1-step Firebird installation scripts for Linux completely restructured to provide a unified, simplified approach for installing Firebird on Linux systems. Instead of maintaining separate scripts for each distribution and version combination, the new architecture uses universal scripts that automatically detect the operating system and configure the installation accordingly. Supports 18 Linux distros and Firebird versions 5.0, 4.0, 3.0, 2.5.
The Firebird project has been highly active in recent months with numerous updates and releases. In July 2025, the project celebrated its 25th Anniversary, marking a quarter-century of development and community support. Two significant books were announced, 3 important articles were published, and EmberWings Q3/2025 was released.
The new book "Secrets of Firebird Query Performance" is being prepared for publication in early November. 320 pages of concentrated knowledge about SQL in Firebird, execution plans, indexes, optimization techniques and more. See the contents of the book.
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!
Ever wondered how to make Firebird talk to MySQL, PostgreSQL, or any other database through ODBC? Denis Simonov has crafted an excellent deep-dive into creating custom Provider plugins for Firebird that does exactly that. In this article you will find the coverage of implementation challenges encountered during the development of HQbird's MySQLEngine and ODBCEngine plugins, including architectural solutions for DBMS limitations.
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