Howto Install Firebird 2.5 SuperClassic in #Debian #Sid or #Testing
I have tested the new Firebird 2.5 SuperClassic package on Debian sid and wrote the install instructions (Flamerobin and screenshots are included in the mini guide)
Announcements of new Firebird related products, or new releases.
I have tested the new Firebird 2.5 SuperClassic package on Debian sid and wrote the install instructions (Flamerobin and screenshots are included in the mini guide)
Today we are (IBProvider team) overwhelmingly happy because we have finally released the final build of the 3rd version of IBProvider.
Of course, you can write it! All you need is a strong desire and 7 years of free time. Exactly the same time it took us to write the third version of IBProvider.
Please read about development results here and download new Firebird driver here:
Firebird driver developers results
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Regards, IBProvider Team.
A new beta release of the PEAR::MDB2 abstraction layer and of the Firebird/Interbase driver has been released.
PEAR::MDB2 is a merge of the PEAR::DB and Metabase PHP database abstraction layers.
This release introduces PHP 5.3 support, plus many optimisations and fixes. Please test this release and report any issue you might experience.
Download and changelog:
DA-SOFT Technologies announces the availability of AnyDAC for Delphiv 4.0.1.1463 – high-speed, Universal Data Access Components for Firebird, Interbase, SQLite, MySQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MS Access, IBM DB2, Sybase SQL Anywhere, DbExpress, ODBC, that simplifies the task of building CodeGear Delphi, C++Builder and Free Pascal Compiler database applications. |
AnyDAC for Delphi can be immediately downloaded from the download page.
What is new in v4.0.1 and what is AnyDAC ?
You can do this (in theory) using Firebird .Net provider and Mono via MonoDroid (private preview and seems that you need to pay for it later ) or with the opensource project androidmono
After MonoTouch on Iphone / Ipad now you can connect to a firebird database using .net provider and mono
I saw it on this tweet and Jiri answered that he will try it if he gets a MonoDroid sdk
The next release of Ubuntu will have an updated package for firebird with one hard to detect bug fixed (the Classic install one)
Seems to be a popular (12th place on DistroWatch ) distro based on Debian
Firebird-2.5 will be available this evening in the MEPIS 8.5 testing Community Repository.
Here is the new version (0.2.0.39) for FirebirdConfig and there are new webpages for it in English and Spanish
Via twitter JhonnySuarezG
#FirebirdConfig for #Firebird in english http://is.gd/e6fdT #mindthebird
Firebird has a feature allowing you to specify tables you want to lock (read or write and exclusive/protected/shared) when starting transaction so now is proper implemented in .net provider snapshots
David Elias created new branch for Django 1.2 and Maximiliano Robaina tested it , there is still work left to do but the results are good