>
AJAX OS – writing new book about morfik via skype
Mauricio Longo wrote :
In recent months I’ve started working on a project with some people on the other side of the world. I do not mean this metaphorically. I am in Rio de Janeiro while these people are in Australia.
I am writing a book about the Morfik WebOS AppsBuilder and in doing so, frequently, I need to interact with people from Morfik Technology
Morfik uses Firebird 2.0.
Special Report: MySQL to unveil new transaction engine
The new transaction database was developed by Jim Starkey, who joined MySQL when it acquired his Web application technology company in February
Firebird, character sets and colations (part I)
FB Japanese user group
Seems like it may be related to the FB Japanese user group. Sometimes, a few people from it post in the lists.
Here is the English version of that page and they had 2 presentations at Open source conference 2006 Tokyo : one is “Why to choose Firebird” the other is “How to build/debug Firebird”. [Ed:thanks for the link Cludio V.]
Koala scares off thieves, steal crocodile instead… -From the 1st April department
That link tells of thieves attempting to steal a Koala. What idiots. Surely the only people who think Koalas are cuddly and nice are foreiners who couldn’t know any better.
Turns out, the Koala did so much damage to the would-be thieves that they abducted a fresh water crocodile instead 🙂
[Ed via Robin’s Aussie blog]
20GB of video data available, with around 100 hours of firebird related presentations from Firebird Conference
There is currently about 20GB of video data available, with around 100 hours of firebird-related presentations from last two Firebird Conferences and other events.
Here is the list of available Films
Data Application Block for Firebird SQL (The Code Project)
The Firebird SQL data application block is intended to speed up development, and it should be used in conjunction with data layer classes in much the same way as Microsoft’s data block. The sample included with this article uses the embedded Firebird SQL database (included in sample) to demonstrate the use of the application block without having to bother setting up a database.
How to export firebird database DDL – tip of the day
For those who are on Linux and want to extract database’s metadata, please have a look to firebird/interbase native isql tool, that permits to export DDL as follow:
isql DBalias -o ddl.sql -x -u SYSDBA -p masterkey
regards
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