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RAD Studio XE in Devart VCL
From Irina Pisklyarova:
Devart announced the new versions of VCL Data Access Components with full support of Embarcadero RAD Studio XE.
The Devart VCL Data Access Components product line consists of the solutions that provide access from Delphi, Delphi for .NET, C++Builder, and Free Pascal chest, and offer wide coverage of the database servers’ feature sets. Devart Data Access Components provide the direct access to Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, InterBase, Firebird and Yaffil, SQLite, DB2, Microsoft Access, Advantage Database Server, Adaptive Server Enterprise, and other databases.
Starting SC/CS on Linux
Alex Peshkov posted some more (interesting) info about this in fb-devel list:
The only difference between [starting] classic and superclassic is different server binary to start – classic is started by fb_inet_server (started by xinetd) and super – fb_smp_server, started by fbguard, started by /etc/init.d script. You can remove fb_smp_server, fbguard and startup scripts – and you will get poor classic package. To get superclassic package – remove fb_inet_server and xinetd startup file, and slightlychange install script.
Must say that this is anyway not a longterm solution. Since 3.0 we will not have separate packages – single package will serve all needs, including SS, and choice of operation mode will be done using firebird.conf.
XMLWizard – 50% discount
GuacoSoft offers 50% discount to all MindTheBird members, on XMLWizard tool to import data into Firebird from external files like XML, CSV and textual files.
http://www.guacosoft.com/xmlwizard
Discount: 50%
ShareIt coupon code: you can find it in Milan’s message in MTB discussion group
Only valid until October 15th, 2010.
Firebird Anti-Corruption approach slides
Firebird Anti-Corruption Approach
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How to run SuperClassic on Linux
Firebird 2.5 brings a new architecture called SuperClassic. The official FB 2.5 Linux packages brings SuperClassic and Classic in the same package, and when you install it, Classic will be activated by default.
To be able to change to SuperClassic, you need to run the script changeMultiConnectMode.sh that is installed with FB 2.5.
You will be prompted with: “Which option would you like to choose: multi-(process|thread) [process]”
Answering thread will activate SuperClassic, while process will activate Classic mode.
PS: This is not documented in the Release Notes.
FB 2.5 Press Release in PT-BR
I just made available for the public, the (Portuguese-Brasil) translated version of the Firebird 2.5 Press Release!
Thanks to all FB developers for the great work!
FB 2.5 release webinar starts in a few minutes
Firebird 2.5 is out!
Don’t forget to join the webinar using the link (13h GMT):
www.livemeeting.com/cc/fbcon2010/join?id=46D79S&role=attend
Philippe Makowski (president of the Firebird Foundation) and Dmitry Yemanov (chief of the development team) will be present.
Firebird 2.5 will be released October 4, 2010
Firebird 2.5 release date is set to October 4, 2010.
Please join Philippe Makowski, President of Firebird Foundation, and Dmitry Yemanov, lead Firebird developer, at the Launch Webinar devoted to the 5th major release of Firebird. It will take place at October 4, 2010, at 13-00 GMT.
Link for Firebird 2.5 Webinar is
https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/fbcon2010/join?id=46D79S&role=attend
If you have any questions regarding Firebird 2.5, please feel free to contact us: launch@mindthebird.com
Open Source Databases Have Come of Age
These are by no means the only open source databases designed for embedding. Firebird, for example, is a descendant of the Borland Interbase product and has a strong following.
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