Project News

Firebird 2.1 is Released

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:09:33 -0700

The members of the Firebird Project team are proud to announce the release of Firebird 2.1, a full release containing many sought-after new features including database monitoring, global temporary tables, database triggers and dozens of new internal functions.

This release includes kits for 64-bit Windows and all MacOSX environments and constitutes our largest-ever platform coverage. Enjoy!

More on http://www.firebirdsql.org/ (0 comments)

Firebird 2.1 Release Candidate 2 Ready

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:40:43 -0700

The Firebird Project team is happy to announce that download kits for the second (and hopefully, last) V2.1 release candidate are now available for Windows and Linux 32-bit and 64-bit platforms, and MacOSX 32-bit Intel (64-bit MacOS kits are still in QA, coming soon). (0 comments)

Firebird 2.1 Release Candidate Ready

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:00:21 -0800

The Firebird Project team is happy to announce that download kits for the first v2.1 release candidate are now available - Windows and Linux 32-bit and 64-bit platforms now, MacOSX soon. You are invited to test it furiously and report your experiences (good or bad) back to the firebird-devel list. (1 comments)

Firebird v.2.0.3 is Released

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:29:47 -0700

Firebird RDBMS offers many ANSI SQL features & runs on Linux, Windows & several Unix platforms. Features excellent concurrency & performance & powerful stored procedure & trigger language. WEBSITE link above right, TRACKER http://tracker.firebirdsql.org

The Firebird Project team is pleased to announce the release of Firebird v.2.0.3. Kits for Windows and Linux (x686 and x64) are in the SourceForge.net repository and should start to appear throughout the day.

Enjoy! (0 comments)

Firebird 2.1 Beta 1 Ready for Field Testing

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:34:29 -0700

The Firebird team is pleased to announce that the first Beta builds of Firebird V.2.1 are ready for testing. Download links are at http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=files&id=fb210_beta01 (1 comments)

Firebird 2.0.1 Sub-release

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:14:52 -0700

On March 21 the Firebird Project made the first sub-release since the 2.0 release in November, 2006. It adds no new features (those are coming in v.2.1) but provides a large number of bug-fixes and a few improvements. It is highly recommended that v.2.0 installations be upgraded to get the benefits of these. An orderly download page can be found at http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=files&id=engine_201 and release notes are at http://www.firebirdsql.org/rlsnotes/Firebird-2.0.1-ReleaseNotes.pdf (0 comments)

Firebird Tracker

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:14:52 -0700

For almost a year now, we have been using our own customised Bug and Feature Tracker at http://tracker.firebirdsql.org. When you find genuine bugs, you are warmly encouraged to report them. However, please do not use our Tracker as a tech support forum. Use an appropriate support or development list FIRST to verify that there is a bug. Links to all list forums are at http://firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=lists (0 comments)

Firebird 2.1 Alpha Builds for Testing

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:14:51 -0700

In the months of March and April we have Windows and Linux builds of the alpha v.2.1 code. There are some exciting new features to field-test here. Download links are at http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=files&id=fb210_alpha01 (0 comments)

Roadmap for 2007

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:14:51 -0700

Project Coordinator Dmitry Yemanov drew up a Roadmap for 2007 development following his presentation at last November's international Firebird Conference in Prague. To see where we are headed, visit http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=devel&sub=engine&id=roadmap_2007&nosb=1 (0 comments)

Firebird v2.0 Released

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:05:48 -0800

The Firebird Project officially released the much-anticipated version 2.0 of its open source Firebird relational database software during the opening session of the fourth international Firebird Conference in Prague, Czech Republic.

Firebird 2.0 is the happy culmination of more than two years' efforts from a broad-ranging, truly international community of dedicated developers and supporters. It brings with it a large collection of long-awaited enhancements that significantly improve performance, security and support for international languages and realise some desirable new SQL language features. Under the surface, it also provides a much more robust code platform from which the re-architecting planned for Firebird 3.0 is proceeding. (0 comments)

Firebird 2.0 Release Candidate 5

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 05:00:54 -0700

We are pleased to invite you to download your preferred binary kit for Firebird 2 Release Candidate 5. You are reminded that, though very close, this is still a field-testing release. Please check any problem areas you encountered in RC 4 and report to the Firebird-devel list without delay if something isn't working as you expect. (0 comments)

Firebird 2.0 Release Candidate 4

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:35:32 -0700

We are pleased to invite you to download your preferred binary kit for Firebird 2 Release Candidate 4. Though very close, this is still a field-testing release. Please check any problem areas you encountered in RC 3 and report to the Firebird-devel list without delay if something isn't working as you expect.
Please note also that this release will NOT become the final one, due to an issue that appeared after these builds were made. (0 comments)

Firebird 2.0 Release Candidate 3

Tue, 04 Jul 2006 07:43:16 -0700

We are pleased to invite you to download your preferred binary kit for Firebird 2 Release Candidate 3. You are reminded that, though very close, this is still a field-testing release. Please check any problem areas you encountered in RC 2 and report to the Firebird-devel list without delay if something isn't working as you expect. (1 comments)

Firebird 2.0 Release Candidate 1

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:42:40 -0700

The Firebird Project announced the release of the first release candidate of Firebird 2.0, on March 30, for final testing. Download kits are available for Windows and Linux at http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=files&sub=fb2_rc1 , including x64 Linux.

We are now in the final stages of this release and warmly encourage feedback on any late-breaking bugs or regressions. (0 comments)

Firebird 2.0 Beta 2

Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:28:29 -0800

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.

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. (0 comments)

Firebird Roadmap 2006 and beyond

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:05:27 -0800

For those who missed the presentation of Firebird Project Coordinator Dmitry Yemanov's conference white paper about what's happening now and through the next year or so with Firebird development, you can pick it up now. This article http://firebird.sf.net/devel/engine/roadmap2006.html includes a long-view roadmap and features summary for planned future releases. (1 comments)

Firebird 1.0.3 maintenance update