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.
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!
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:
IBSurgeon has new site and docs
IBSurgeon site got a facelift and has new docs in the knowledge base section.
Delphi Features survey
Borland/DTG had put up a survey to find out what Delphi users want to see in new Delphi versions. Question 6.1 is specially important to us:
6.1. Which databases do you require Delphi connectivity with? (Choose all that apply …)
Firebird is one of the options! Vote for it!
Firebird lock tables
Blog discuss the Firebird Lock “Table”. Check here.
Russian Firebird Conference pictures
The first Russian Firebird and InterBase Conference was due in October 14th, 2006, and organized by iBase.ru, a well-known Firebird/InterBase company in Russia.
The conference gathered about 190 participants and 35 sponsors and speakers. It was an one day conference with 17 sessions, talking about Firebird 2.0, Firebird 2.1, InterBase 2007, Fyracle, FIBPlus, FastReport, IBProvider, IB/FB Developer’s Studio, different aspects of using Firebird and InterBase (performance optimization, database repair…), experience in creating billing and other systems.
In the intervals between sessions, people were able to talk with Firebird developers and other specialists close to Firebird and Interbase technologies.
Conference was a success, and we can expect the 2nd edition for the next year.
You can check pictures here (use Babelfish if you want to translated the pictures subtitles).
Evans Data Survey mentions Firebird
Today we have a new survey on issues related to developing apps for the corporate enterprise. If you are involved with this please take our survey. You’ll get to tell major manuafcturers, platform vendors, and development tools makers what you really want AND this time you will be automatically be entered in a contest to WIN A 32 INCH MONITOR.
To take the survey, please go to:
http://www.evansdata.com/EDC_ENT_2006_2.html
[Ed.Note]: The survey is long, but you don’t have to answer all the questions.
dnfBB version 1.0 is now available
dnfBB version 1.0 is now available
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 to work with Firebird and MySQL, support for
additional RDBMSs in the future.
dnfBB was originally designed around Firebird, unlike other forums dnfBB uses all the features of the underlying databases, including stored procedures, domains, triggers etc.
dnfBB can be downloaded here
FYI, FBTalk.net uses dnfBB along with Firebird 1.5, and is available for all users of Firebird RDBMS to discuss issues related to Firebird.
Rgds,
Si Carter
SQLAlchemy 0.3 released
The first release of the SQLAlchemy 0.3 series is now available – http://www.sqlalchemy.org/
SQLAlchemy is the Python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper that gives application developers the full power and flexibility of SQL.
Changes in firebird module:
– aliases do not use “AS”
– correctly raises NoSuchTableError when reflecting non-existent table