JVCS 2.45 released
he JVCS team is happy to announce JEDI VCS 2.45 release, which is intended as a maintenance release for 2.40.
Most important changes from between 2.44 and 2.45 are:
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– Improved database system migration tool for Firebird and MS-SQL Server based repositories
– Performance improvement for blank modules
– changed server log file location for better compatibility with Windows VISTA/7/2003/2008
– bug fixes
Installer is available on sourceforge in the file section or follow this link:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/jedivcs/files/2.45/
Please consider to help this project we always need helping hands for design, usablitity, programming, test, writing documentation.
If you’re interested please check “Positions Available” or contact us by E-Mail.
JVCS Team
Firebird/RDB supported by the largest banking software maker in Russia
RedDB (based on Firebird) is now supported by BSS, the largest banking software maker in Russia. Read more (translated with Google).
Window Functions in Firebird 3
Adriano has published in his blog some information about the implementation of the OVER function in Firebird 3. Really cool.
By the SQL specification, window functions are a kind of aggregation, but which does not “filter” the result set of a query. The aggregated data is mixed with the query result set. That sort of functions are used with the OVER clause. Users of Oracle also knows window functions as analytical functions[…]
Today, on January 18, 2010, IBProvider celebrates its 10th anniversary.
Today, on January 18, 2010, IBProvider celebrates its 10th anniversary. The grand banquet is preceded by the release of the latest IBProvider version with enhanced support of DDL and updatable rowsets.
- We thank all who have been with us all these years.
- We thank FibPlus, ZStyle Group, Gemini InterBase/Firebird ODBC Driver, Easysoft ODBC-InterBase Driver, IBObjects. Owing to you, we have what to compare IBProvider to; together we make a big deal of promoting Firebird and Intrebase among masses.
- We thank Firebird developers. Owing to you, people have a good free database server.
- We thank our clients. Owing to you, IBProvider has been developed and will be developed.
Changes in IBProvider
- Supports DDL query “COMMENT ON” in Firebird 2.1
- Updatable rowsets code revision in IBProvider
Firebird Complete Introduction #Book in #Japanese is launched
#Python bug: float compared to decimal is silently incorrect
Python Bug that can trigger some errors when upgrading from kinterbasdb 3.2 to kinterbasdb 3.3
if python/kinterbasdb users upgrade kinterbasdb they must be aware of this python bug, because all existing code must be inspected for “(retrieved Decimal value) compare (float)” statements, which before upgrade were Ok (retrieved float value) compare (float)) statements
Database Master 1.7 released
Database Master is a powerful database development, management and administration software for the Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, FireBird and SQLite database systems. It allows you to manage databases, tables, views, procedures, indexes, triggers and provides productivity features for rapidly creating and executing SQL queries and connect some major database systems via ODBC and OleDb. Database Master is being imagesed for modern multi-cpu/core architecture.
From Firebird Foundation blog
Older posts here.
Firebird Tracker is Restored
Firebird’s Jira Tracker is now restored on the new VM, with data up to 5 December 2009. However, we have lost attachments from the last two years. Missing ticket headers from after Dec 5 will need to be reconstructed from notification messages. Read more


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