The SQL language is designed to define requests for data manipulation, and to specify the final representation of results, but by design it does not support the definition of how the request should be handled by the database system. It’s up to database system to decide the best (i.e. fastest) method.
Firebird Project is happy to announce general availability of Firebird 2.5.5 — the latest minor release in the Firebird 2.5 series. This sub-release introduces several bug fixes and a few improvements, please refer to the Release Notes for the full list of changes. Binary kits for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X on both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms are immediately available for download.
Reviewers needed who are fluent in English and SQL
The Firebird Project needs your opinion regarding some points in the Windows installer of the upcoming Firebird 3.0 final release. Please answer the survey available at https://eSurv.org?u=fb3installer based on your preferences. Your answer can help to guide us in future enhancements. Survey will be online until 20-Nov-2015.
Firebird Project announces the first Release Candidate of Firebird 3.0, the next major version of the Firebird relational database, which is now available for testing.
New builds of Firebird V2.5.4 for MacOS are available, with a completely re-written installer to comply with El Capitan.
The Firebird JDBC team is happy to announce the release of Jaybird 2.2.9.
Firebird Project invites developers and administrators of big Firebird databases to the free seminar devoted to big Firebird databases: optimization, replication, high availability, backups and maintenance. Sponsors of these seminars are Moscow Exchange (Platinum sponsor), IBSurgeon and IBPhoenix.
Firebird Project and IBSurgeon invite Firebird administrators and developers to «Firebird Big Databases» seminar (in Russian). Seminar will take place in Moscow, Russia, October 21, 2015. Main speakers at seminar are Dmitry Yemanov, lead FirebirdSQL developer, Dmitry Kuzmenko, IBSurgeon and Alexey Kovyazin, IBSurgeon.
ADO.NET provider 4.8.0.0 Release