Firebird 2.0 in Computerworld
ComputerWorld announced in its site the release of Firebird 2.0.
Author: Cantu
I'm the owner of the www.Firebase.com.br site and the author of the books Firebird Essencial, Firebird 2 and Migration Guide to Firebird 3. Loving Firebird even before it was born!
xStarter FBIB
xStarter FBIB is a job scheduler with special features for Firebird. It allow not only perform backup/restore or maintenance procedures but also execute SQL scripts at specified time.
You can read more about it here.
FSQL V1.5.6
Ivan Prenosil just released FSQL V1.5.6. It can be considered an “enhanced” version of isql, with features likes importing data from csv, showing active connections, inserting file contents into blob, making a backup from sql script, colour output highlighting, etc…
Firebird Conference Pictures
For portuguese speakers
Para o pessoal que quiser acompanhar a conferência de Firebird, estarei postando sempre que possível algumas notícias no meu blog pessoal.
Firebird Cheat Sheet
Lorenzo Alberton: Since I couldn’t find a Firebird SQL cheat sheet, I wrote one, listing useful information about the upcoming Firebird 2 external link such as its data type, its internal and UDF functions, and the php ibase functions. The cheat sheet is here.
dnfBB v1.1 Now available
The dnfBB team are pleased to announce the immediate release of dnfBB version 1.1.
Version 1.1 introduces a couple of new features along with many bug fix’s. Please see the release notes for details.
There is also a new area on the forum for upgrade
(http://www.dnfbb.net/ViewForum.aspx?id=69) and installation
(http://www.dnfbb.net/ViewForum.aspx?id=68) support and help.
dnfBB is a powerful and fast 3 Tier, C# discussion board or forum for websites running ASP.NET. Native support for multiple forums within the same db structure. Designed around Firebird!
Rgds, Si
Firebird in CONISLI
Luiz Paulo will be doing a talk about Firebird at CONISLI (International Conference of Free Software) today in São Paulo. It is the first time that Firebird is being presented at the conference.
Firebird Hymn
Russian band recorded a version of famous AC/DC song Thunderstruck with different lyrics (Firebird devoted) 🙂 Check it out (the MP3) here.
Looking for beta testers – Firebird Metadata Synchronizer
We are about to release a simple utility to help developers keep the DDL between multiple Firebird databases synchronized. Firebird Metadata Synchronizer (FMS) is a simple, low priced tool that allows you to compare and synchronize DDL between two Firebird databases. Its ideal for developers & DBAs who want to ease the process of migrating from development -> test -> production, from release to release of their applications and database revisions.
If you think you could benefit from this software, we are opening a
pre-release viewing of the program. You are welcome to download a 7 day trial of the software at the following URL:
