Visual basic & firebird DB (on *nix machine)
There is an example code on devshed.com forums
Author: mariuz
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mariuz
New firebird sponsors from :Russia, Japan and Brazil
You can read the details on the fundation’s blog
SchemaSpy 3.0 released
Now with Firebird Support, You can read more here about this project and there are some nice samples
Firebird database Configuration in debian
Read Full article here on debianhelp.co.uk
firebase article about installing apache 2.2 firebird and php
How to install apache2.2. php and firebird on fedora , you may need google translate
Read more at www.firebase.com.br/fb/…
Milliseconds are now stored in the timestamp KInterbasDB + Firebird
David Rushby (the autor of the KInterbasDB) has
solved the problem applying such a feature in the code. Thank you David.
Jaybird V2.1.0 Beta 1 has been released
Jaybird V2.1.0 Beta 1 has been released and is available for download.
“Free” Databases: Express vs. Open-Source RDBMSs
Open-source databases are gaining IT mindshare at a rapid pace. As an example, BusinessWeek‘s February 6, 2006 “Taking On the Database Giants” article asks “Can open-source upstarts compete with Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft?” and then provides the answer: “It’s an uphill battle, but customers are starting to look at the alternatives.”
Read more on the OakLeaf Systems blog
What are the alternatives to Apache and PostgreSQL?
Read more on the Liam Wilkie’s blog
Firebird and Multi Version Concurrency Control – why is so good
Spotted on dotnetfirebird blog
A nice white paper by Roman Rokytskyy that describes the multi version concurrency control system used in Firebird in comparison to IBM DB2 and Oracle 9i.
I found this quote on the Hibernate Tuning blog: [Ed:They linked to the Roman’s Page , Scroll down to “db2 and friends”]
In fact glaring are the benchmarks published by MySQL. I’d put to you that MVCC support is probably more important than a lot of other concerns in transactional computing (as opposed to batch processing and OLTAP type stuff)