The Mystery of the RDB$DB_KEY in Firebird
Probably rdb$db_key is the best kept Firebird secret, because it gives the user some extra power to access records in raw mode.
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Loading...FB TraceManager V3.5.0 has been released
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Upscene Productions is excited to officially release FB TraceManager V3.5.0! |
Full Firebird 3 Alpha 2 support across the entire product (Trace API, header page monitoring, database statistics, monitoring tables), increased trace data fetch throughput and usability enhancements are some key facts about V3.5.0.
More information is available here:
http://upscene.com/displaynews.php?item=20140225
Or also directly in the V3.5 what’s new section of the online product documentation:
http://www.upscene.com/documentation/fbtm3/index.html?whats_new_in_v3_5.htm
More information on the product is available in the FB TraceManager section on our website, including an edition comparison sheet, webcasts etc.:
http://www.upscene.com/go/?go=fbtm
Thanks for your continued support.
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...IBSurgeon FirstAID 3.7 is released
IBSurgeon is glad to announce the new version of Firebird and InterBase database recovery tool: FirstAID 3.7.
FirstAID 3.7 introduces new approaches in the database recovery and many new features:
- export data from a corrupted database directly to the empty database with the same structure
- borrow metadata from an old good database copy (or FBDataGuard repository) to recover extremely corrupted databases
- faster analysis and recovery of very big databases
- free preview of data in the corrupted databases: what you see is what you [will] get
- 2 levels of recovery: fast in-place fix with FirstAID Direct or thorough export with FirstAID Extractor
- Support of Firebird 1.0-2.5 and InterBase 4.x, 6.x, 7.1, 7.5, 2007, 2009, XE, XE3
- Improved licensing
We recommend upgrading to FirstAID 3.7 for all users of FirstAID 1.0-2.x (users of 3.x have already received upgrades).
Upgrade options are listed here: http://ib-aid.com/products/developer/upgrades
- FirstAID for 5 databases: EUR 99/USD129
- FirstAID for 50 databases: EUR 299/USD399
Links and downloads
- FirstAID 3.7 Recovery Guide (it is highly recommended to read it before recovery):
- FirstAID 3.7 distributive
- FirstAID home
Please feel free to ask any questions: support@ib-aid.com
Sample of FirstAID free data preview:
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...Сhecking Firebird source code errors using PVS-Studio
News via via linkedin firebird group
Here you can find result of checking Firebird with PVS-Studio (in Russian).
And now the article is in English too
PVS-Studio is a static analyzer that detects errors in source code of C/C++/C++11 applications
Update: here is the Firebird-Devel discussion on the topic
Also the article is published in English
(4 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...pyfirebirdsql Version 0.9.0 is released with experimental Firebird 3.0 srp auth support
pyfirebirdsql Version 0.9.0 is released with experimental Firebird 3.0 SRP auth support
See the previous discussion on Firebird-devel list.
Here is the Firebird 3.0 example that works for me
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...Freedom ERP uses Firebird
Freedom is an Open Source ERP developed in Brazil, using Java (allowing it to run in several Operating Systems) and Firebird as the database engine.
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...Libreoffice new release 4.2.1 with small fix for Firebird driver
Libreoffice new release with small fix for firebird sql driver fdo#74160 firebird XParameters::setString truncate to 65535 characters [Lionel Elie Mamane]
You can check release note here
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.2.1/RC1
(3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...We have Firebird 3.0 Alpha 2 building for MacOSX
Thanks to assistance from Alex, we now have Firebird 3.0 building on MacOSX 10.8 with XCode 4.6.3
Regards
Paul
You can ask on firebird-devel list for the new builds
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...IBPhoenix Replicator 4.2 is released
New release of IBPhoenix Replicator is capable to replicate data from Firebird,
Interbase and Oracle into any of these DBMS and into ODBC data sources as well.
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...Survey for the next Brazilian FDD
Sorry, only for Brazilians:
Os brasileiros que tiverem real interesse em participar da próxima edição do FDD podem responder a pesquisa que está online até o dia 21/Fevereiro, apontando suas preferências sobre data, temas, etc.
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