firebird2.0 package is now included in debian etch backports (stable)
http://packages.debian.org/etch-backports/firebird2.0-super
for using the etch stable backports read this reference
firebird 2.0 package is also included in testing
http://packages.debian.org/lenny/firebird2.0-super
and unstable
http://packages.debian.org/sid/firebird2.0-super
The question is, is there a MySQL/PostgreSQL equivalent of LIMIT clause in Firebird?
Which one of the two would you choose and why?
The new package is for php5.2.5 and can be installed with an simple apt-get install php5-interbase
It was uploaded by Daniel Hahler
And you can see the package bugs/details here
This tutorial explains how you can install the Firebird database server (version 2.0.3) on an Ubuntu 7.10 server.
The download counter on sf.net for all downloads is over 5 Millions , and the stats shows that traffic is growing
[ps:we should talk with the xampp guys to include php extension for firbird and the server]
Here is the full change log with security fixes for 2.0.x in gentoo portage system
I have been configuring a fair number of Linux database servers for a line-of-business application; it runs the Firebird SQL database in server mode only (no application code at all – just DB).
All of these are the wonderful Dell PowerEdge 2950 units with the PERC6i RAID controller, and my typical configuration is 6x 146G 15k SAS drives. These are the highest-performance, highest capacity solution in 3.5″ drives.
An introductory article about using the new Generic Database Output Module
This modules supports a large number of database systems via libdbi. Libdbi abstracts the database layer and provides drivers for many systems. Drivers are available via the libdbi-drivers project. As of this writing, the following drivers are available:
Rsyslog is an enhanced multi-threaded syslogd. Among other features, it offers support for on-demand disk buffering, reliable syslog over TCP, writing to MySQL and PostgreSQL databases, fully configurable output formats (including great timestamps), the ability to filter on any part of the syslog message, and on-the-wire message compression. It is designed as a drop-in replacement for stock syslogd and thus is able to work with the same configuration file syntax. Of course, some enhanced features require changing the configuration file, but in general, this should be fairly easy.
Release focus: Major feature enhancements
