Who’s using Debian+Firebird?
Humanistisch Instituut voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking, The Netherlands http://www.hivos.nl/
The organisation uses Debian GNU/Linux on half of their servers, i.e.
about 10 systems. Read more
SQLObject SQLObject 0.7.1 released
From Oleg Deribas:
There is new 0.7.1 version of SQLObject – Object Relational Manager for
python programming language: sqlobject.orgSQLObject supports firebird: sqlobject.org/SQLObject.html#id6
And there is another popular ORM for python – SQLAlchemy which supports firebird also.
Migration from Ms-sql to Firebird call to story
We have an opportunity to have a session at Solution Linux 2007 (Paris)
I will talk about migration from MsSQL to Firebird
Read more
Firebird on Asus WL-HDD – doable ?
Asus WL-HDD is an mipsel machine so with custom firmware (linux toolchain) it may be possible to install firebird on it. Read more
RC5 should be out soon!
In a chat with Dmitry Yemanov, I was told that Firebird 2.0 RC5 should be out until the end of this week, and it has great chances to become FB 2.0 final release.
Two FB talks at the 7th DDD
I will be doing 2 talks about Firebird 2.0 in the 7th Delphi Developers Day, in São Paulo – Brazil, next saturday (30/September). The conference is promoted by DUG-BR and subscriptions can be done online in the DUG site.
One more interview from 3rd FDD is online
HardSoft #277 brings another interview from the 3rd Firebird Developers Day conference. This time Luiz Paulo de O. Santos talks about Firebird security and why people should contribute with Firebird Foundation. Video is available (and also shows some general images from the conference) – audio is in portuguese.
How do I manage Forced Writes DB option in c++ code ? Interesting thread about Firebird
I post here code excerpt from my test MFC app, as someone else might find it useful, because the matter is poorly documented and I had to dig FB .NET data provider source code to manage. The code using FB client API can create a new FB DB with specified Forced Writes flag (BOOL m_bFW), or change the flag for existing database.
Here is the full thread
New poll
We have a new poll at FirebirdNews site. Don’t forget to vote! The poll is visible in the main page.

