Firebird News https://www.firebirdnews.org/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:04:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Database Workbench 7 now available https://www.firebirdnews.org/database-workbench-7-now-available/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/database-workbench-7-now-available/#respond Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:04:35 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15540 Upscene Productions is proud to announce the next major version of the popular Firebird development tool: ✨ Database Workbench 7.0 ✨ This new release prepares Database Workbench for the future. With a revamped user interface with many improvements and AI powered SQL and database development, we’re supplying database developers with the tools they need.— Martijn Tonies, owner of Upscene The

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/database-workbench-7-now-available/feed/ 0 New Ebook: Practical Firebird Performance Diagnostics https://www.firebirdnews.org/new-ebook-practical-firebird-performance-diagnostics/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/new-ebook-practical-firebird-performance-diagnostics/#respond Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:53:21 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15536 IBPhoenix is pleased to announce the release of a new free ebook: Practical Firebird Performance Diagnostics: A Structured Approach Unlike traditional performance tuning guides, this ebook focuses on the reasoning behind successful diagnostics. It introduces a structured framework that helps Firebird professionals move from observed symptoms to defensible explanations by classifying problems, selecting appropriate investigation strategies, interpreting evidence correctly, and

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/new-ebook-practical-firebird-performance-diagnostics/feed/ 0 EmberWings 2026/2 Is Now Available https://www.firebirdnews.org/emberwings-2026-2-is-now-available/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/emberwings-2026-2-is-now-available/#respond Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:32:31 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15530 We’re pleased to announce that the June 2026 issue of EmberWings (2026/2) is now available. This issue explores a theme familiar to every experienced Firebird developer: the space between what we observe and what is actually happening inside the database engine. As systems become faster and workloads more demanding, successful diagnostics increasingly depend not on collecting more information, but on

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/emberwings-2026-2-is-now-available/feed/ 0 Laravel-Firebird (Benson Fork) https://www.firebirdnews.org/laravel-firebird-benson-fork/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/laravel-firebird-benson-fork/#respond Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:26:38 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15520 TL;DR We started from an already working, mature Firebird driver for Laravel and brought it to real parity with the first-party drivers (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server). The result: from an estimated ~51% to ~96% functional parity, 216 tests running against Firebird 3, 4 and 5 (dialects 1 and 3), ~87% line coverage, and a green CI across the whole matrix

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/laravel-firebird-benson-fork/feed/ 0 Real-time Firebird – Monitor for Firebird – Server 2.5 – 5.0 https://www.firebirdnews.org/real-time-firebird-monitor-for-firebird-server-2-5-5-0-5/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/real-time-firebird-monitor-for-firebird-server-2-5-5-0-5/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:59:56 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15517 A new version 2.0.7.203 is available. Visit our homepage and download the demo version. https://fbm.gksoft.ch

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/real-time-firebird-monitor-for-firebird-server-2-5-5-0-5/feed/ 0 Firebird External Table Generator (ext-table-gen) 3.0 released https://www.firebirdnews.org/firebird-external-table-generator-ext-table-gen-3-0-released/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/firebird-external-table-generator-ext-table-gen-3-0-released/#respond Fri, 15 May 2026 09:33:34 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15513 I am happy to announce the release of version 3.0 of “Firebird External Table Generator” (ext-table-gen for short). “Firebird External Table Generator” is a commandline tool to transform CSV files to Firebird external table files (a binary format for external table data). Compared to version 2.0, we added support for more datatypes: ext-table-gen 3.0 requires Java 21 or higher. You

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/firebird-external-table-generator-ext-table-gen-3-0-released/feed/ 0 Firebird 3.0.14 / 4.0.7 / 5.0.4 for QNAP NAS https://www.firebirdnews.org/firebird-3-0-14-4-0-7-5-0-4-for-qnap-nas/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/firebird-3-0-14-4-0-7-5-0-4-for-qnap-nas/#respond Fri, 01 May 2026 09:11:05 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15506 For those who can’t wait for QNAP to release the new versions in the official QNAP App Store, here is the download link. Firebird 3.0.14 / 4.0.7 / 5.0.4 for Intel QNAP NAS (intel only) can be downloaded via the follow link https://fbm.gksoft.ch/Download.html

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/firebird-3-0-14-4-0-7-5-0-4-for-qnap-nas/feed/ 0 Database Workbench 6.10.6 released https://www.firebirdnews.org/database-workbench-6-10-6-released/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/database-workbench-6-10-6-released/#respond Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:01:49 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15503 Upscene Productions is proud to announce the availability of the next release of the popular multi-DBMS development tool: ✨ “Database Workbench 6.10.6” ✨ This release introduces the Data Type Assistant for quicker table creation, and gives you a new and much faster Report Designer. 📹 Watch a video of the Data Type Assistant here. Database Workbench supports the following database

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/database-workbench-6-10-6-released/feed/ 0 TurboBird further development https://www.firebirdnews.org/turbobird-further-development/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/turbobird-further-development/#respond Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:59:17 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15498 Mustafa on Firebird-general group : I would like to introduce my continued development of TurboBird. The tool was originally developed by Abdel Azem Motaz, but was discontinued around 2015. I took over the code about a year ago and have been continuously developing, modernizing, and extending it since then. TurboBird is a Lazarus (FreePascal) project and is currently cross-platform, supporting

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/turbobird-further-development/feed/ 0 Help Us Test the new Firebird Docker Snapshot Images https://www.firebirdnews.org/help-us-test-the-new-firebird-docker-snapshot-images/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/help-us-test-the-new-firebird-docker-snapshot-images/#respond Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:22:15 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15493 We have been working on a significant overhaul of the official firebird-docker images, and a pre-release version is now available for testing at: 👉 Pre-release Container Registry We would love to get feedback from the community before these changes are merged upstream. What’s New Firebird 6 Snapshot Images The new images include a 6-snapshot tag built daily from the master

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/help-us-test-the-new-firebird-docker-snapshot-images/feed/ 0 FlameRobin 0.9.16 released https://www.firebirdnews.org/flamerobin-0-9-16-released/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/flamerobin-0-9-16-released/#respond Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:05:51 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15490 FlameRobin 0.9.16 released focuses on: modernizing CI/build tooling fixing compiler/linker issues , improving packaging (Flatpak), and delivering a set of Firebird metadata/DDL extraction and SQL editor correctness improvements  https://github.com/mariuz/flamerobin/releases/tag/0.9.16

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/flamerobin-0-9-16-released/feed/ 0 Firebird 5.0.4, Firebird 4.0.7 and Firebird 3.0.14 sub-releases https://www.firebirdnews.org/firebird-5-0-4-firebird-4-0-7-and-firebird-3-0-14-sub-releases/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/firebird-5-0-4-firebird-4-0-7-and-firebird-3-0-14-sub-releases/#respond Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:18:17 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15487 Firebird Project is happy to announce general availability of Firebird 5.0.4, Firebird 4.0.7 and Firebird 3.0.14 sub-releases. Please refer to their documentation for the full list of changes. Binary kits for Windows, Linux, macOS and Android platforms are immediately available for download:

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/firebird-5-0-4-firebird-4-0-7-and-firebird-3-0-14-sub-releases/feed/ 0 RDB EXPERT 2026.03 https://www.firebirdnews.org/rdb-expert-2026-03/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/rdb-expert-2026-03/#respond Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:51:06 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15483 You can join to the Telegram chat for discussion. RDB Expert has received an update that includes the following: Added: Fixed: View the full list of updates and download

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/rdb-expert-2026-03/feed/ 0 Firebird ODBC Driver v3.5.0-rc1 (Release Candidate) is out https://www.firebirdnews.org/firebird-odbc-driver-v3-5-0-rc1-release-candidate-is-out/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/firebird-odbc-driver-v3-5-0-rc1-release-candidate-is-out/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:49:50 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15474 We’re happy to share the Firebird ODBC Driver v3.5.0-rc1 release candidate, published on April 11, 2026. This RC focuses on improved Windows/ARM64 support, modernized build and CI tooling, installer updates, and a number of compatibility and correctness fixes. Release page: https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird-odbc-driver/releases/tag/v3.5.0-rc1 Highlights What’s changed (RC changelog) This release candidate includes the following changes and merged pull requests: New contributors Full

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/firebird-odbc-driver-v3-5-0-rc1-release-candidate-is-out/feed/ 0 Github Action : Setup FirebirdSQL updated to 2.2 https://www.firebirdnews.org/github-action-setup-firebirdsql-updated-to-2-2/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/github-action-setup-firebirdsql-updated-to-2-2/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:43:32 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15472 Github Action : Setup FirebirdSQL updated to 2.2: What’s Changed : Add volumes input for mounting host directories into the Firebird container. Add event_port input to enable Firebird RemoteAuxPort (events support). This GitHub Action sets up a Firebird database running on a docker container.

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