OpenDBX 1.3.7 released
Release focus: Major bugfixes
Author: mariuz
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mariuz
phpBB 3.0.1 released
phpBB 3.0.1 has just been released, this means some small bug fixes, which were of course necessary in order to ensure the continuous stable release rate of phpBB. The official release topic is posted below.[Ed: phpbb3.0.x runs on firebird > 2.0]
Firebird RDBMS at russian conferences
In the second part of April there are 3 conferences in Moscow, Russia, where will be Firebird sessions
PC factory test tool runs Linux/PHP and firebird
The appliance is based on an unspecified hardware platform from MBX running Gentoo Linux, the Apache web server, PHP scripting, and the open source Firebird SQL database.
ARM Linux gains embeddable SQL database
The Firebird Project has ported its lightweight, open-source database to the ARM architecture. The project is looking for help testing a new Firebird 2.1 RC2 release, which in addition to ARM support, adds database triggers, temporary and monitoring tables, common table expressions, and recursive queries
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7532715481.html
[ED: ok the arm port is not merged in the cvs yet but the code is already there in debian’s git or private patches, please ask on devel-list]
How To Get Firebird / Interbase Connected Users
In some tasks we need to know how many users are connected to the database. And even which users are connected… There is an interesting piece of code with which you may achieve this this. It is an additional source file written for ZeosDBO 6.1.3 library. It only works with Firebird 1.5. But it can be easy modified for another Firebird/Interbase server.
The ZeosLib DBOs 6.1.5 – With Delphi 7 and Firebird 1.5
This little article shows how to access Firebird databases by using the ZEOS component Library in version 6.1.5 (including Patches 1&2) and how to use these components in database applications. It does not matter if you use the “real” SQL-Server or the embedded version which is restricted to local held databases. A couple of examples (also migrated Delphi-BDE demos) shall explain how to use the ZEOS components.
Kinterbase 3.3 snapshots
http://kinterbasdb.sourceforge.net/snapshots/3.3/
You can read this thread about this release where Pavel Cisar explains his role for kinterbase project
Firebird Project has now ports for the top4 embedded processors
Firebird Project has now ports for the top4 embedded processors used in small devices like phones
The top cpu used in that area are arm,x86,mips,powerpc according to linuxdevices survey
http://www.linuxdevices.com/files/article077/embedded_processor_current_trend.jpg
Here are the build results for firebird2.0 package on debian on main cpu architectures used in debian
http://buildd.debian.org/pkg.cgi?pkg=firebird2.0
The latest port is for arm cpu , and here is the devel-thread
http://www.nabble.com/arm-port-patch-td16497801.html
Installing firebird 2.0.x client with screenshots
When configuring a Windows machine for use by the Evolution™ payroll service-bureau system, a common step is installing the open-source Firebird database software; this Evo Tip details the process.