Author: mariuz

FDB Python driver for Firebird v1.7 is available for download.

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/fdb

What’s new:

* (PYFB-66) – Port parameter for connect and create_database is not used
* (PYFB-69) – Can not connect to FB services if set ISC_USER & ISC_PASSWORD by os.environ[…]
* (PYFB-70) – executemany(operation, seq_of_parameters) appears to run slower than it should
* Number of fixes to DDL generators in schema module
* Added support for Filter and BackupHistory in schema module.
* Added DDL scripts generator get_metadata_ddl().

best regards
Pavel Cisar
IBPhoenix

The Firebird Book Second Edition – Volume 4: Supplement for Firebird 3.0 by Helen Borrie.

Here are the instructions on running Firebird 2.5.x on CentOS with Epel

You  can use the following docker image based on Debian Jessie

https://hub.docker.com/r/jacobalberty/firebird/

PHP 5.6.30, 7.0.15 and 7.1.1 are released

http://php.net/archive/2017.php#id2017-01-19-3

Firebird C++ NodeJS module node-firebird-libfbclient updated with Firebird events fixes and VS2015 builds cleanup.