We are happy to announce the release of Jaybird 5.0.4.
The Firebird Project is launching the Technical Task Group meeting next week, where its developers and sponsors will plan the future of Firebird, including version 6. Become a sponsor and participate!
The Firebird ODBC driver is in beta testing, with version 3.0.0.8 available. You can download it and test how well it works with Power BI and other common tools which use ODBC. Please send feedback to Github Issues of Firebird ODBC!
Firebird Project is happy to announce general availability of Firebird 5.0 — the latest major release of the Firebird relational database.
All the best for Firebird developers and users in 2024!
We're excited to start our new series all about Firebird configuration. In our very first episode, we're gonna discuss the biggest error to make with Firebird: mixing up the config settings for Classic/SuperClassic and SuperServer. We'll break down why this mix-up can mess things up, how it usually happens, and, most importantly, how you can fix it.
The Configuration Calculator for Firebird has been upgraded to support Firebird 5. Now you can create optimized firebird.conf and database.conf files tailored to your specific hardware or virtual machine setup.
Free "Practical Migration Guide to Firebird 5.0", written by D.Simonov, is your go-to resource for navigating the upgrade to Firebird 5 from earlier versions like 2.5, 3.0, and 4.0. It's packed with hands-on strategies, common pitfalls, and smart solutions to get you through the migration process smoothly.
In this part, we'll show you some cool new things you can do with Firebird 5 that will make your database faster and more efficient. You'll learn about better compresssion of records, about cache of compiled statements, and more.
Part 4 of "Detailed New Features of Firebird" covers the parallel features of Firebird 5: how gbak improved the speed of backup and restore, and how gfix and index creation became faster as well. You will also find practical recommendations and results of tests.