LibreOffice Base can connect to an external Firebird server

LibreOffice Base can connect to an external Firebird server , here is an example with employee.fdb from Firebird 3 examples folder copied to c:\tmp

Tested with LibreOffice 7.4.x and Firebird 3 default install on Windows 11 (all 64 bits versions)

and here is the Relation Design in LibreOffice Base 

Linux 0.0.1 compiling on Ubuntu 64

You might need some packages first

$ sudo apt-get install bin86 kvm qemu gcc build-essential qemu-system-x86 gcc-multilib

clone the github repo with 64 build fixes https://github.com/mariuz/linux-0.01

$ gh repo clone mariuz/linux-0.01

$ unzip hd_oldlinux.img.zip

$ make

$ make run 

or 

$ make run-curses 

SeaBIOS (version 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1)
iPXE (http://ipxe.org) 00:03.0 CA00 PCI2.10 PnP PMM+0078EBD0+006CEBD0 CA00
Booting from Floppy...
Loading system ...
Partition table ok.
31278/40950 free blocks
13544/13664 free inodes
1494 buffers = 1529856 bytes buffer space
Ok.
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Flamerobin 0.9.3.12 Snapshot released with a few Firebird 4 fixes

  Flamerobin 0.9.3.12 Snapshot released with a few Firebird 4 fixes , here is the changelog 

• Implement Int128 by @andy-123 in #230
• Implement firebird 4 types: decimal(16) and decimal(34) by @andy-123 in #244
• Some fixes by @Jdochoa in #254
• Some Fixes by @Jdochoa in #255
• FB Library Search by @Jdochoa in #261

Full Changelog: 0.9.3.11...0.9.3.12

Firebird 3.0.10 sub-release is available

Firebird Project is happy to announce general availability of Firebird 3.0.10 — the latest point release in the Firebird 3.0 series.This sub-release offers a few important bugfixes, please refer to the Release Notes for the full list of changes.
Binary kits for Windows, Linux and Android platforms are immediately available for download, packages for Mac OS will follow shortly.

Firebird 4.0.1 and 3.0.9 Docker images are released

 Firebird 4.0.1 and 3.0.9 Docker images are released and the following tags can be used :  v4.0 , v4.0.1 , latest or 3.0, v3.0, v3.0.9 .

Firebird 3.0.9 sub-release is available

Firebird Project is happy to announce general availability of Firebird 3.0.9 — the latest point release in the Firebird 3.0 series.
This sub-release offers a few important bugfixes, please refer to the Release Notes for the full list of changes.
Binary kits for Windows, Linux and Android platforms are immediately available for download, packages for Mac OS will follow shortly.

Node-firebird-driver-native version 2.4.0 has been released with a few features added.

Node-firebird-driver-native version 2.4.0 has been released with a few features added.

Firebird Grammar railroad diagram

Railroad diagram for the Firebird database you can see/get it here (following the instructions)

https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/issues/6898

Zip file with self contained images is here (generated with the above instructions).

Short overview of Firebird events in 2021

From all of us at Firebird Project, we'd like to wish you a safe and happy holiday season and a peaceful and prosperous new year!

And here is a short overview of Firebird events in 2021.

Firebird Project is happy to announce general availability of Firebird 4.0.1

Firebird Project is happy to announce general availability of Firebird 4.0.1 — the first point release in the Firebird 4.0 series.

This sub-release offers many bug fixes and also adds a few improvements, please refer to the Release Notes for the full list of changes.
Binary kits for Windows, Linux and Android platforms are immediately available for download.

Flamerobin 0.9.3.11 Snapshot released with new Firebird 4 features and fixes

 Flamerobin 0.9.3.11 Snapshot released with new firebird 4 features and fixes :

• Fixed timestamp problem with Fb4 : PR #224
• Fixed problems with numeric types
• Fix encoding at blob editor
• Fix UDF property loading at Fb<=2.5
• Implementing Fb4 datatypes by @andy-123( in progress) : PR #223 Implement time zone support for firebird 4

Leaving MySQL - blog post by long-term MySQL team member Steinar H. Gunderson

Leaving MySQL - blog post by long-term MySQL team member Steinar H. Gunderson

with discussions on Hacker News :
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29455852

and on reddit : https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/ra81ki/leaving_mysql/

Firebird 3.0.8 Docker image is released

Firebird 3.0.8 Docker image is released and the following tags can be used : 3.0, v3.0, v3.0.8 .

Firebird 3.0.8 sub-release is available

Firebird Project is happy to announce general availability of Firebird 3.0.8 — the latest point release in the Firebird 3.0 series.

This sub-release offers many bug fixes and also adds a few improvements, please refer to the Release Notes for the full list of changes.

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

Rust Firebird Client updated to v0.17.0 with a few features and enhancements.

 Rust Firebird Client updated to v0.17.0 with a few features and enhancements.

New Features: 

- create_database() added CreateDatabase with embedded client #112 

- Add support for create_database() method, aka isc_create_database #115

Bug Fixes:

- rsfbclient always recompiled #113 , #114

Firebird 4.0 Docker has been released with images for AMD64, ARM64 and ARM/V7

  Firebird 4.0 Docker has been released with images for AMD64,  ARM64 and ARM/V7.

 New arm images can be used natively on Raspberry Pi , Apple Silicon and Amazon Graviton instances (or any docker host that supports arm).

New Flamerobin snapshot available : version 0.9.3.8 with a few fixes and features

New Flamerobin snapshot available : version 0.9.3.8 with a few fixes and features:

New features

• Indexes, Functions, Packages, Global Temporaries, DB Triggers and DDL Triggers supported
• New localized grid support, allows to use commas or dots for decimal separator (View->Preferences->General: Use language locale settings

Enhancements and Bug fixes

• Fix Dependency tab not showing Functions and triggers
• Fix slow opening of remote database

For more info please read commit history log

Firebird Project is happy to announce general availability of Firebird 4.0

Firebird Project is happy to announce general availability of Firebird 4.0 — the latest major release of the Firebird relational database.

Firebird 4.0 introduces new data types and many improvements without radical changes in architecture or operation, the most important are:
Built-in logical replication;
Extended length of metadata identifiers (up to 63 characters);
New INT128 and DECFLOAT data types, longer precision for NUMERIC/DECIMAL data types;
Support for international time zones;
Configurable time-outs for connections and statements;
Pooling of external connections;
Batch operations in the API;
Built-in cryptographic functions;
New ODS (version 13) with new system and monitoring tables;
Maximum page size increased to 32KB.

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

Binary kits for Windows, Linux and Android platforms (both 32-bit and 64-bit) are immediately available for download.

New Flamerobin snapshot available! 0.9.3.7 with a few fixes and small features

New Flamerobin snapshot available! 0.9.3.7 with a few fixes and small features

https://github.com/mariuz/flamerobin/releases/tag/0.9.3.7

Take a look, test and comment!

Firebird 3.0 Language Reference (English) Released

The Firebird Documentation Team is proud to announce the first release of the English Firebird 3.0 Language Reference (HTML, PDF). You can also find it on the Documentation page. This new Language Reference covers all SQL syntax of Firebird 3.0.

The new English Firebird 3.0 Language Reference is based in part on the Russian Firebird 3.0 Language Reference, but is not a direct translation (though we thankfully copied parts of it). Work has also been started on the Firebird 4.0 Language Reference.