Firebird related news
Jorge Andrés Brugger asked:
Is there a full list of actual keywords and reserverd words? (there are updates on every release notes, but I´m looking for a already compiled and complete list)
Paul Vinkenoog responded:
Yes, I included one in the 2.5 LangRef Update:
http://www.firebirdsql.org/refdocs/langrefupd25-reskeywords-full.html
I have noticed two interesting udfs on stackoverflow (in firebird section) First one is FB_SLEEP() UDF – pause an FB thread for a number of seconds
and another is GETTIMEOFDAY UDF (because FB TIMESTAMPs are not TIME ZONE aware)
Here is the blog with tips on Installing auralia 4 on a intel based mac osx 10.6 server
In the install guide the Firebird install steps start at page 10
This fixes the build issue on osx/darwin and small cleanups to Makefile.PL (soon we will merge with Makefile.alternative)
Also i have tagged this with release 0.55 in git repository.
The cpan tar is be available here http://search.cpan.org/~mariuz/.
This is a minor revision with added description and simple example
With the new official FB site, there is also a new option to allow people to subscribe to the official Firebird newsletter, and keep up to date with official news from the Firebird team. You can easily subscribe using the appropriate widget at the sidebar of the mainpage.
We are continuing to actively add new functionality of Firebird 3 DBMS to IBProvider.
Let us remind you that already 2 months ago we added support of BOOLEAN data type from Firebird 3. In the new version of IBProvider Professional, we added support of PACKAGE instruction.
Now you can put in order a bulk of database procedures and functions and group them by sense into individual modules (PACKAGE). This arrangement will substantially simplify understanding and maintenance of SQL code.
Ream more about Firebird 3 access improvements.
Visit new http://firebirdsql.org and and enjoy new abilities: subscribe to Newsletter, Twitter, Facebook
Please report any missings , wishes to firebird-website list or rush the bugs in the firebird tracker (The WEB component)
ps:This one of the steps completed into attracting more developers on using Firebird and looking more modern and trendy
Also if you find some some pages from the old site that are not integrated yet , here is the url http://web.firebirdsql.org/
I have updated the natty package for Firebird 2.5 in the stable ppa with latest release from debian
with one major fix taken from svn branch : the loading of ICU
The next release Oniric will include this fix by default
