How to increase Firebird backup and restore speed (up to 30%)
It seems that many Firebird developers and administrators are not aware about command line switch -se[rvice] for gbak.exe
-SE[RVICE] <servicename>
This switch causes gbak to backup a remote database via the service manager. This causes the backup file to be created on the remote server, so the path format and filename must be valid on the remote server. The servicename is currently always the text service_mgr.
here is the rest of the article in Eglish
also there is an Italian mention in blogosphere
#JasperSoft Firebird jdbc configuration howto with screenshots
Here is the Jaspersoft configuration howto guide with screenshots (in Portuguese)
What is a good embedded database to use with C#?
Firebird is among the listed options in this StackOverflow question. Let’s “up” it 😉
Link sent by Hugues Van Landeghem
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FB 2.5 final is coming
Great news: Firebird 2.5 final release is being prepared.
Firebird Conference : Firebird Day – Friday 1st October 2010 at La Cinémathèque Française, Paris
Firebird Day – Friday 1st October 2010 at La Cinémathèque Française, Paris. Speaker list and topics are available – Please register as soon as possible.
Remember to participate on 3d Russian Firebird Conference in Moscow
3d Russian Firebird Conference will take place in Moscow, September
29, 2010. The conference will be devoted to the Firebird new versions
and to best practices in maintenance and development, with special
focus on big Firebird databases.
Special speakers at conference: Phillipe Makowski, President of
Firebird Foundation, Firebird developers team: Dmitry Yemanov, Vlad
Khorsun and Alex Peshkoff.
Registration (in Russian): http://ibase.ru/conf2010/
With google translate (Almost English)
Next Firebird conference in germany will start in about 8 weeks in Bremen, Germany.
Next Firebird conference in germany will start in about 8 weeks in Bremen, Germany. http://www.firebird-conference.com
News via twitter (please retweetit) also don’t forget about the other conferences (29 Sep in Moscow and 1st Oct in Paris)
BlackFish is Dead , Firebird as Embedded Database replacement
Marco Canto noticed that
BlackFish SQL, the .NET database installed with recent versions of Delphi, is not part of Delphi XE… and it seems Embarcadero pulled the plug on it.
Would Firebird fit the bill ? , I think it would but tell us your thoughts (pro/cons) :
I really think Delphi has lacked a local and simple option, and suggesting people to buy the cheap “Interbase To Go” or pick the free Firebird Embedded still doesn’t address the original concern. With Delphi core dataset classes and data-ware controls still bound to a navigational model, a navigational database can really make simple applications fast to write and fast to execute.



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