Jaybird 6.0.1 and Jaybird 5.0.7 released

We are happy to announce the release of Jaybird 6.0.1 and Jaybird 5.0.7. Both releases provide a number of performance improvements to blob handling, and some bug fixes.

We plan to offer more blob performance improvements in upcoming releases of Jaybird 5 and 6, for Firebird 5.0.3 and higher (see also New Article: Data access methods used in Firebird).

New FirebirdSQL engine feature : Range-based FOR statement

Here is the description :

"The range-based FOR statement is used to iterate over a range of numeric values. The iteration is performed in increasing order when used with TO clause and in decreasing order when used with DOWNTO clause"

Syntax

[<label> :] 

 FOR <variable> = <initial value> {TO | DOWNTO} <final value> [BY <by value>] DO

          <statement>


Discussion on the Firebird-devel is here
Update: Feature already merged.

Firebird 5.0.2 minor release is available

Firebird Project is happy to announce general availability of Firebird 5.0.2 — the latest minor release in the Firebird 5.0 series.

This minor release offers bug fixes as well as a few improvements, please refer to the Release Notes for the full list of changes.

Binary kits for Windows, Linux, MacOS and Android platforms are immediately available for download.

Firebird Docker Images Now Under the Firebird Organization

We are pleased to announce the successful migration of Firebird Docker images to their new home:

https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird-docker

The images are now published on Docker Hub at

https://hub.docker.com/r/firebirdsql/firebird

Thanks to Adriano dos Santos Fernandes for his invaluable contributions and improvements throughout this process.

A sad day for the Firebird Project

Helen Borrie, a key figure in the Firebird relational database project and a longtime contributor at IBPhoenix, passed away on January 2, 2025. Her contributions were essential to Firebird’s creation and its development over the past 25 years.

Read the rest of the official announcement

Jaybird 6.0.0 released

We're happy to announce the first release of Jaybird 6, Jaybird 6.0.0.

Read free book "Detailed New Featuires Of Firebird 5": available as HTML and as PDF

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 https://firebirdsql.org/en/community-news/free-book-detailed-features-of-firebird-5-is-published/

Firebird 5.0 Is Released

Firebird Project is happy to announce general availability of Firebird 5.0 — the latest major release of the Firebird relational database for Windows, Linux, MacOS and Android platforms.

This release introduces improvements in areas of performance, multithreaded processing (including backup, restore, sweep), SQL queries profiling, with better scalability and numerous enhancements in SQL language.

Please refer to the Release Notes for the full list of changes. The complete Language Reference is also available.