Firebird 2.1.3 package is now in #Gentoo #Linux #Portage
Here is the ChangeLog for Firebird 2.1.3 package in Gentoo :
Bump to 2.1.2, mostly fixes #264955. Thanks to Vladimir, John W. Higgins and all the testers in the bug.
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Loading...No need to panic over #MySQL – are other open source databases available. #PostgreSQL, #Firebird, #HSQLDB, even Apache #Derby
MySQL users are nervous about Oracle’s takeover of Sun Microsystems, according to InfoWorld. You can see their point: Why would a company whose main product is a proprietary database be interested in maintaining an open source competitor to it?
There are other open source databases available. PostgreSQL, Firebird, HSQLDB, even Apache Derby can all be called into service, depending on your needs. The developer communities behind any of these projects would be more than happy to help scores of ex-MySQL users migrate to their particular platform. They almost certainly already have tools to do it
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Cast Date to Integer, like Delphi does.
Today I needed to convert a Delphi/Pascal code to Firebird PSQL. Part of the code used the integer value of a date to do some calcs. First, I tried to use Firebird CAST to convert a Date to Integer, but FB can’t do this type of cast (anyway, I’m not sure if the result would be the same as Delphi, since I don’t know what starting date Firebird uses for internal storage). So, the solution was to create a workaround and subtract the date from 30-December-1899 (Dublin Julian Day), ie:
my_int_var = current_date – cast(‘30.12.1899’ as date);
The above line will return the integer value of the today date, as Delphi/Pascal would do. In other words, it is the number of days since 30-Dec-1899.
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(1 votes, average: 1.00 out of 5)Loading...DbBench 0.6.0 Release
Tsutomu Hayashi released DbBench 0.6.0.
List of changes :
* Move development environment to Delphi2010.
* Add “ENGINE INNODB” to MySQL CREATE TABLE script.
* Firebird now use dbExpress driver for firebird by Embarcadero.
* Add “WaitOnLocks = True” for each drivers parameter.
* Change processed transaction count method, now include rollbacked transaction.
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Great presentation from Alex Peshkoff regarding Firebird Security is published
Great PPT from Alex Peshkoff (Firebird Core developer) regarding Firebird Security is published: http://bit.ly/3ITICI
via ibsurgeon’s tweet
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...Firebird 2.1.3 uploaded to #debian #unstable #sid
Firebird 2.1.3 package is uploaded to Debian Unstable (Sid) and here is the list of package changes
* fix repack.sh invocation in watch file
* make executable
* New upstream release
+ drop patches released upstream
– cvs_CVE-2009-2620_DOS.patch was deleted (fixed upstream in 2.1.3)
– cvs_autogen.sh-autoreconf.patch
* refresh all patches to apply cleanly
* no longer regster QuickStart.pdf with doc-base; it was dropped upstream
* -classic.postinst: remove stray stop rc.d symlinks
What is interesting is to see the import diff vs the 2.1.2 package
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...C++ Wrapper Library for Firebird Embedded SQL
This article is devoted to the Embedded Firebird database usage and also development of C++ wrapper of this database.You can reply on code project for this article.If you wonder :”What is the difference between his wrapper and IBPP?” here are some answers
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...IBSurgeon starts Twitter, Blog, Facebook and SlideShare social outlets
We are glad to announce that we have just started set of our social outlets:
Twitter:
Blogger:
and Facebook.
We plan to release to public our internal “library of drafts”: short articles, corruption stories, tips and tricks, etc, which are too small to be published as article or whitepaper in our knowledgeable, but seems to be valuable enough for community, so we’ll release them as tweets, blog posts, etc.
Also we plan to share a lot of presentations we (as well as our colleagues, with their kind permission) have presented of different events, conferences, seminars and webinars, on the great resource SlideShare (it also allows following and social networking):
So please join us in any social network you prefer and we will do our best to do not disappoint you!
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Evans Data Developers Survey mentions Firebird
Which of the following databases are most used within your organization?
You can participate in this survey and vote for Firebird clicking here.
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