For those interested in using Firebird from Pascal/Lazarus, I've copied
the following announcement to this list.
Tony Whyman
MWA Software
Announcement follows:
MWA Software is pleased to announce the release of IBX2 for Lazarus.
This is formally a pre-release. Although the software has been put
through more extensive testing that any previous release of IBX for
Lazarus, there are nevertheless considerable changes to the codebase and
a period of in service experience is needed before IBX2 should be
considered for production use. User reports, both positive and negative,
are encouraged.
IBX2 is available for download from http://www.mwasoftware.co.uk/ibx2
The IBX2 headlines are:
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Full support for both the Firebird 3 API and the legacy Firebird API.
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Support for Firebird Arrays including a new Data Aware control
derived from a TCustomStringGrid.
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Reduced RAM footprint.
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Support for embedded SQL statement execution.
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Extensive testing has been performed with emphasis on avoiding
memory leaks and to ensure that the performance is at least as good
as previous versions.
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Further bug fixes (see changelog).
IBX2 requires a minimum of FPC 3.0.0 and Lazarus 1.6.0.
The original IBX code has been split into two packages: the main IBX
package which provides the non-visual components, and a new
/fbintf/package (see separate announcement). The /fbintf/package
provides a common interface for the Firebird 3 API and the legacy
Firebird API and is the means by which embedded SQL statement execution
is supported. The /fbintf/package may also be used on its own and has
the potential to provide a common Firebird API to all FPC database
applications.
IBX2 includes much improved documentation. There is a 108 page user
guide for IBX itself and an 89 page user guide to the Firebird Pascal
API provide by the /fbintf/package. There are also 15 example programs
included in the package.
IBX2 is intended to be backwards compatible and most user applications
should re-compile with no issues. However, there are differences and the
user guide includes a section on upgrading to IBX2.
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