Firebird 2.00 Beta 2

The Firebird Project is pleased to announce the release today of the second cycle of Firebird 2.0 public Beta kits for immediate download and testing.

1. This version of Firebird 2 is a beta version, meant for field testing only and not for use in production.
2. Please read the "General Notes" and "Security" sections of the bundled release notes carefully before you install this beta.
3. Bugs, problems, etc. can be posted to the Field Test bug tracker or to the Firebird Development List.

Firebird 2 contains a large number of new features, including derived tables, support for Execute Block, increased table sizes, new improved index code (the 252-byte index length limit is no longer applicable), expression indices, numerous optimiser improvements, enhanced security features, support for on-line incremental backups, new international language support, along with numerous other improvements and bug fixes.

Note Firebird 2 includes ODS changes. So, backup anything you want to keep before uninstalling a previous Firebird version or a previous alpha or beta version.

The following builds are currently available.

Windows

• 10 Feb 2006 Official Windows Setup and Installer For Classic and SuperServer 2.0 Beta 2 (.exe) (4.0Mb)
• 10 Feb 2006 SuperServer and Classic for Windows 2.0 Beta 2 (.zip) (5.1Mb)
• 10 Feb 2006 Windows Debug Build (installer) 2.0 Beta 2 (.exe) (6.8Mb)
• 10 Feb 2006 Windows Debug Build 2.0 Beta 2 (.zip) (9.9Mb)
• 10 Feb 2006 Embedded Server for Windows 2.0 Beta 2 (.zip) (3.0Mb)
• 10 Feb 2006 Embedded Server Debug Build for Windows 2.0 Beta 2 (.zip) (5.2Mb)

Classic for Linux on i686

• 10 Feb 2006 Classic for Linux 2.0 Beta 2 (.rpm) (4.5mb)
• 10 Feb 2006 Classic for Linux 2.0 Beta 2 (.tar.gz) (4.4mb)
• 10 Feb 2006 Classic Debug Build for Linux 2.0 Beta 2 (.tar.gz) (23 mb)

Classic for Linux on x64

• 9 Feb 2006 Classic for Linux x64 2.0 Beta 2 (.rpm) (4.5mb)
• 9 Feb 2006 Classic for Linux x64 2.0 Beta 2 (.tar.gz) (4.4mb)
• 9 Feb 2006 Classic Debug Build for x64 2.0 Beta 2 (.tar.gz) (23 mb)

Superserver for Linux on i686 (Old threading library)

• 9 Feb 2006 SuperServer for Linux 2.0 Beta 2 (.rpm) (4.6mb)
• 9 Feb 2006 SuperServer for Linux 2.0 Beta 2 (.tar.gz) (4.5mb)
• 9 Feb 2006 SuperServer Debug Build for Linux 2.0 Beta 2 (.tar.gz) (15.2mb)

Superserver for Linux NPTL on i686

• 9 Feb 2006 SuperServer for Linux NPTL 2.0 Beta 2 (.rpm) (4.6mb)
• 9 Feb 2006 SuperServer for Linux NPTL 2.0 Beta 2 (.tar.gz) (4.5mb)
• 9 Feb 2006 SuperServer Debug Build for Linux NPTL 2.0 Beta 2 (.tar.gz) (22.5mb)

Superserver for Linux on x64

• 9 Feb 2006 SuperServer for Linux x64 2.0 Beta 2 (.rpm) (4.6mb)
• 9 Feb 2006 SuperServer for Linux x64 2.0 Beta 2 (.tar.gz) (4.5mb)
• 9 Feb 2006 SuperServer Debug Build for Linux x64 2.0 Beta 2 (.tar.gz) (22.5mb)

Release Notes Only

Please download the notes if you do not find them in your kit.

• 2 Feb 2006 :: Firebird 2.0 Beta 2 release notes, zipped PDF rlsnotes20beta2_0200_52.zip (400 Kb)

Feedback, input and comments re this release will be appreciated, as they will help to speed up the cycle for the full Firebird 2.0 release.
Happy testing!

-- Firebird Project