New: Firebird IFS Basis Rackserver now also with Windows Server operating system
The newest generation of our Firebird IFS Rack Server 2020 can now be ordered as a basic version with Microsoft Windows 2019. We offer the server as follows: Firebird IFS2020MW with 500GB SSD storage space for databases and backups at a price of EUR 2,490 in a 1.5U rack case. The price includes a Firebird optimized Windows 2019 Essentials operating system installation. The server is designed for a maximum of 25 users. ...continue reading or download the PDF version.
New IBExpert Version 2020.01.6 available
New features include:
- Test Data Generator: Initial support of DECFLOAT / NUMERIC(38) fields (Firebird 4).
- Data Grid: Support of DECFLOAT and NUMERIC(38) fields (Firebird 4): sorting, filtering and aggregate functions implemented.
- SQL Editor: Now supports UPDATE OR INSERT into another database.
- Table/View Editor: Columns grid: copy name of focused field into the clipboard.
- Blob Viewer: Support of JSON data format implemented.
- IBEBlock: The WireCompression option is now supported in ibec_BackupDatabase, ibec_RestoreDatabase and ibec_CreateConnection.
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New IBExpert Version 2019.11.13 available
The free IBExpert Personal Edition and the IBExpert Developer Studio full versions now include a free IBExpert Watchdog Version S in the Tools directory. The S version may also be distributed free of charge.
This year's Firebird Conference from October 17 - 19, 2019 in Berlin, will feature highly interesting topics dedicated to large Firebird databases.
Be sure to make a note: By Holger Klemt and Christian Diercks: Advanced IBExpert
 | Advanced IBExpert - See the possibilities in IBExpert for your daily administration work - IBExpert IDE features you might not know - Drag and drop - Debugging and logging, monitoring and trace API - Customizing the IDE, on connect scripting - The user database and what you can do with it - Interactive metadata and data comparer - Database inside, repair corrupt databases, when Gfix etc fails - Running scripts from IDE, command line or DLL - New product: IBExpert Watchdog |
Further top sessions from IBExpert
 | Advanced IBExpert Scripting - How to automate your daily tasks with IBExpert tools and IBEBlock scripting - Connect a script to ODBC and Firebird, switching between connections - Advanced exception handling in IBEBlock scripts - INSERTEX and EXPORT AS - Convert your database from any Charset to UTF8 or other using IBEBlock scripting - Load and save blobs and files - Load data from internet URLs and process - ibec_RecompileTrigger, ibec_RecompileProcedure, ibec_CompareMetadata, ibec_ExtractMetadata - ibec_CompareTables - OEM and IBExpert Server Tools licensing |
All IBExpert software products and software subscriptions will be offered at a 50% discount only at the Firebird Conference.
- You can order directly at our conference stand (offer also applies to early renewal of your software subscription) and pay cash or with your VISA/MC/EC card.
- If you are not allowed to place orders for your company yourself, you can obtain an order form at our stand to use for your purchase at our special prices until 30.10.2019.
- The order form may also be used to extend your current valid IBExpert Software subscription at the special rates.
(All prices are prepayment prices plus VAT. Please send your completed and legally signed order form by e-mail to the address given on the form.)
Register now so that you do not miss any of our top topics.
This year's Firebird Conference will focus on Firebird 4 and include a series of workshops: advanced presentations and practical exercises. We want to make it more educational, more practical, and less theoretical.
Direct links to the organizer’s sites:
FBCon 2019: Early Bird registration ends May 31, 2019
IBExpert is a silver sponsor of this year's FBCon 2019 in Berlin!
We look forward to seeing you October 17th to October 19th, in Berlin, Germany, at the hotel Holiday Inn Berlin City East - Landsberger Allee.
Find out more about the conference and book your place here: https://firebirdsql.org/en/firebird-conference-2019/
IBExpert and Firebird Workshop
Firebird Administrator intensive training focusing on speed, security and interfaces.
In our workshop we focus on the tasks an administrator needs to perform to effectively operate a Firebird server. The aim is to achieve the optimum speed for the hardware and software used, to guarantee maximum operational reliability, and to be optimally prepared for a breakdown by means of a suitable worst-case scenario. We will also concentrate on the independent implementation of simple requirements in the areas of import, export and reporting.
The workshop will also include the presentation of our new tool IBEGbak.exe. This tool can greatly speed up the runtimes of your backups and, in particular, the restore process to a backup server.
IBExpert und Firebird Power Workshop
16th-17th April 2019, 9am-5pm, language: German, Holiday Inn Express Frankfurt Airport, Germany
24th-25th April 2019, 9am-5pm, language: English, Holiday Inn Express Frankfurt Airport, Germany
10th-11th June 2019, 9am-5pm, language: Indiegrove, 121 Newark Ave 5th Floor, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302 United States
We are also happy to come to you! Our workshops can be booked as company training and all topics can be customized to fit your requirements. Too little time? All workshops are also possible as remote training!
Firebird 4.0 Beta 1 release is available for testing
The Firebird Project announces the first Beta release of Firebird 4.0, the next major version of the Firebird relational database, which is now available for testing.
This Beta release arrives with features and improvements already implemented by the Firebird development team, as well as with countless bugfixes. ... continue reading on the firebirdnews.org website.
Please read the Firebird 4.0 Release Notes carefully before installing and testing this Beta release.
IBExpert and Firebird Power Workshops 2019
Firebird Administrator intensive training focusing on speed, security and interfaces.
In our Firebird Power Workshop we focus on the tasks an administrator needs to perform to effectively operate a Firebird server. The aim is to achieve the optimum speed for the hardware and software used, to guarantee maximum operational reliability, and to be optimally prepared for a breakdown by means of a suitable worst-case scenario. We will also concentrate on the independent implementation of simple requirements in the areas of import, export and reporting.
- 16th-17th April 2019, language: German, Holiday Inn Express Frankfurt Airport, Germany
- 24th-25th April 2019, language: English, Holiday Inn Express Frankfurt Airport, Germany
- 10th-11th June 2019, language: English, New Jersey City, NJ, USA
Registration by phone: +49 (0) 4407 3148770 or by e-mail to sales@ibexpert.biz. We are also happy to come to you! Our workshops can be booked as company training and all topics can be customized to fit your requirements. Too little time? All workshops are also possible as remote training!
Firebird 4.0 data types
TIME ZONE
Initial support in IBExpert since version 2018.12.15. Time zone support consists of TIME WITH TIME ZONE and TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE data types, expressions and statements to work with time zones and conversion between data types without/with time zones. Refer to TIME ZONE for details.
BINARY, VARBINARY, BINARY VARYING
IBExpert support since version 2018.12.15. Refer to BINARY, VARBINARY, BINARY VARYING (Firebird 4.0) for details.
DECFLOAT
Refer to DECFLOAT (Firebird 4.0) for further information.
Enhancement in precision of calculations with NUMERIC/DECIMAL (Firebird 4.0)
Since version 2017.12.03 IBExpert supports Firebird 4 NUMERIC/DECIMAL datatpes with a maximum precision fo 34 digits.
You can read the full Firebird 4.0 Release Notes for the Firebird 4.0 Alpha 1 Release here: Firebird 4.0 Release Notes.
The way to the Cloud and Firebird
A White Paper by Holger Klemt
The cloud does not mean loss of control, but can be a good addition to the existing infrastructure, or even a replacement, together with an independent, competent partner as consultant. Stay independent!
Read the full article here ...
IBExpert and Firebird News 01/2019
Our monthly newsletter was published earlier this week. If you haven't received it, please check your settings in your IBExpert Download Center account:
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IBExpert software new prices 01.01.2019
Our new price list is valid from January 1, 2019.
Our offices close on December 21, 2018 at 2pm for the holidays. We will be back again on January 2, 2019.
The 2018 price list applies to all orders received by December 20, 2018, as long as payment is received by January 7, 2019 at the latest.
Blaise Pascal Magazine writes about the LazProCon 2018 in Bonn
- About the Lazarus Professional Event By Detlef Overbeek
- Photo Page "made in Bonn" Lazarus Professional Event
- Gaming Engine Michalis Kamburelis By Detlef Overbeek
English-language IBExpert Firebird Developer Week
Next date in Orlando, Florida, USA: December 4th-6th, 2018
Holger Klemt will present 3 individual training sessions. You can sign up for each individual session, or all sessions.
Please mail contact@ibexpert.com for more information and to make reservations!
Further information here: IBExpert Firebird Developer Week
Important Bug Fix Version:
IBExpert 2018.08.03 now available for download
Please update your installation at the next opportunity from the IBExpert Download Center.
Fully automated update process
As long as you have IBExpert Direct activated in your IBExpert application, you will automatically be informed of all new updates, and automatically directed to the IBExpert Download Center, as soon as they are available. You can find out more about IBExpert Direct in our online documentation.
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Visit IBExpert at the 15th Firebird Developer Day, Brazil
Do not miss the chance to participate in the biggest Firebird event in the world, 18th August, in Piracicaba-SP: https://www.FirebirdDevelopersDay.com.br
Special promotion of IBExpert for purchases on the day of the event for all participants!
E aí, ainda não se inscreveu para o 15º FDD? As vagas estão acabando, não perca a chance de participar do maior evento sobre Firebird no mundo, dia 18/Agosto, em Piracicaba-SP: https://www.FirebirdDevelopersDay.com.br
Isso também é bom para os participantes, pois teremos promoção do IBExpert para compra no dia do evento!
Firebird White Paper
Software Performance Optimization
Holger Klemt, February 2018
Have you read our latest Firebird IBExpert White Paper: Software Performance Optimization yet?
- Read the online version here
- Download the PDF version here
- Find out more about our bootcamps here
- View a selection of our White Papers here
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Mail sales@ibexpert.biz or, if you are situated in the US: contact@ibexpert.com. We are looking forward to hearing from you!
IBExpert Developer Week: April 9th - April 13th, 2018 in Orlando, Florida, USA
Make sure you do not miss this event. Holger Klemt, who has over 30 years development experience, will be visiting us from Germany and will present 3 individual training sessions. You can sign up for each individual session.
- IBExpert Firebird Database Administration/Maintenance and best practice session on April 9th - April 10th
- IBExpert Firebird Data Replication on April 11th
- IBExpert Firebird Web Development on April 12th - April 13th
Please mail contact@ibexpert.com for more information and to make reservations!
We are taking a well-earned break from 22nd December 2017 - 1st January 2018!
Please note that IBExpert GmbH and IBExpert Ltd cannot be reached by phone over Christmas and the New Year. All incoming emails will be answered upon our return in 2018.
Please order your IBExpert IFS Server, IBExpert software, IBExpert software subscriptions and workshops/training courses no later than 18th December 2017, so that we can process your orders in time.
New prices 1st January 2018
Our IBExpert Developer Studio Edition/Subscription is a few cents a day more expensive, but of course you will still have access to IBExpert software versions in the IBExpert Download Center, which are compatible with current operating systems and the latest Firebird versions.
Order in 2017 at the old prices!
Special offer: for all orders received in 2017, we will still charge you the old prices, as long as payment is received by 15th January 2018.
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We publish details of all new IBExpert features regularly on our website. Go to What's New to view all the latest IBExpert features, or subscribe to our monthly newsletter. ...more.
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Database web applications using Firebird
In our 2-day training course Database web applications using Firebird, you will learn all knowledge necessary to visualize data from a Firebird database via an Apache web server on Windows or Linux with minimal PHP knowledge.
... further information (English)
... the next German-language course
Dates for your diary
- October 16th-18th: IBExpert Firebird Bootcamp in Mannheim, Germany
- October 19th: IBExpert IFS Roadshow in Mannheim, Germany
- December 4th-5th: Database web applications using Firebird in Wardenburg, Germany.
Alternatives to virtualization for database servers
The latest generation of IFS servers are 100% dedicated Firebird servers.
Read today's White Paper to learn about the benefits you can expect compared to most virtual machines, and how database operations can be run on average 10 times faster.
Our database expert Holger Klemt speaks in his white paper about fail-safe high-performance hardware solutions for Firebird databases: Whitepaper: Alternatives to virtualization for database servers.
Have you booked yet?
- 8th - 10th May 2017: German-language Bootcamps in Wardenburg, Germany
Firebird 3.0.2 has been released!
The primary goals for Firebird 3.0 were to unify the server architecture and to improve support for SMP and multiple-core hardware platforms. Parallel objectives were to improve threading of engine processes and the options for sharing page cache across thread and connection boundaries.
Alongside these aims came new strategies to improve performance, query optimization, monitoring and scalability and to address the demand for more security options. A number of popular features were introduced into the SQL language, including the long-awaited support for the Boolean data type and the associated logical predications.
Press release and download: https://firebirdsql.org/en/firebird-3-0-2/
Considering Firebird Replication?
Check out our IBExpert Firebird Replication FAQs, or study our White Papers:
- White paper: Firebird Replication
- White paper: Big Data, Replication or where are the limits of Firebird?
Interested in learning more?
Sign up for our IBExpert Firebird Bootcamps or mail sales@ibexpert.biz for details of our various remote support options.
