Author: mariuz
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mariuz
Testing Firebird 2.5 Almost RC1 packages on #debian or #ubuntu
Damyan Ivanov requested from us to test the new Firebird 2.5 (almost rc1) packages on Debian based distros (Ubuntu)
I have updated the HowTo build the packages from Git repository.
There are still known big issues but you can start testing and give feedback on Firebird Debian list
#Poll What is your favorite #OpenSource #Database ?
For the moment Firebird won the second place but we can still vote 
and change the #mysql virtual monopoly on Lamp
http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/what-is-your-favorite-open-source-database/
Blr decoder – question of the day
Does anyone knows a BLR decoder, or the doc´s that i need to build one?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1839956/firebird-blr-decoder
There is no such tool yet but you can get the documentation from here (Save As)
Firebird Tutorials in Portuguese
Firebird database-corruption and what you can do about it
There are usually only two reasons why a database can be corrupted in Firebird: 1) You copied the fdb-file while the Server was accessing it and 2) You don’t have forced writes enabled and the server shut down unexpectedly (e.g. power-outage)
Database recovery is done in four steps. Here’s how you do it:
#RIP #Dudley #GDML in Firebird 3.0 – #Sql won
Dudley – Sounds like DDL (data definition language) and is the pre (interbase) 4.0 data definition utility GDEF. It’s actually named after Dudley Doright, a character from Rocky and Bullwinkle. GDEF accepts a data definition language based on GDML.
Full thread on Firebird-devel list
Another definition on original source code description (interbase 6.0)
DDL utility. Interpreted commands in the old data definition language (declare relation, declare field – square brackets where you want to put parentheses). Generates BLR for views and triggers, GDML (non-SQL relational language) for metadata updates.
Even more pictures from #FBCon09 #Munich
Not much from me, but a good one, showing 3 very important people for
Firebird and some interesting slides
http://www.destructor.de/firebird/conf2009/index.htm
Regards Stefan
New Platinum Sponsor: ObjectMastery
From Firebird Foundation’s blog
ObjectMastery Pty Ltd of Melbourne, Australia, becomes our newest Platinum sponsor and corporate member. Thank you, ObjectMastery, as we welcome your team to our team and your CTO Bernard Cleary as corporate representative for the company.
More pictures from #Munich #FBCon09
Here are some more pictures from Markus and me
Flash Version :https://vdba-prod.rrze.uni-erlangen.de/FBCon09
HTML-Version: https://vdba-prod.rrze.uni-erlangen.de/FBCon09/html
Enjoy!And thanks to all the speakers and Holger and his team for organising!
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Björn Reimer – RRZE