Firebird News https://www.firebirdnews.org/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:22:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 Jaybird 6.0.7 released https://www.firebirdnews.org/jaybird-6-0-7-released/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/jaybird-6-0-7-released/#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:21:59 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15693 We are happy to announce the release of Jaybird 6.0.7, providing bug fixes. Jaybird is the Firebird JDBC driver. Changes The following was fixed or changed in Jaybird 6.0.7: Bug reports about undocumented changes in behavior are appreciated. Feedback can be sent to Firebird-java or reported on the issue tracker https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/jaybird/issues. Jaybird 6 supports Firebird 3.0, Firebird 4.0, and Firebird

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/jaybird-6-0-7-released/feed/ 0 RDB Expert 2026.09 Release https://www.firebirdnews.org/rdb-expert-2026-09-release/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/rdb-expert-2026-09-release/#respond Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:18:13 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15685 The focus is on a large‑scale update to the ER diagram editor, as well as targeted improvements to the interface, profiler, and overall stability. New features in the ER diagram editor: 🔴 Support for views, global temporary, and system tables 🔴 Convenient filtering, diagram synchronization with the database, and new options for automatic placement 🔴 Full support for dark theme,

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/rdb-expert-2026-09-release/feed/ 0 EmberWings 2026/3 Is Now Available https://www.firebirdnews.org/emberwings-2026-3-is-now-available/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/emberwings-2026-3-is-now-available/#respond Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:48:01 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15668 We’re pleased to announce that the September 2026 issue of EmberWings (2026/3) is now available. This issue considers a familiar professional hazard: a system, concept, or answer can look known just enough to discourage another question. That is often where the interesting work begins. When technologies, workloads, and habits meet in a new context, surface similarity can conceal consequences that

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/emberwings-2026-3-is-now-available/feed/ 0 Introducing PhoenixVault https://www.firebirdnews.org/introducing-phoenixvault/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/introducing-phoenixvault/#respond Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:01:02 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15665 IBPhoenix is pleased to announce the release of PhoenixVault — the secure, embedded database engine powered by Firebird. PhoenixVault combines Firebird 5 Embedded with built-in database encryption, licensing and streamlined deployment. The complete embedded engine, client library, encryption and international support are integrated into a single library, making secure local database deployment considerably simpler than with a standard Firebird Embedded

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/introducing-phoenixvault/feed/ 0 Release RDB Expert 2026.08 https://www.firebirdnews.org/release-rdb-expert-2026-08/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/release-rdb-expert-2026-08/#respond Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:32:14 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15661 This update makes working with databases more comfortable and stable. We have improved system integration and fixed visual issues that interfered with work. Note that the key used to apply autocompletion has changed from Enter to Tab, but you can revert it in the settings. Added: 🟥 System-wide application installation support on Linux. 🟥 Windows UAC dialog requesting administrator rights

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/release-rdb-expert-2026-08/feed/ 0 Performance Comparer for Firebird (FBPC) version 1.1 https://www.firebirdnews.org/performance-comparer-for-firebird-fbpc-version-1-1/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/performance-comparer-for-firebird-fbpc-version-1-1/#respond Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:18:40 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15655 FBPC Performance Comparer for Firebird 1.1 is here with major improvements throughout the comparison workflow. The tool imports SQL commands recorded by the Firebird Trace API and runs them against two different environments, making it easier to evaluate server versions, configuration changes, and infrastructure. This release focuses on safer testing, more trustworthy results, and much clearer problem diagnosis.] The 8

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/performance-comparer-for-firebird-fbpc-version-1-1/feed/ 0 Jaybird 6.0.6 and Jaybird 5.0.13 released https://www.firebirdnews.org/jaybird-6-0-6-and-jaybird-5-0-13-released/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/jaybird-6-0-6-and-jaybird-5-0-13-released/#respond Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:21:55 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15652 We are happy to announce the release of Jaybird 6.0.6 and Jaybird 5.0.13, providing bug fixes. Jaybird is the Firebird JDBC driver. Changes The following was fixed or changed in Jaybird 6.0.6: The following was fixed or changed in Jaybird 5.0.13: Bug reports about undocumented changes in behavior are appreciated. Feedback can be sent to Firebird-java or reported on the

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/jaybird-6-0-6-and-jaybird-5-0-13-released/feed/ 0 Electric Firebird — Firebird Engine Compiled to WebAssembly, With a Live Browser Demo https://www.firebirdnews.org/electric-firebird-firebird-engine-compiled-to-webassembly-with-a-live-browser-demo/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/electric-firebird-firebird-engine-compiled-to-webassembly-with-a-live-browser-demo/#respond Sun, 09 Aug 2026 13:21:53 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15643 Electric Firebird (mariuz/electric-firebird on GitHub) compiles the Firebird database engine to WebAssembly, following the same approach PGlite took for PostgreSQL. The goal is to let Firebird run both server-side (Node.js) and fully client-side in the browser, with no server round-trip required for queries. Highlights: Two backends: a native Node.js implementation (via the Firebird Embedded Server) and a WASM build for

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/electric-firebird-firebird-engine-compiled-to-webassembly-with-a-live-browser-demo/feed/ 0 Firebird Adds Optional Static fbclient Libraries, Including Symbol-Collision Prevention https://www.firebirdnews.org/adds-optional-static-fbclient-libraries-including-symbol-collision-prevention/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/adds-optional-static-fbclient-libraries-including-symbol-collision-prevention/#respond Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:00:29 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15638 Firebird’s client library, libfbclient / fbclient.dll, has always been distributed exclusively as a shared library. PR #9104 by Adriano dos Santos Fernandes, merged into the Firebird source tree on July 24, 2026, changes that: it introduces an optional, non-default static archive (libfbclient.a on POSIX, fbclient_static.lib on Windows) for applications that need to link the client library statically instead of loading

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/adds-optional-static-fbclient-libraries-including-symbol-collision-prevention/feed/ 0 FBSimCity v0.6.0: the replication district — journal segments, commit order, and a synchronous replica that dies https://www.firebirdnews.org/fbsimcity-v0-6-0-the-replication-district-journal-segments-commit-order-and-a-synchronous-replica-that-dies/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/fbsimcity-v0-6-0-the-replication-district-journal-segments-commit-order-and-a-synchronous-replica-that-dies/#respond Sat, 01 Aug 2026 17:17:30 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15635 Correction (added 9 August 2026): the section below headed “A synchronous replica that dies hangs commits” is wrong. Dmitry Sibiryakov pointed this out on firebird-general, and the source confirms it. In src/jrd/replication/Publisher.cpp, checkStatus() is called with canThrow = false on the commit path, so it cannot throw; disable_on_error (default true) instead clears the replicating flags, disposes the replicator and logs

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/fbsimcity-v0-6-0-the-replication-district-journal-segments-commit-order-and-a-synchronous-replica-that-dies/feed/ 0 IBX for Lazarus 2.7.11 and 2.7.12 released https://www.firebirdnews.org/ibx-for-lazarus-2-7-11-and-2-7-12-released/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/ibx-for-lazarus-2-7-11-and-2-7-12-released/#respond Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:39:52 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15632 MWA Software has published two bug-fix releases of IBX for Lazarus, the Lazarus components for accessing Firebird databases. 2.7.11 (2 June) fixes field-to-column mapping when a SELECT uses aggregate or concatenation functions without an explicit alias. Firebird reports the same alias name for each function of a given type, and IBX’s disambiguation could previously associate fields with the wrong column.

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/ibx-for-lazarus-2-7-11-and-2-7-12-released/feed/ 0 node-firebird v2.6.0 – v2.14.0: roadmap complete, issue tracker at zero https://www.firebirdnews.org/node-firebird-v2-6-0-v2-14-0-roadmap-complete-issue-tracker-at-zero/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/node-firebird-v2-6-0-v2-14-0-roadmap-complete-issue-tracker-at-zero/#respond Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:26:34 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15630 The pure-JavaScript node-firebird driver for Node.js shipped eight releases in under a week (v2.6.0 – v2.14.0), completing its entire roadmap and closing all 47 open issues — some dating back to 2015. Highlights for Firebird users: Firebird 6.0 Protocol 20 fully supported — the long-standing prepare hang was root-caused and fixed (v2.10.0) The sporadic Srp/Srp256 authentication failure solved — ~1.2–1.7%

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/node-firebird-v2-6-0-v2-14-0-roadmap-complete-issue-tracker-at-zero/feed/ 0 Announcing cl-firebird v1.0.0: Pure Common Lisp Driver with Full node-firebird Parity & Multi-Version CI Matrix https://www.firebirdnews.org/announcing-cl-firebird-v1-0-0-pure-common-lisp-driver-with-full-node-firebird-parity-multi-version-ci-matrix/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/announcing-cl-firebird-v1-0-0-pure-common-lisp-driver-with-full-node-firebird-parity-multi-version-ci-matrix/#respond Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:07:51 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15627 We are excited to announce the release of cl-firebird v1.0.0 — a pure Common Lisp database driver for Firebird 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0+. Featuring full 1:1 feature parity with node-firebird, this release brings 12-factor connection URIs, thread-safe connection pooling, named placeholder parameter binding, custom type parsers (type-cast), streaming cursors, database events (POST_EVENT), Service Manager support, Firebird 6.0 tablespaces/schemas, and

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/announcing-cl-firebird-v1-0-0-pure-common-lisp-driver-with-full-node-firebird-parity-multi-version-ci-matrix/feed/ 0 FBSimCity v0.4.0: the backup yard — gbak pins the OIT, nbackup fills the delta https://www.firebirdnews.org/fbsimcity-v0-4-0-the-backup-yard-gbak-pins-the-oit-nbackup-fills-the-delta/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/fbsimcity-v0-4-0-the-backup-yard-gbak-pins-the-oit-nbackup-fills-the-delta/#respond Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:21:49 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15625 FBSimCity, the explorable isometric city of Firebird internals, is at v0.4.0. This release adds a whole backup yard, built around what gbak and nbackup actually do. gbak: the backup that pins your OIT gbak takes a logical backup online: it attaches like any other client and reads every table through a snapshot transaction. That snapshot is the interesting part, because

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]]> https://www.firebirdnews.org/fbsimcity-v0-4-0-the-backup-yard-gbak-pins-the-oit-nbackup-fills-the-delta/feed/ 0 FBSimCity: an explorable city that shows how Firebird works https://www.firebirdnews.org/fbsimcity-an-explorable-city-that-shows-how-firebird-works/ https://www.firebirdnews.org/fbsimcity-an-explorable-city-that-shows-how-firebird-works/#respond Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:39:04 +0000 https://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=15622 FBSimCity is an interactive visualization of Firebird internals: an explorable isometric city where every building is a subsystem from the classic Conceptual Architecture for Firebird paper (Chan & Yashkir), and queries commute through the pipeline as glowing particles — REMOTE harbor -> Y-valve -> DSQL -> JRD, with the lock manager tower watching over it. The simulation is Firebird-flavored throughout:

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