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Firebird (server) is back in business with Entity Framework

Via Jiri’s Blog As you (maybe) know, there was a bug in left outer join so the model generation/update etc. in Entity Framework and similar tools was failing. The bug is now gone. Well, it’s not in some oficial release, but it’s in sources. If you want to test it, grab sources and build or grab this build [...]

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Multi-file Database ?

Some last database repair cases we did were with multi-file databases. Interesting, that latest InterBase and Firebird versions was used, and also file system for the storage was NTFS, not FAT32 and FAT16. But, the databases was created and maintained using 1 gigabyte files. [ED: seems that is better to put the database  on an good [...]

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Firebird and MS Sync Framework

Few days ago I was playing with Sync Framework (if you’re able to read Czech, you can check my series about it). You know, all testing and exploration I was always doing with SQL Server on server side. But this should work with any ADO.NET “equiped” database. So why not to test Firebird? more…                    

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Fatal lock manager error: semaphores are exhausted

If you get this message in firebird.log Fatal lock manager error: semaphores are exhausted, errno: 1 It means that you sould try to increase semaphores count in firebird.conf.                    

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Creating a Flamerobin/Firebird livecd with Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04.1

This is an howto create your own ubuntu live cd with firebird/ubuntu and custom applications ,in guide ubuntu variation used was Xubuntu (is smaller and can be customized easier ) but it works for any hardy release                    

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Store server generated values in Entity Framework in Firebird

Server generated values - not only autoincrements are very useful think. Entity Framework supports two types “Computed” and “Identity”. When you update or insert entity, these fields are automatically refreshed according to state in database (after calling SaveChanges). For more info look at StoreGeneratedPattern.                    

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Firebird on Rails encoding accent right

How to use a Rails App with Firebird DB 1.5 encoding: NONE and with accents                    

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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.                    

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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                    

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Another great new feature of Firebird 2.5

Other than CREATE USER something really valuable has been added, the ability to query other databases.                    

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Firebird SuperClassic - Another option

Called SuperClassic, it will be the basis for the multi-processor support that we’ll see in Firebird 3.0. Don’t lose count. Starting from Firebird 2.5 you will be able to choose among SuperServer, ClassicServer and SuperClassic. Basically SuperClassic is like ClassicServer. Only instead of a process for each attachment it uses a single process with a thread for [...]

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Solaris and the 256 File Descriptor Problem

Some of you reading this may remember that back when InterBase 6.0 was released on Solaris we ran into a fundamental problem on Solaris. It seems that since 1992 there has been an open bug documenting Solaris’ file descriptor problem: “32-bit stdio routines should support file descriptors >255.” When this issue was discovered, we chose to [...]

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PHP Firebird driver á la ActiveRecord

A very useful Firebird driver for performing most CRUD database operations in PHP.

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Firebird with Real Basic

If you try to connect with Real Basic here is the How To

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Exceptions, gcc and Solaris 10 AMD 64bit

Blog post by Paul Beach.For a little while now Alex and I have been battling a problem on Solaris 10 64bit AMD. We have been trying to port Firebird 2.0x to 64bit Solaris. However after fixing a few issues, e.g. defining the platform etc, we found that isql_static would core dump on trying to create [...]

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Firebird .NET provider and calling sp with parameters

Firebird .NET provider has ability to create parameterized queries. Both named and unnamed parameters are supported. Everything works as you expect with select, insert, delete or update commands. The tricky part comes with stored procedures. Unlike MS SQL, that has direct support for named parameters, in provider, we’re parsing parameter names and we’re sending it [...]

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64bit Firebird for MacOS 10.5 (Leopard)

Today I put the finishing touches to a native 64bit port of Firebird for MacOS 10.5 (Leopard). This required the following changes to the Firebird 2.1 code base (B2_1_Release). For anybody else considering adding a new platform to Firebird then you may find this useful.

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FirebirdSQL Reference - up again

http://home.lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/index.php?page=FirebirdSQL+Reference Has MySQL updated to 6.0 and PostgreSQL updated to 8.2. Some pages will request a login. That is because we are using private information to provide them and can’t allow access in the public domain.

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xwiki installation on jboss using firebird

How-to for installing xwiki, the open source enterprise wiki, on JBoss using firebird as database backend. [Ed article via digg ]

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gambas2 and firebird howto

Here is the tutorial in Spanish Este pequeño tutorial lo he hecho para compartir mis experiencias y los caminos q he tenido que recorrer para llegar a acceder a mi base de datos favorita “FIREBIRD”, sin embargo este tutorial puede ser usado para acceder a CUALQUIER BASE DE DATOS siempre cuando tengas su driver odbc; asi [...]

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BLOB Field using ZeosDBO 6.6.x

Hi, I want to share how to save and load BLOB from database. The database I use here is Firebird, but I think Zeos behaviour is same.

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Back to the Blog … back to the bug (report)

Today I decide to put up a post about a common requirement which leads to an interesting SQL query (see an example here) using Firebird and Flamerobin, after a few seconds I was writing bug reports

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DDL Visualizer - Visualize firebird sql script with Netbeans

Read the tutorial here .You can find source code here and NBM here.

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installing firebird 2.0.x on debian stable from rpm

Here is the guide in spanish for installing firebird 2.0 on debian using alien and firebird rpm package [ED:there’s More Than One Way To Do the install .]

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How to: Apache2 + PHP5 + Firebird2.0/interbase + Ubuntu 7.10

an great post with an alternate way of installing firebird 2.0.x in ubuntu 7.10 (from tar.gz) via dbrunas.com.ar

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installing firebird on debian in portuguese

Here is the guide , via dbrunas.com.ar

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Secure PHP+Firebird installation on unix/linux systems

With the growing concerns regarding comment SPAM, XSS attacks, security breaches, etc, we should spend some time learning how to defend ourselves against such threats.etc. So, let’s focus on securing our PHP server, thus barring most of the attacks from the start. http://www.alberton.info/secure_php_installation.html

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UIB support for Firebird 2.1

Firebird 2.1 is in late beta/early RC state now, with lots of fantastic new features. Here are the issues with UIB

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how to use DDEX provider for Firebird in VS2008

I’ve decided to try to install into VS2008 the DDEX provider. It has been working like a charm. I’ve been doing steps like in any other installation

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Asynchronous database event notifications

Wouldn’t it be nice if your database could tell you that something it thinks you should know about just happened? For example that a record was inserted, modified or deleted from your favorite table. Well, some databases actually can and as of Qt 4.4 you may be able to take advantage of this in your [...]

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Firebird SQL classic server on MAC OS X Leopard Intel using launchd

This is the results of a single successful installation of Firebird SQL server on Leopard. Most of the configuration was carried out while on a short commuter flight from Ottawa to Toronto this evening, there exists no warrantee or promises.

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working with firebird from shell script (bash or D.O.S)

In this article is described how to run sql scripts from the shell (bash or D.O.S) http://www.vivaolinux.com.br/artigos/verArtigo.php?codigo=7109

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Unable to access fireruby lib - with firebird 2.0.x and ror

I am getting the following controller exception when trying to access my newly installed Firebird DB  (to replace MySQL) from my app. [See remaining text…]  libfbclient.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory - /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fireruby-0.4.0-i586- linux/lib/fr_lib.so [ED:Solution [...]

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creating an flamerobin/firebird livecd with ubuntu feisty fawn

folowing an previous guide on creating an firebird/flamerobin livecd for dapper drake (6.06) i created a new guide for the new ubuntu release code named feisty fawn (7.04) You can download the final live cd from this page

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how install firebird 2.0.2 on Ubuntu dapper amd64

I have been a big fan of the Firebird database for a while now. It is a fast, reliable and maintenance free database which suits my needs. While it is very good at a couple of things, one of the features that I like is the fact that the entire database is stored in one [...]

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