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Hello Firebird-Developers/Users,

FalconPL, a new and fast-growing programming language had included FirebirdSQL support as High Priority in their TODOs.

Firebird Database Server module driver for DBI system

Type:	Module binding
Difficulty:	Intermediate
Required skills:	C++ (high), database (basic)
Time frame:	30 days
Mentoring:	High

This idea consists of creating a binary native module using the Falcon multi-platform C++ SDK to provide an interface to the Firebird database server through the DBI abstract interface system.

The resulting module shall use the Falcon Service interface to expose methods used by the DBI system to access database resources. Other than that, the applicant shall implement a set of functions interfacing directly the Firebird database API which can be called directly by scripts bypassing the DBI interface.

The applicant will be in charge of designing an interface to the module functionality, implement it in C++, document it through the faldoc integrated module documentation system, provide code samples and automated unit test for evaluation by faltest.

The work will be evaluated based on the elegance of the interface, efficiency in terms of memory footprint and CPU consumption, completeness of the documentation (including samples) and on readability of the produced code. Extra consideration will be granted to work that promotes the uniquely multi-paradigm approach of the Falcon Programming Language in the interface provided to the final users. Top evaluation is given if the final work also provides a Falcon Service exposing the same functionalities provided to scripts via a C++ interface.

Facts Table:
http://www.falconpl.org/index.ftd?page_id=facts

About Falcon:
http://www.falconpl.org/index.ftd?page_id=about

And here’s the newsgroup:
http://groups.google.com/group/falconpl

Maybe somebody is interested to collaborate with the FalconPL creator (Giancarlo Nicolai) in adding and implementing the FirebirdSQL support.

Thanks and best regards,
Mario Sabado

Database Master 2.0 for FireBird has been released. The new version  includes new great featureas, enhancements and some bug fixes.  Database Master also supports Oracle, SQLServer, MySQL, PostgreSQL,  SQLite, MongoDB, XML File, ODBC and OleDB connections.

What is new:

• MongoDB support: Open Source and Document based database system is  supported now.
• XML File support: You can add an Xml file as a relational database  and execute SQL queries.
• Search Engine: You can search any data in your database without  writing any SQL query.
• New reporting system is implemented.
• XML Import: You can import your xml file into a database table.
• New Export File Formats: Word 2007, Excel 2007, OpenOffice, PNG,  XPS, RTF, dBase formats are supported now.
• Code Factory: You can genarate (C#,Java etc.) code from your database.
• SQL Script Export: You can export View and Procedure structure now.
• Templates and Snippets: Database Master supports now SQL tempaltes  and snippets.

Upscene Productions is proud to release Database Workbench 4.0.2 Pro, a small maintenance release to the recent new major release of the multi-DBMS database developer tool Database Workbench 4, download a trial version here.

As of today, the free Lite Editions for version 4 have been released, these are stripped down editions of Database Workbench Pro and you can download and use these for free.

The Lite Editions support either of the following:

• MySQL
• Firebird
• InterBase

Since version 4, they are fully Unicode enabled.

The Pro Edition supports one or more of the following:

• MySQL
• Firebird
• InterBase
• Oracle
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Sybase SQL Anywhere
• NexusDB

Pricing information can be found here.