LewisC’s Database Survey
Ok, Firebird users, let’s make some noise!
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Loading...Additional commentary on the open source database market
Read more in Alex Fletcher blog. The post is a special comment for his previous article “Thoughts on the open source database market“.
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Forrester: Open source databases should be part of every database management system strategy
Open source technologies continue to make headway in the enterprise, and none more so, perhaps, than open source database management systems (DBMS).
Read full story here.
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...New packages of IBProvider Professional Edition came out
IBProvider v3 Release Candidate 3 [build 3.0.0.4963]
- NUMERIC-types support was improved.
- Disabled metadata cache mode performance was increased in 2.5 times.
- Metadata schemes were updated. Among them in schemes TABLE_INFO and TABLES classification of external (EXTERNAL TABLE) and temporary tables (GLOBAL TEMPORARY PRESERVE/DELETE) was added starting from Firebird 2.1 and Interbase 7.5.
- Correct processing of active transactions in the connection pool.
New build IBProvider v1.9.9.2547 and IBProvider v2.6.3.2547
- BLOB-columns metadata description bug was fixed.
- Correct processing of active transactions in the connection pool.
Details on the Firebird driver site.
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...PostgreSQL – Firebird comparison – updated
Google led me to a comparison sheet about PostgreSQL and Firebird by AMSoftwareDesign, as it looks a bit outdated I decided to add some infos about the latest Firebird release, see it in action
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Setting up ColdFusion and Firebird
After a long struggle on Devshed forums I decided to try on my own, after all I know Firebird and don’t see why it and ColdFusion can’t play nice together … infact they did, and easily.
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Versioning monitoring tables in Firebird 2.1/2.5
Firebird 2.1 added the long-awaited monitoring tables. By querying special system tables starting with MON$, you get a snapshot of the current activities in your database like who is connected to your database, which transactions and statements are running and so on. You even can cancel a running query by executing a DELETE statement on MON$STATEMENTS. Firebird 2.5 will also allow you to cancel an entire attachment via a DELETE on MON$ATTACHMENTS.
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...DROL Winner
The winner of the “Darwin Race of Languages” competition is Werewolf, who submited a nive GUI frontend for gbak (Windows and Linux), made in Delphi/Kylix. You can check more information and download it here.
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Virtual Volumes View 0.9 released
VVV is an application that catalogs the content of removable volumes like CD and DVD disks for off-line searching.
Folders and files can also be arranged in a single, virtual file system. Each folder of this virtual file system can contain files from many disks so you can arrange your data in a simple and logical way.
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Firebird Intl Conference (Italy) – Timetable is online
The timetable for the International Firebird Conference is now available in the official site. Register this week and get earlybird discount!
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