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!

SQL/e – Microsoft answer to FB Embedded?

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From Steve Lasker’s Web Log – “I’m not familiar with the details of Firebird Embedded, so I can’t make a comparison. To capture the essence: SQL/e is a lightweight, in-proc relational database that offers a subset of the data types and TSQL syntax to provide queries over relational stored data with transactional support. The SQL/e data format can be password protected with encryption. SQL/e is based on the proven history of the Microsoft SQL Server Mobile Edition technology.”
Read more here.

IBPP Version 2.5, a C++ API interface for Firebird, is released

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A new version 2.5 of IBPP, a C++ API interface for Firebird got released some days ago. Downloads from the Sourceforge project area: sourceforge.net/projects/ibpp
Documentation from the IBPP website: www.ibpp.org

This update brings some new functionalities, more complete events support and will be shortly enhanced to bring full FB 2.0 compatibility (not that it shouldn’t work with FB 2.0 as is).

Yours, Olivier Mascia

More about MySQL and Jim [Starkey]

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The storage engine being worked on at MySQL will be available this year an derives from an acquisition of it own: the company Netfrastructure, which employed a database luminary Jim Starkey and other engineers. Read more here.

[Ed: I still wonder why some articles “forget” the word “Firebird”. Even when the subject is direct or indirect related to it, they prefer to mention Ingres, MySQL, PostgreSQL or EnterpriseDB].>

goCRM uses Firebird

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Easy to use and easy to install, goCRM is a pleasure to use throughout your working day and is designed specifically for the demanding small business sector. A high-performance (Firebird) database is at the heart of goCRM and can easily support from 1 to 100 users.

Win32 Classic and keepalive packets

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From Dmitry Yemanov:

It has been discovered recently (thanks to Eugene Kilin) that Win32 builds of Classic Server did not set up some socket options properly, including SO_KEEPALIVE. So if you have troubles with “zombie” processes not terminating after the keepalive internal, this is the reason. The patch has been committed into HEAD today and it will be available in the v2.0 RC2 release.

Also, Windows builds (both SuperServer and Classic) are now in sync with the POSIX ones and also have the Nagle algorithm disabled by default. If you want to change this behaviour, set the config option TcpNoNagle to zero.

Gracco uses Firebird

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Gracco – a new software developed by Zats & Loib – offers a complete and integrated solution for management business-oriented pertaining to legal profession for the Brazilian market. A free version of the tool can be download here. Gracco uses Firebird SuperServer as database.

DRoster Employee Scheduler uses Firebird

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DRoster 2.2.1 provides businesses and organizations of all sizes and needs with the flexibility required to create unique schedules, rosters, and shifts. Driven by a rule-based engine, DRoster validates schedules and availability times instantly preventing costly and time-consuming clashes and errors in scheduling. It uses a standard Software industry database (Firebird) to enable integration of DRoster with other data sources and applications. More information here.

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