We would like to draw your attention to this in-depth article, written on the basis of real-world experience, and devoted to a rarely discussed topic: migration from Firebird to PostgreSQL.
Jaybird 6.0.3 and 5.0.9 released with bug fixes
The Firebird Project has discovered critical security issues in older versions of all supported releases. To avoid potential attacks, upgrade to the latest releases, they have the problem fixed.
Today is a special milestone: Firebird turns 25 (31 July 2000 → 31 July 2025). While we can’t host a physical celebration for everyone, we're bringing the party to you—via music, community, and shared memory. And we also bring you gifts! So read on...
Firebird Project is happy to announce general availability of Firebird 5.0.3, Firebird 4.0.6 and Firebird 3.0.13 sub-releases.
Time flies, and now we have the second edition of the must-have book for every Firebird developer: "Detailed new Features of Firebird, 2nd edition". This 129-page book has 11 chapters that explain how Firebird 5's new features work and how to use them. Price of book is EUR16.99.
This database comparison study analyzes storage efficiency between Firebird 5 and PostgreSQL 17 by creating identical tables with various data types (boolean, char, varchar, date, integer, numeric, float, time, timestamp) and populating them with one million rows each. The research compares space utilization across different data types, revealing that PostgreSQL stores integer types more efficiently (81 MB versus 99.63 MB in Firebird), while Firebird demonstrates better efficiency with character data types, particularly for larger field sizes like CHAR(200) (2604.25 MB versus 2728 MB in PostgreSQL), and floating-point numbers.
Video (in Italian) by Fabio Codebue about upcoming Firebird 6 and its features: Schemas, JSON and more.
If you have Windows on ARM, check out beta version of Firebird ODBC driver for ARM!
