Author: mariuz
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mariuz
DbBench 0.6.0 Release
Tsutomu Hayashi released DbBench 0.6.0.
List of changes :
* Move development environment to Delphi2010.
* Add “ENGINE INNODB” to MySQL CREATE TABLE script.
* Firebird now use dbExpress driver for firebird by Embarcadero.
* Add “WaitOnLocks = True” for each drivers parameter.
* Change processed transaction count method, now include rollbacked transaction.
Great presentation from Alex Peshkoff regarding Firebird Security is published
Great PPT from Alex Peshkoff (Firebird Core developer) regarding Firebird Security is published: http://bit.ly/3ITICI
via ibsurgeon’s tweet
Firebird 2.1.3 uploaded to #debian #unstable #sid
Firebird 2.1.3 package is uploaded to Debian Unstable (Sid) and here is the list of package changes
* fix repack.sh invocation in watch file
* make executable
* New upstream release
+ drop patches released upstream
– cvs_CVE-2009-2620_DOS.patch was deleted (fixed upstream in 2.1.3)
– cvs_autogen.sh-autoreconf.patch
* refresh all patches to apply cleanly
* no longer regster QuickStart.pdf with doc-base; it was dropped upstream
* -classic.postinst: remove stray stop rc.d symlinks
What is interesting is to see the import diff vs the 2.1.2 package
C++ Wrapper Library for Firebird Embedded SQL
This article is devoted to the Embedded Firebird database usage and also development of C++ wrapper of this database.You can reply on code project for this article.If you wonder :”What is the difference between his wrapper and IBPP?” here are some answers
Firebird 2.1.3 – Recommended update
Douglas Tosi wrote about why is recommended to do the upgrade in a short like review (If you don’t want to parse the changelog yet)
Yesterday Firebird 2.1.3 was made public. As with all maintenance releases its focus is stability. A number of bugs are fixed and it is a recommended update for everyone using older versions of the 2.1 series
Via twitter status post
#Twitter Firebird #Geek #Hero of the day
I started following him http://twitter.com/brentrowland because he is
the Ruby Firebird Extension maintaner also he writes some really
interesting tweets and blog posts
New Release: CakePHP 1.2.5
The CakePHP development team is happy to announce CakePHP 1.2.5.
1.2.5 is a bug fix release of the latest stable branch. Check the
changelog for all the changes.
Firebird in the cage (chroot) some notes on montavista linux
Someone is using firebird 2.1.3 inside a chroot cage , there were some issues but in the end he solved them
I’m trying to build a database in a chrooted MontaVista environment. My host OS is Fedora Linux 10. I chroot into the MV installation and try to build the database
News from Firebird Ruby / Ror driver – Firebird Extension 0.6.1 released
Firebird Extension Library for Ruby added new releses 0.6.1 and there are many changes and bug fixes