New revision of “Get to know Firebird in 2 minutes” is available
A new version of the document (1.1) is available here. It contains some links updates, new information, etc. Expect translations of the new version to come soon.
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!
More conference pictures
I created a new web album in google with all my pictures from the latest conference. You can check it here.
Firebird Metadata Synchronizer v1.0
Tech Solutions are proud to announce the availability of Firebird Metadata
Synchronizer (FMS), a Windows utility that allows software developers & DBAs working with the open source Firebird SQL database, a simple and inexpensive way to migrate database changes from server to server. Retailing at $US39.00, FMS is an inexpensive solution to the problem of revising system DDL metadata.
Read more here.
Firebird 2.0 in Computerworld
ComputerWorld announced in its site the release of Firebird 2.0.
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