The fastest way to insert 100K records
I’m doing some performance tests today with our three different database backends: MySql, Firebird and SQL Server.
Author: mariuz
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mariuz
Flamerobin 0.8.6 officially accepted in ubuntu hardy
Flamerobin 0.8.6 is now accepted in the official ubuntu 8.04 hardy repository
http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/utils/flamerobin
here is the distro list where flamerobin 0.8.6 is included
Debian http://packages.debian.org/lenny/flamerobin
Gentoo http://gentoo-portage.com/dev-db/flamerobin
ibwebadmin 2.0 added to ubuntu ppa repository
I have created the ppa packages using the version 2.0 pre from cvs and it can be installed by an simple
$apt-get install ibwebadmin or with synaptic(gdebi)
http://jimicompot.blogspot.com/2008/04/ibwebadmin-20-added-to-ubuntu-ppa.html
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13170201/ibwebadmin_2.0-1ubuntu6_all.deb
Firebird on 2nd place in Entwickler Readers Choice Award 2008
FWIW: Firebird won the 2nd place in the Entwickler Readers Choice Award 2008.
http://entwickler-magazin.de/zonen/magazine/psecom,id,47,nodeid,17,p,0.html
Python backup script for firebird
Here is an cron backup script written in python
Firebird v.2.0.4 RC1 is ready in pre-release for field-testing
The Firebird Project team announces a release candidate for the Firebird 2.0.4 sub-release, now available to download and test on 32-bit Windows, 32-bit and AMD64 Linux and MacOSX for x86 and PPC. Please test it thoroughly and report your experiences (good or bad) back to the firebird-devel or the firebird-test list.
Installing Firebird 2.0 RDBMS on Ubuntu 7.10
[Yet another guide for installing firebird2.0.x on ubuntu] This is my attempt at installing Firebird 2.0 on Ubuntu 7.10.
Firebird Project Releases Firebird 2.5 Zeta 2
“The Firebird Project today officially releases the much-anticipated version 2.5 Zeta 2 of its open source Firebird relational database software.
The 2.5 release has many interesting new features that you can play with, like database triggers, temporary and monitoring tables, common table expressions, recursive queries and dozens of new inbuilt functions. We encourage you to see what you can achieve with these new features and let us know about any deficiency.
Windows ,MacOSX ,Linux kits fir 32-bit and 64-bit platforms are ready to download now You are invited to test it furiously and report your experiences (good or bad) back to the firebird-devel list.
It brings with it a large collection of long-awaited enhancements that significantly improve performance, security and support for international languages and realise some desirable new SQL language features. Under the surface, it also provides a much more robust code platform from which the re-architecting planned for Firebird 3.0 is proceeding.
The Firebird project roadmap for 2008 is now available.”
connecting with oOo 2.4 to firebird
here are the screenshots and connection string used for openoffice.org 2.4
firebird turkyie portal
here is a new portal for Turkish language speakers