creating an empty firebird database in python
Here is an python thread on creating an empty database with kinterbase
libdbi version 0.8.3 released with minor fixes
libdbi version 0.8.3 offers improved error handling, some additional string escaping functions, and a couple of minor bugfixes.
Newsgroup using FB
It seems that Marco Cantu has coded his own newsgroup application (Delphi/Kylix app) using Firebird for storage. You can get more details here.
MySQL, Oracle, DB2, PgSQL and Firebird versus Leap Years and Division by Zero
Some Leap Years and Division by Zeoro example in different database systems
screenshot of the day – Mandriva 2008 with Firebird and Flamerobin
Screenshot: Mandriva One 2008.0 with Firebird, Flamerobin and docs
firebird 2.0.3 fixed security in bsd ports
Fixed security2.fdb while installing from bsd package
(it had wrong permissions )
OpenDBX 1.3.5 released
Finally, this development release contains a prototype of an ODBC backend for the OpenDBX database access library. It’s not fully functional yet and misses the code for data retrieval but data definition and manipulation statements work. Also, the code does compile cleanly if the latest GCC compiler suite is used. Read more
What is SchemaProber?
The main purpose of SchemaProber is to provide a lightweight representation of a database schema. It doesn’t do anything except relay information from the database. Here’s the class diagram for SchemaProber
ADA (Autonomic Database Agent) – new project
ADA (Autonomic Database Agent) is a project that shows how to use AC concepts using AC techniques to implement autonomic behavior on a DBMS, a very popular kind of application, widely used nowadays and also a field where exploring autonomic concepts will show clear results. [He is using firebird for this autonomic unit]

