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1 IBX Change Log version (2.3-1) Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:39:45 +0100
2
3 1. IBCustomDataset: replace deprecated function ValidUTF8String with call to
4 Utf8EscapeControlChars
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6
7 IBX Change Log version (2.3-0) Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:48:06 +0100
8
9 IMPORTANT: the source code tree has been re-organised for IBX 2.3. Please remove
10 all previous copies of the IBX source code tree before installing this release.
11
12 The IBX packages used by most users have not changed, with one exception. The
13 IBServices unit has been moved to the package iblegacyServices.lpk. To continue
14 to use the IBServices unit in your applications, please add the iblegacyServices
15 to the list of dependencies. To do this, open the Project Inspector and select
16 Add->New Requirement and select "ibLegacyServices" from the list of available
17 packages.
18
19 1. New unit IBXServices. The IBXServices unit is a re-architectured update of
20 the IBServices unit providing what is intended to be a clearer and easier to
21 use set of IB Services components. See Chapter 10 of the IBX User Guide for
22 more information and the guide to "Firebird Service Management Using IBX".
23 As indicated above, the legacy services components are still available and
24 provided in a separate package. There is no need to update working applications
25 using the older versions except for an additional package dependency.
26
27 2. The IBX packages and source code tree have been re-organised in an attempt to
28 finally get rid of the "duplicate ppu" warnings. This re-organisation should
29 not affect existing users. Section 2.3 of the IBX User Guide describes the
30 new set of IBX packages.
31
32 3. The ibx/examples/DBAdmin and the ibx/examples/services example have been
33 updated to use the new Services API components.
34
35 4. The iblocal package has been updated to use the new Services API components.
36
37 5. procedure SetAutoAdmin; in the new IBX Services this method is now a member of
38 TIBXSecurityService. It had been wrongly classified in the previous version
39 as a per database configuration item. It is global to a server and hence
40 correctly positioned as part of the Security Package. In the DBAdmin example,
41 the setting has moved to the mappings page.
42
43 6. TIBXScript: IgnoreCreateDatabase added. If true then CREATE DATABASE statements
44 are ignored.
45
46 7. TIBDatabase: DropDatabase now ensures that all transactions have been properly
47 closed before the database is dropped. Before and After Disconnect event handlers
48 are also fired.
49
50 8. TIBTransaction: OnStartTransaction event now fires every time the transaction
51 is started and not just the first time.
52
53 9. IBDataOutput: Use FormatFloat for all performance statistics to avoid platform
54 depenendency with comp type.
55
56 10. IBDataOutput: select query data output is now sent to stdout instead of stderr.
57
58 11. TIBDatabase: Remove regression. If a user login dialog changes the DatabaseName
59 then this is recognised and not ignored.
60
61 12. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery, TIBTable: additions:
62 function GetRowsAffected(var SelectCount, InsertCount, UpdateCount, DeleteCount: integer): boolean;
63 function GetPerfStatistics(var stats: TPerfCounters): boolean;
64 property EnableStatistics: boolean read FEnableStatistics write SetEnableStatistics;
65
66 GetRowsAffected returns the affected row counts from the last insert/update/delete
67 if EnableStatistics = true then GetPerfStatistics returns the current stats
68 counters for the select query. Note: stats accumulate after each fetch from
69 the database. To get total query cost after open, call the "Last" method
70 and then GetPerfStatistics.
71
72 See ibx/examples/consolemode for an example of the use of GetPerfStatistics
73
74 13. TIBExtract: Identity columns DDL. "Start with clause" now correctly encapsulated
75 in parenthesises.
76
77 14. TIBExtract: new published property "AlwaysQuoteIdentifiers". If true then in dialect 3
78 SQL identifiers are always delimited by double quotes. If false, then they are
79 only delimited if the identifier is a reserved word, contains lower case or special
80 characters. Set this property to true to retain previous behaviour.
81
82 15. Insert SQL Property Editor. In Insert Returning Clause, Identity column names
83 are now inserted in double quotes if not Reserved Words or valid SQL Identifiers.
84
85 16. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery, TIBTable: addition:
86 property MasterDetailDelay: integer {defaults to zero}
87
88 When non-zero and the dataset is a detail table referencing a master table
89 through either a MasterSource (TIBTable) or a DataSource (TIBDataSet, TIBQuery)
90 then a synchronisation delay is added (in milliseconds) between the master
91 row changing and the detail dataset being re-opened. If the master dataset
92 is scrolled before the delay expires then the delay is reset. This can be used
93 to avoid performance overheads when scrolling through a large master dataset.
94
95 Note: uses fptimer and hence requires a thread manager. Under Linux the
96 chreads unit must be included in your project. TTimer is not used in order
97 to avoid an LCL dependency. Requires FPC 3.0.2 or later.
98
99 17. TIBExtract: User role grants now excluded when etGrantsToUser not specified
100 with Extract Option eoDatabase.
101
102 18. TIBLookupComboEditBox: Workaround added for https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=33428
103 When a deLayoutChanged event is reported on the ListSource dataset, the
104 combobox text is updated. This allows a listsource (detail) to be in a Master/Detail
105 relationship with the control's datasource (master).
106
107 19. TIBExtract: Full BigInt value range now supported for Generators/Sequences.
108
109 20. TIBExtract: Select Procedures (Procedure type 1) now include "SUSPEND;" clause in their
110 stubs. Pedantic fix really, as procedures output in dependency order anyway.
111
112 21. TIBExtract: Package Headers and Package Bodies are now included in the extracted
113 DDL (Firebird 3 and later only).
114
115 22. TIBLookupComboBox Autocomplete Fixes:
116 i. Only appended text is now selected after autocomplete.
117 ii. Uppercase keys no longer ignored for autocomplete.
118 iii. Retain Prefix case is now honoured correctly.
119 iv. When a DataSource is assigned, typing after autocomplete now extends prefix
120 before autocomplete performed. i.e. behaviour now the same as when
121 no DataSource assigned.
122
123 23. TIBXScript: Single Line Comments starting with '--' are now ignored when occurring
124 between SQL statements.
125
126 24. TIBExtract: New published property CaseSensitiveObjectNames. If false (default) then
127 ObjectNames are converted to upper case before matching against metadata object
128 names, unless the objectname is delimited by double quotes, in which case, the
129 double quotes are removed and the remaining string is used (unmodified) to match
130 against the metadata object name.
131
132 If true then the ObjectName is used as is without modification and matched
133 against the metadata object name. No attempt is made to remove double quotes.
134
135 25. TIBExtract: New Extract Types: etDatabaseTriggers and etDDLTriggers. When used
136 with eoTrigger, these extract types can be used to select only Database Triggers,
137 or DDL Triggers or both. Ignored when etTable or etTrigger included in Extract Types.
138
139 26. TIBXScript: If an exception occurs during the processing of a statement, the
140 statement separate character is now reset to the default (';').
141
142 27. TIBDatabase: Reconnect method added and used by TIBXScript for reconnect.
143
144 28. TIBXScript: Transaction is no longer automatically reactivated immediately processing
145 a commit or reconnect statement and instead activated only when next SQL statement
146 is executed.
147
148 29. TIBSQL.HasField should no longer generate and exception when the field does not exist.
149
150 30. TIBXScript: case insensitive regex now used when matching statements instead of
151 converting statement to upper case.
152
153 31. TIBExtract: metadata comments now supported. New published property
154 IncludeMetaDataComments (default true). If true then metadata comments included
155 in extracted DDL. New Extract Object member eoComments. This may be used with
156 ExtractObject method to list all metadata comments.
157
158 32. TIBExtract: ListObjectNames method added.
159
160 33. Updated Database component editor to support additional connection string
161 types.
162
163 IBX Change Log version (2.2-0) Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:57:45 +0000
164
165 NOTE: THE LOCATIONS OF SOME OF THE UNIT DIRECTORIES HAS CHANGED FROM IBX 2.1. THIS IS TO
166 AVOID DUPLICATE PPU WARNINGS. PLEASE REMOVE EARLIER VERSIONS OF IBX BEFORE INSTALLING THIS
167 RELEASE.
168
169 NOTE: THE DBADMIN DEMO REQUIRES THAT THE MemDSLaz PACKAGE IS INSTALLED IN THE LAZARUS IDE.
170
171 1. IBExtract: Identity columns - add additional check for null column for generator name.
172
173 2. IBCustomDataSet: Insert and Modify (Update) queries now recognise and process SQL RETURNING clauses.
174 The main use for this is for Firebird 3 Identity columns (see IBXDocumentation 6.6.8 for further
175 information). However, this is also a very useful mechanism for returning updated computed by
176 column values. Values returned as a result of executing an Insert or Update statement
177 replace existing values in the current row for each corresponding column.
178
179 Previously, if a dataset's select query included read only (computed by) fields then
180 an automatic row refresh was performed after an insert or update query had been processed,
181 irrespective of the setting of the "ForcedUpdates" property. This has changed such
182 that an automatic refresh is no longer performed if an insert or update query contains
183 a returning clause that updates one or more fields on the current row. A full row
184 refresh is only performed if (a) ForcedRefresh is true or (b) the query does not return any
185 field values and the select query contains read only fields. Use of Insert/update
186 returning should be significantly more efficient than executing a refresh query.
187
188 This behaviour change is intended to be backwards compatible and there should be no need to change
189 existing programs, other than to improve performance by using the new capability.
190
191 3. IBCustomDataSet: DELETE...RETURNING queries are now also recognised. However, as
192 they are called when the dataset row is being deleted, there is no value in
193 updating the current record from the query result. Instead, a new event handler
194 "OnDeleteReturning" is provided. If a DELETE...RETURNING query is execute and
195 an OnDeleteReturning event handler is provided then it is called with the IResults returned
196 by the query. The event handler can then interrogate the query results and
197 perform whatever action is necessary. For example to confirm, to the user,
198 the deletion of a row with the returned values.
199
200 4. TIBTable: generated Insert and Update SQL now include a RETURNING clause for
201 any Computed By or Identity Columns. The IBTables example has been updated to
202 illustrate the computation of the employee Full Name on update.
203
204 5. TIBTable: The GeneratorField property is now published.
205
206 6. The InsertSQL property editor now shows Firebird 3 Identity columns separate from the Field List.
207 When InsertSQL is generated, the Identity columns are not included in the list of values to
208 be inserted. A RETURNING clause is added to the insert statement to return the value of
209 each Identity column after the insert is executed.
210
211 7. The Modify Property Editor now generates Update SQL with Computed By fields in Update..Returning clause.
212 Similarly Insert Property Editor now generates Insert SQL with Computed By fields in
213 Insert..Returning clause.
214
215 8. TIBGenerator: small performance improvement by not preparing query each time
216 a new value is generated.
217
218 9. TIBSQL: Free resources when transaction changed - ensures new transaction is used.
219
220 10. Property editors will now sync table name to a System Table when "Include System
221 Tables" is selected and the query is for a System Table.
222
223 11. Minor Performance improvement to handling of Date/Time types in IBX datasets. Field
224 values are no longer converted to milliseconds from TDateTime and then back again
225 to TDateTime (the conversion to milliseconds is the default TDataset approach).
226
227 12. Property Editors handling of Stored Procedures.
228 * Select and Refresh: only show a list of stored procedures that return multiple rows (proc type 1) and
229 which have a non-empty list of output parameters (i.e. stored procedures that may be used in a select
230 query).
231 * Modify and Insert: only show a list of stored procedures that return at most a singleton row (proc type 2).
232
233 13. IBStoredProc: Now supports Firebird 3 Package Names. A new published property PackageName
234 can be used to select a package. If non-empty, the stored procedure name is
235 expected to be a stored procedure defined in the specified package and the
236 generated SQL will be as required for a stored procedure located in a package.
237
238 14. Select, Refresh, Insert, Modify, Delete and TIBSQL SQL Property Editors now include
239 a "Package Name" drop down box to allow selection of a Firebird 3 Package from
240 which a stored procedure can be selected. With no package name selected, non-package
241 stored procedures are listed.
242
243 15. TIBXScript: turn off database login prompt when reconnecting - this avoids prompting
244 for password on reconnect.
245
246 16. TIBDatabase: use IAttachment for connection default character set id, code page
247 and character set name.
248
249 17. TIBDatabaseInfo: cache ODS Version information on first request in order to minimise
250 DB info lookups"
251
252 18. IBExtract: now supports DDL Triggers and Grants to DDL objects.
253
254 19. Add a property Editor for TIBUpdate.RefreshSQL.
255
256 20. IBUpdate: Ignore non-data (e.g. calculated) fields when assembling list of input
257 parameters. This stops an exception being raised when the field cannot be
258 located in the record buffer.
259
260 21. Property Editors now automatically include System Tables when opened and when the query table
261 is a System Table.
262
263 22. IBServices: SQRB and SRB buffers are now reset when service query throws an exception.
264 This avoids errors due to a stale SQRB or SRB being used for the next query.
265
266 23. IBServices: Service attach parameters now include "expected_db". This is used to
267 add the SPB item isc_spb_expected_db. This names a database using
268 an alternative Security Database (FB3 onwards) and allows (e.g. backup/restore) using such a
269 database. examples/services re-written to illustrate use of "expected_db".
270
271 24. IBServices: TIBControlAndQueryService.WriteNextChunk no longer ignores isc_info_svc_timeout.
272 This avoids truncated backups when the server returns a timeout (busy) response.
273
274 25. TIBDatabase: isc_dpb_page_size now supported as a database parameter when using TIBDatabase.CreateDatabase.
275
276 26. TIBDatabase: DatabaseName property may now be prefixed by $TEMP$ or $DATADIR$ for local
277 databasenames. These are respectively expanded to the local system's temp directory
278 (including trailing delimiter) or to a prescribed data directory (including
279 trailing delimiter). Under Unix systems the data directory is a hidden directory
280 in the user's home directory. The hidden directory name is either the string returned
281 from the SysUtils "Vendor Name" or "IBX" if empty. In either case prefixed by a '.'.
282 Under Windows, the directory is the same as the Data Directory as decribed
283 above but instead prefixed by the User's application data path. These may be
284 used to improve application portability for Personal Databases.
285
286 27. TIBTable: FieldDefs property is no longer published. Due to the use of TIBFieldDef
287 this has not worked for a long time and is not useful either. FieldDefs should be
288 managed using the Fields Editor as with any other dataset. To access the fields
289 editor for a TIBTable component, double click on the component. The fields editor
290 is then displayed.
291
292 28. TIBDatabaseInfo: new properties/function
293 * DateDBCreated (returns date/time database created)
294 * TransactionCount (returns no. of active transactions)
295 * GetDatabasePage(PageNo: integer) (returns contents of specified database page - SYSDBA only).
296 * PagesFree (Firebird 3 or later)
297 * PagesUsed (Firebird 3 or later)
298 * Encrypted (returns true if database encrypted. (Firebird 3.0.3 or later only)
299 * EncryptionKeyName (returns the name of the encryption key if any (Firebird 3.0.3 or later only)
300
301 29. IBServices classes now provided the decoded release number in the (array) property ServerVersionNo.
302
303 30. TIBSecurityService now supports display/modification of the User Admin Role (Firebird 2.5 and later).
304
305 31. TIBConfigService now has a procedure SetAutoAdmin(Value: boolean) to enable/disable
306 the automtic mapping of privileged OS users to the RDB$ADMIN role (Firebird 2.5 and later).
307
308 32. TIBBackupService: New Option - NoDBTriggers equivalent to -nodbtriggers switch introduced
309 in the gbak utility at V.2.1 to prevent database-level and transaction-level triggers from
310 firing during backup and restore.
311
312 33. Both TIBBackupService and TIBRestoreService now support backup/restore statistics options
313 for verbose output using the new property "StatisticsRequested".
314 see https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/release_notes/html/en/2_5/rnfb25-util-gbak.html#rnfb25-util-gbakstats
315
316 34. TIBRestoreService: now supports new options RestoreMetaDataOnly (Firebird 2.5 and later).
317
318 35. TIBOnlineValidationService component added to the IBServices and the "Firebird Admin"
319 palette. This uses the online validation feature added in Firebird 2.5. The
320 services's properties enable inclusion/exclusion of tables and indexes using
321 regular expressions. See.
322 https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/release_notes/html/en/2_5/rnfb25-apiods-api.html#rnfb25-apiods-api-onlinevalidation
323
324 36. IBServices: procedure TIBConfigService.SetNoLinger added to set no linger
325 option on a database.
326
327 37. TIBCustomService: Assign method implemented to allow copying of service login
328 context between service API components. "Detach" method now only detaches
329 service when last reference to the service interface detaches. Tidy up of
330 code for SetActive and Attach methods including password hiding.
331
332 38. TIBDatabase: new properties: AuthenticationMethod and RemoteProtocol. Read only
333 and used to determine the auth method and protocol used for the connection.
334
335 39. TIBDatabase: ensure that SQLDialect setting is used when creating a database using
336 a Create Database Statement generated by IBX.
337
338 40. All IBServices now have an additional published property "PortNo". This may
339 be set to a non-standard port number when necessary. If zero then the default
340 port number is used.
341
342 41: TIBLookupComboeditBox: Ensure dataset updated when change selected with the keyboard
343 and not just the mouse.
344
345 42. TIBCustomDataset: reopen query if already active when a TIBControlLink is added.
346
347 43. TIBTreeview: new ImageIndexField and SelectedIndexField Property allows the
348 image index and selected image index for each node to be set from a database field.
349
350 44. TIBExtract: new extract type (etGrantsToUser) for use with eoDatabase. If included
351 then database schema includes grants to all users. If not present then the
352 only user grants included are those to User PUBLIC.
353
354 45. TIBTreeView: performance improvement. When expanding include both expanded node
355 and child nodes in dataset.
356
357
358 IBX Change Log version (2.1-0) Fri, 15 Dec 2017 12:20:11 +0000
359
360 1. IBCustomDataset: Minor change of PChar to PByte for compatibility with fbintf
361 changes.
362
363 2. IBCustomDataset: Fixed use of incorrect datasize in TIBStringField.SetAsString.
364 Bug could result in truncated multi-byte character set values.
365
366 3. Changes consequential on moving fbintf character set utility functions from
367 IFirebirdAPI to IAttachment.
368
369 4. Avoid "Object is nil" error when opening a database with DefaultSystemCodePage = true
370
371 5. IBLookupComboEditBox: avoid race condition when autocompleting text that occasionally
372 results in autocomplete ignoring prefix text.
373
374 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: Ensure that cursor is not reset to start of text when
375 entering a new name into the text box.
376
377 7. IBCustomDataset: ensure that TIBStringField uses the field size reported by
378 Firebird rather than recomputing it.
379
380 8. Property Editor positioning tidy up: All IBX Property editors should now be
381 screen centre. Previously some were "poDesigned" which may be inappropriate
382 for multi monitor desktops.
383
384 10. TIBTreeView.FindNode: protect against error if zero length path or empty tree node.
385
386 11. TIBTransaction: On Force Disconnect do not raise an exception when problem ending
387 a transaction and always reset the object.
388
389 12. TIBQuery tidyup: remove unnecessary call to GetAffectedRows.
390
391 13. TIBXScript: Allow for override of database filename in Create Database statements.
392
393 14. IBLocaldb: Support initialisation of the database from an SQL script in addition
394 to a gbak format archive.
395
396 15. IBLocaldb: fix problem that stopped the OnSharedDataDir event from being recognised.
397
398 16. IBLocaldb: Drop database if error creating an empty database.
399
400 17. TIBTreeView: improve performance when selecting node - avoid refreshing dataset
401 unless selected node not in current dataset.
402
403 18. IBServices: SetDBParams method moved from TCustomIBLocalDBSupport (in IBLocalDB package)
404 to TIBCustomService, and IBlocalDB code tidy up.
405
406 19. IBTreeView: Initialise TIBTreeNode KeyValue to null to avoid unpredictable
407 behaviour due to uninitialised variable.
408
409 20. IBServices: Correct encoding of isc_spb_prp_write_mode in TIBConfigService from
410 integer to byte. Ditto isc_spb_prp_reserve_space and isc_spb_prp_access_mode.
411
412 21. IBSQL: When Database changed ensure that all resources are freed.
413
414 22. IBCustomDataset: When database changed ensure that queries an unprepared.
415
416 23. SQL Property Editors now use SynEdit with SQL Highlighter. New features include:
417 * Line Wrap on SQL Token boundaries (on user command)
418 * auto-complete table names in drop down list of table names
419 * Double click on tablename or field name adds to SQL text
420
421 24. IBDataOutput: print statistics using float (%f) format instead of decimal (%d).
422
423 25. IBTreeView: Call to FindNode: param type change from "array of Variant" to
424 TVariantArray. Seems to avoid memory corruption in Windows (probably a
425 workaround for a problem in fpc 3.0.4 win64).
426
427 26. IBDatabaseInfo: Code tidy up. Add check for database not assigned or not open.
428
429 27. IBDatabaseInfo: Remove memory leak when accessing database operation counts.
430
431 IBX Change Log version (2.0-2) Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:17:53 +0000
432
433 1. TIBDatabase.CreateDatabase: extract full DB Name from SQL using reg ex in order to
434 include remote system name.
435
436 2. TIBExtract: No longer include comment header and COMMIT statement for empty
437 tables when data included in output.
438
439 3. Profiling: IBSQL now has conditional compilation flags to enable query performance
440 and timing information to be written to stdout. This may be used to locate
441 performance bottlenecks.
442
443 4. SQLParser: only call "OnChanging" event handler when value is different.
444
445 5. IBDynamicGrid: Update handling of navigation keys for a TDateEdit
446
447 6. IBCustomDataset: Set internalunprepared flag when transaction ends. This ensures
448 that BindFields is called when the query is next activated. Avoids FieldName
449 not found error.
450
451 7. IBUpdate: This is a new IBX component similar to TIBUpdateSQL. It is more general
452 purpose and allows the programmer to define any action they want for Update, Insert
453 or Delete. This may be complex SQL (similar to a Trigger), application specific
454 filtering of updates, or use of statements such as Grant or Revoke instead of
455 normal DML. See User Manual for more information.
456
457 IBX Change Log version (2.0-1) Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:31:49 +0000
458
459 1. TIBEvents: Fix uninitialised variable that could result in lost events.
460
461 2. TIBExtract: Added support for FB3 "USAGE" privilege.
462
463 3. TIBExtract: data formatted as Charset set "octets" is now output using
464 hexadecimal notation.
465
466 4. TIBExtract: Binary Blobs and array data can now be embedded in INSERT statements
467 using a simple XML format.
468
469 5. TIBExtract: extract of individual Triggers and Stored Procedures can now include
470 grants to these objects.
471
472 6. TIBExtract: Stored Procedures and Views output in dependency order to avoid
473 dependency problems restoring complex databases.
474
475 7. TIBXScript: This component has been restructured to allow for the processing of
476 embedded XML in INSERT statements and to support interactive sources in addition
477 to non-interactive data sources such as files.
478
479 8. TIBXScript: CREATE DATABASE, DROP DATABASE, CONNECT statements are now supported.
480
481 9. TIBXScript: ISQL compatiable Set statements are now supported:
482 SET SQL DIALECT
483 SET TERM
484 SET AUTODDL
485 SET BAIL
486 SET ECHO
487 SET COUNT
488 SET STATS
489 SET NAMES <character set>
490
491 10. IBVersion unit added to hold current IBX Version Number information.
492
493 11. TIBExtract: Use character rather than byte length for VarChar procedure arguments.,
494 and domain definitions.
495
496 12. TIBExtract: Triggers now use SQL2003 syntax and database and transaction triggers
497 fully supported.
498
499 13. TIBExtract: when a database dump includes data, the generator values are now also set.
500
501 14: IBSQLEdit: Unit LCLPlatformDef added to uses clauses for lazarus 1.7 and later.
502
503 IBX Change Log version (2.0-0) Tue, 06 Dec 2016 10:33:44 +0000
504
505 See also doc/IBX4LazarusGuide.pdf for important information on
506 upgrading to IBX2.
507
508 1. Size property of TIBStringField is now the width in characters of the field
509 and not the byte length. This applies only to multi-byte character sets such
510 as UTF8. The original approach aligned with TStringField. However, the TStringField
511 code is not recognised as a bug and hence this change to align the behaviour.
512 The TStringField change is expected in fpc 3.2.0.
513
514 2. A new property AutoFieldSize: boolean has been added to TIBStringField. When
515 true (default) then Size property value saved in the lfm is ignored. Size is
516 always set from the dynamic information read from the database. It is unclear
517 why anyone would want to override this and set Size to false.
518
519 3. ibxscript: should now handle correctly a Case..End statement within a procedure
520 block.
521
522 4. IBDatabase: new property - CreateIfNotExists. If true and database does not
523 exist when an attempt is made to connect to it (run time only) then an attempt
524 is made to create the database.
525
526 5. IBDatabase: new event - OnCreateDatabase. This event is called after a database
527 has been successfully created as a result of a call to CreateDatabase or when
528 creating a database after it was found not to exist.
529
530 6. DBControlGrid: a race condition could result in the wrong row image being
531 written to the cache. This has been avoided by a trip round the message
532 loop before rendering the row image.
533
534 7. DBControlGrid: It is strongly recommended not to open the source DataSet for
535 a DBControlGrid during a Form's "OnShow" event handler. Under GTK2 this is
536 known to risk corrupt rendering of row images when the control is first
537 displayed. If necessary use "Application.QueueAsyncCall" to delay opening
538 of the dataset (see DBControlGrid examples) until the Form's Window has been created.
539
540 8. DBControlGrid & IBDynamicGrid: Navigation keys should now work correctly with
541 a TDateEdit control located on an editor panel.
542
543 9. TIBExtract: brought up-to-date plus many bug fixes.
544
545 10. DBControlGrid: Removed memory leak when updating rows.
546
547 11. TIBCMLocalDBSupport: fixed invalid free on upgrade.
548
549 IBX Change Log version (1.4-3) Thu, 22 Sep 2016 18:10:15 +0100
550
551 1. IBCustomDataset: When calling SetCodePage, no longer request transliteration
552 when target codepage is CP_NONE. This is a workaround for
553 http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=30622.
554
555 2. DBLog option removed from TIBStatisticalService - not supported by server
556 since Firebird 1.5.
557
558 3. ibxscript: An error is no longer generated for "on commit preserve rows" or
559 similar.
560
561 4. IBCodePage: updated mapping between codepages and character id.
562
563 5. ftWideString and ftWideMemo withdrawn. There is no UTF16 character set in
564 Firebird. Character sets with a char width of two are not UTF16.
565
566 6. Strings received from the database are now always transliterated into UTF8
567 regardless of the database character set or connection character set. This
568 is for compatibility with the LCL.
569
570 IBX Change Log version (1.4-2) Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:25:27 +0100
571
572 1. IBBlob: Defer reading of blob until read method called. This avoids having to
573 read in an entire blob just to get the size of the blob. General performance
574 improvement when opening datasets containing blobs.
575
576 2. Clearing a Blob now sets the corresponding field's modified flag.
577
578 3. IBLookupCombo: When not performing auto-complete, original query sort order
579 is now used.
580
581 4. IBDynamicGrid: Add OnSelectEditor event. Allows editor panel to be dynamically
582 determined.
583
584 5. IBDynamicGrid: Recompute column widths after dataset closed and re-opened.
585
586 6. IBLookupCombo: LazUTF8 added to uses clause to avoid compilation problems post
587 lazarus 1.6.0
588
589 7. IBControls. Removed "runtime" from list of paths to avoid "multiple packages"
590 compilation error.
591
592 IBX Change Log version (1.4-1) Tue, 17 May 2016 09:14:51 +0100
593
594 1. No character set specified for connection: when a text blob is retrieved, the
595 character set is determined by looking up the native character set using then
596 Firebird API. Otherwise a text mode blob is assumed to have the same character
597 set as the connection.
598
599 2. TIBGUIInterface: this is an internal interface. Minor type changes to allow
600 for Login Dialog returing a change to the database path.
601
602 3. Design Time Database and Server login Dialogs now allow the Database Name/Server Name
603 to be changed from that given in the TIBDatabase/TIBServer component and for the
604 entered value to be saved on a project specific basis (design time only).
605
606 4. IBDynamicGrid: TDBLookupCellEditor now compares its DataFieldName with the
607 column fieldname. If they are the same then it is acts as a look up for the KeyValue
608 Otherwise, it sets the column text to the selected ListField Value.
609
610 5. IBDynamicGrid: Only visible columns are now taken into account When recalculating
611 column width.
612
613 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: Fix error with autocomplete query when a RelationName is given
614 and a case insensitive search is requested.
615
616 7. IBDynamicGrid: No longer ignores notifications removing Column Totals controls
617 or column ListSource.
618
619 8. IBQuery: no longer performs unnecessary refresh of SQL Text (and hence avoids an
620 unprepare) when closing and the text has not changed.
621
622 9. IBSQL: Base the cursor name on a GUID instead of a hexstr version of the class pointer.
623 Less likely to cause a cursor re-use error on Windows.
624
625 10.SV5IPC: include workaround for OSX. FPC 3.0.0 has broken ipc module for darwin.
626 Expected to be fixed in 3.0.2. Hence workaround only applies to 3.0.0.
627
628 11. TIBTreeView: Guard against nil destination on record changed
629
630 12. AnsiString Code page support: TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString now return a
631 string type with the code page set to reflect the returned field encoding after
632 Firebird driver transliteration, if any. FPC 3.0.0 onwards only. Behaviour unchanged for
633 earlier versions.
634
635 13. AnsiString Code page support: Assigning to TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString
636 will now result in transliteration to the code page specified for the Firebird driver
637 if the assigned string has a different code page. FPC 3.0.0 onwards only.
638
639 14. TIBDatabase: new property UseDefaultSystemCodePage. When set any lc_ctype parameter
640 is ignored and the lc_ctype value, when the database is opened, is set to align with
641 the DefaultSystemCodePage (FPC 3.0.0 onwards). Normally, this is what you want and should ensure
642 platform independence. Note: this applies to FPC 3.0.0 and earlier versions. Pre FPC
643 3.0.0, when this property is true, the lc_ctype is UTF8 except under windows when
644 the GETACP is used to determine the Windows code page.
645
646 15. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCharSetName. This is the Firebird character set
647 name used as the lc_ctype when the database was opened. Only valid while the
648 Database is connected.
649
650 16. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCodePage (FPC >=3.0.0 only). This is the codepage
651 id that corresponds to the DefaultCharSetName.
652
653 IBX Change Log version (1.4-0) Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:44:24 +0000
654
655 1. Unix: If Firebird Embedded Server shared object is loaded and a local database
656 path is given and database attach fails due to access permission issues on the
657 temp directory or security database, then the attach is retried with "localhost:"
658 prefixing the databasename. This should avoid problems when the database has to
659 be accessed by a local (e.g. classic) server and libfbembed is used.
660
661 2. Windows: revised search order for Firebird DLL:
662 i. The Firebird Embedded Server in the application Directory.
663 ii. If the FIREBIRD environment variable is set then the directory this
664 points to is searched for the FB Client DLL and then then underlying
665 "bin" directory.
666 iii. Registry Key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Firebird Project\Firebird Server\Instances
667 is used to locate the Firebird installation directory and the underlying
668 "bin" directory is searched for the FB Client DLL.
669 iv. The Default installation directories C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_2_x
670 are searched for the FB Client DLL.
671 v. The PATH Environment variable is used to search for the FB Client DLL.
672 vi. Finally the PATH Environment variable is used to search for IBASE.DLL.
673
674 3. New Component: TIBXScript. This is an ISQL compatible SQL script execution engine.
675 See doc/readme.scriptengine and example applications.
676
677 4. New Component: TIBlocalDBSupport. This is a TIBDatabase support component intended to
678 simplify the use of the embedded firebird server on both Linux and Windows platforms.
679 See dpc/readme.localdatabase and example applications.
680
681 5. IBDynamicGrid: Reordering on column header click should now also work for
682 dynamic columns.
683
684 6. ISQLMonitor: (Windows only). Mutex added to TMultilockGate to avoid race condition
685 between incrementing/decrementing the lock count and signalling the event.
686
687 IBX Change Log version (1.3-2) Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:39:54 +0000
688
689 1.3.2 was never formally released and only made available as beta copies.
690
691 1. DBControlGrid,IBDynamicGrid: Ignore down arrow and up arrow in TCustomMemo
692
693 2. IBDynamicGrid: Now deals correctly with a single column grid which has no indicator and autosize column
694
695 3. IBLookupComboEditBox: reset timer on each key press - avoids timer going off too early
696
697 4. IBDynamicGrid: Call event OnUpdateSortOrder even when aliasname not found in dataset
698 i.e. when it is a calculated field
699
700 5. IBDynamicGrid: Fix problem selecting a different row when expanded row at end of grid.
701 This problem was due to a race condition between recalculating row heights and
702 determining which row was selected by the mouse click. The row height calculation
703 is now deferred by an extra trip round the message loop allowing the row to
704 be always calculated on the current grid layout rather than risking it being
705 calculated on the grid layout after the expanded row has been shrunk.
706
707 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: avoid race condition between cm_killfocus and cm_exit on
708 Windows.
709
710 7. TIBStringField: Now has two new public properties: CharacterSetName: string and CharacterSetSize: integer;
711 These properties allow the (Firebird) character set name for the field and the max number of bytes per character
712 to be determined at runtime. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
713
714 8. TIBWideStringField: This is a new field type with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
715 TWideStringField. This field type is used with the character size reported by Firebird is two. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
716
717 9. TIBMemoField and TIBWideMemoField: new field types with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
718 TMemoField and TWideMemoField respectively. These field types are used with Blob subtype 1 and a characterset size of
719 1, 3 or 4 (TIBMemoField) or 2 (TIBWideMemoField). See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
720
721 Both also have a new published property "DisplayTextAsClassName". If false (default) the displaytext is generated
722 from the blob text by truncating the string to the displaywidth (in characters not bytes). A displaywidth of zero
723 implies no truncation.
724
725 10. IBLookupComboEditBox: Force autocomplete when EditingDone called and timer active.
726
727 11. IBDynamicGrid: Call DataSet.Append when entering edit mode and dataset empty and not in insert state
728 (avoids "Not in Edit Mode" error).
729
730 12. IBDynamicGrid: Correctly resize grid when one column width plus indicator.
731
732 13. IBDynamicGrid: Ensure Editor Panel has focus when shown - avoids Windows API calling
733 DBGrid.DoExit on subsequent mouse click (e.g. on child control such as a tabbed page control.
734
735 14. IBDynamicGrid: ignore up, down tab and return when editorpanel open and focus in a TCustomGrid descendent.
736
737 15. DBControlGrid: Stop flashing grid when dataset closed and then re-opened while DisabledControls
738
739 16. IBQuery: Bug fixed that prevented SQL being set programmatically once the Parser had been invoked.
740
741 17. IBCustomDataSet: On close, parser is now freed and Select SQL reverts to value before DataSet Opened.
742
743 IBX Change Log version (1.3-1) Sat, 18 Jul 2015 13:30:50 +0100
744
745 1. OnCloseUp Event Handler added to TDBLookupProperties
746
747 2. IBDynamicGrid: Call to OnEditorPanelHide is now last editor hide action - avoids
748 problem with row size when exception is called.
749
750 3. IBLookupComboEditBox: Force pending autocomplete on combobox exit.
751
752 4. IBDynamicGrid and DBControlGrid: Keyhandler now ignores up, down, escape and return keys if
753 in a TCustomComboBox and ignores return key if in a TCustomMemo
754
755 5. IBLookupComboEditBox: Ensure that KeyValue is set correctly when full text
756 keyed in i.e. when autocomplete not performed
757
758 6. Cleanup of "Uses" clauses and add console mode support. IBX should now support
759 console mode applications with all LCL required functions (builtin dialogs and
760 cursor management) centralised in the IBDialogs unit. As long as "IBDialogs" is
761 not included in your project, IBX should compile and link with a console mode program.
762 See consolemode example and its "readme"for further guidence. DO NOT add the ibexpress package to a
763 console mode application or the IDE will automatically assume that your
764 application is GUI based. Instead, you should include the ibexpressconsolemode package.
765
766 IMPORTANT NOTE: IBDialogs must be included in GUI applications in order
767 to use the built in dialogs and cursor management. IBDialogs is
768 included by default if "ibexpress" is in your project source's "uses" clause.
769 This should be the case for all projects created through the IDE. This is why
770 you do not want to add the ibexpress package to console mode applications. The
771 ibexpressconsolemode package has been created to allow console mode programs
772 to avoid adding LCL dependencies when using IBX, while still having the
773 unit search paths set up correctly.
774
775 Existing users should check to ensure that the "ibexpress" unit is included in
776 each project's source file (*.lpr).
777
778 You may find that in order for the IDE to recognise that ibexpressconsolemode
779 exists, you have to first open the package in the IDE and then close it. This
780 adds it to the most recently accessed packages list. To make it permanently
781 available, add the package name to lazarus' staticpackages.inc file.
782
783 Thanks to Julio Jiménez for suggesting support of console mode.
784
785 7. SQL Parser can now accept quoted strings that include new lines
786
787 8. IBDynamicGrid: Lookup Cell Editor - the cursor is now positioned at end
788 of text on start of edit. This is particularly useful when tabbing to a
789 column and then inserting text.
790
791 9. New Examples provided for IB Services and ISQLMonitor.
792
793 10. Fix error when writing to blob streams that recorded only the last buffer
794 write in the blob stream. In most cases, this did not cause a problem as the
795 IB Blob Stream is written in a single write. However, with the TDBImage, write
796 of a graphic type prefix was lost which caused a problem when the image could
797 not be automatically recognised.
798
799 11. Improve generation of random cursor names in TIBSQL - avoid risk of "cursor
800 already open" errors due to random numbers used for the cursor name being identical.
801
802 12. IBTable: corrected error that could result in an "Index out of bounds" error
803 when opening the table and the Primary Key is the last or only column in the
804 table. Thanks to Rick Hoover for the fix.
805
806 13. Fix TIBDatabase initialisation of lc_ctype under unix. Set to "UTF8" instead
807 of "UTF-8", and update list of available database character sets. Existing
808 users should check the current lc_ctype setting in their applications.
809
810 IBX Change Log version (1.2-4) Sat, 09 May 2015 12:38:29 +0100
811
812 1. Firebird Services: avoid List Index error when opening a service with an
813 empty Params property.
814
815 2. IBControls: Fix problem with new link mechanism introduced in 1.2.3.
816 Link now set up in Loaded method - avoids occasional failure to apply
817 SQL markup on initial open.
818
819 3. "Employees" example performance improvements when scrolling.
820
821 4. DBControlGrid: Correctly handle edit panel removal when panel is child control of a
822 TFrame. Force recaching of selected frame to avoid GTK race (results in a
823 random image cached).
824
825 5. DBControlGrid: Should now react to changes in panel height at run time.
826
827 6. IBDynamicGrid: Redraws rows below on panel editor hide - avoids blank space at end of grid
828 even when further rows exist.
829
830 7. DBControlGrid: DefaultRowHeight is no longer a published property as it should
831 always be derived from panel height and setting this property can cause confusion.
832 Note for existing projects: to avoid a missing property error at run time,
833 each form using the DBControlGrid must be opened, updated and saved in the IDE
834 in order to remove the property value from the lfm.
835
836
837 IBX Change Log version (1.2-3) Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:11:17 +0100
838
839 1. TIBStoredProc. Prepare now called by ParamByName to avoid need to always
840 call Prepare before setting parameter values.
841
842 2. Error message on ParamByName (all cases) not found now includes name of missing parameter.
843
844 3. Code tidyup and more robust handling of dsql information result vector.
845
846 4. Support for centralised handling of transaction status changes. TIBTransaction
847 has been given additional events "AfterEdit", "AfterInsert", "AfterDelete", "AfterPost"
848 and "AfterExecQuery". The first three are called after the same event is called
849 for an IBCustomDataSet descendent using the Transaction. The fourth is called
850 after a call to TIBSQL.ExecQuery, again using this transaction. These new events
851 enable monitoring of transaction status changes for a given transaction to be
852 handled in a single place. For example, when a change to the dataset occurs
853 an indicator can be set that shows the user that in order to save changes,
854 the transaction should be committed. Rather than doing this per dataset, this
855 can now be done per transaction.
856
857 5. TDataSet.CheckBrowseMode automatically posts changes to the current row when
858 the dataset is scrolled. However, any changes to the current row are, by default,
859 discarded when the dataset is closed. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery and TIBTable now
860 have a new property "DataSetCloseAction" that adds automatic posting of changes
861 on dataset close. If this property is set to dcDiscardChanges (default) then the
862 behaviour is unchanged from previous versions. if the value is set to dcSaveChanges
863 then IBX will attempt to post any unsaved changes before the dataset is closed
864 (and after the BeforeClose event handler is called). The exception is when the
865 dataset is being closed as a result of a transaction rollback. In this case,
866 no action is taken and any unsaved changes are discarded. This avoids both
867 unnecessary overhead and the risk that a validation error may occur in the Post
868 raising an exception and thereby preventing a rollback.
869
870 6. String Field sizes and Display Widths should now be correct for multi-byte character sets.
871 In earlier versions, the Display Width was set to the maximum byte width rather than the character
872 width. Display Widths are now corrected by dividing by the max byte width per character.
873 For UTF8 character sets, the byte width is four and hence the Display Width will be
874 the byte width divided by 4. The byte width of each character set is determined
875 dynamically when the database connection is estabished from the RDB$CHARACTER_SETS
876 system table. (see also http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=27766).
877
878 7. SQLParser will now correctly parse SQL Text which contains ':' within quoted string.
879
880 8. IBLookupComboEditBox: List should now always be restored to full list when the
881 control loses focus. Default Key press default interval reduced to 200ms.
882
883 9. DBControlGrid: Ensure that selection is changed to newly appended row, even
884 when dataset rows are less than visible rows.
885
886 10. IBDynamicGrid: Editor Panel is not shown on indicator click if Datasource
887 does not exist or DataSet is empty. More responsive on dataset open. New event
888 OnRestorePosition. Column sort disabled if no header row.
889
890 11. IBTreeView: improved handling of response to "Add Node". Avoid scrolling dataset
891 while dataset state is dsInsert. Avoids posting errors.
892
893 12. IBControls: New mechanism for distributing UpdateSQL and UpdateParams events. This is to
894 avoid conflict with DisableControls/EnableControls with Master/Detail linked tables.
895
896 13. IBLookupComboEditBox: Now avoids SQL Errors when combo box text contains single quotes.
897
898 14. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new Event - OnValidatePost. This event has been introduced
899 to solve a specific problem. That is when the dataset cursor is moved (e.g. by
900 a grid mouse click and the current row is being edited or inserted. In this case, TDataset
901 always "posts" the current record regardless or whether or not it may be more appropriate
902 to cancel any changes; the post occurs before the "BeforeScroll" event fires due to the way the
903 "MoveBy" function is implemented by TDataSet. The OnValidatePost event is called
904 as the first action of the "Post" method and allows the handler to convert the Post
905 into a Cancel if that is the appropriate action on moving to a different row. This is
906 achieved by returning with "CancelPost" argument set to true. Note that an exception could be
907 raised here, but it may still be more appropriate to validate a post and signal
908 a problem in the "BeforePost" event handler. See readme.automaticposts.xhtml)
909
910 15. On Unix derived systems, the Firebird library name can now be given as a colon
911 separated list. Each library name on the list is tried in turn, in left to right
912 order with the first found being used as the firebird library. By default, on Linux,
913 the library name list is 'libfbembed.so.2.5:libfbembed.so.2.1:libfbclient.so.2'. This can be
914 overidden by the FBLIB environment variable or the OnGetLibraryName function.
915
916 Note: when using the libfbembed.so, if you prefix the database name with "localhost:"
917 then it will still attempt to access the database via the Firebird Server and will
918 require a username and password. If only the pathname is given, then the username
919 and password should be omitted and the unix file permissions are used to grant
920 access.
921
922 IBX Change Log version (1.2-2) Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:35:04 +0000
923
924 1. A new IBControl - TDBControlGrid has been added. TDBControlGrid a lookalike
925 rather than a clone for the Delphi TDBCrtlGrid. TDBControlGrid is a single column grid
926 that replicates a TWinControl - typically a TPanel or a TFrame in each row. Each row
927 corresponds to a row of the linked DataSource. Any data aware control on the
928 replicated (e.g.) TPanel will then appear to have the appropriate value for the row.
929
930 2. As suggested by Julio Jiménez, a new property "SQLHourGlass" has been added to TIBDatabase.
931 When set to false (default true), the Hour Glass cursor is supcpressed and no cursor change
932 takes place during database access. This may be useful when there are performance issues with
933 the change of cursor. Setting the property to false suppresses the change of cursor.
934
935 3. As suggested by Julio Jiménez, a new property "AutoCommit" has been added to TIBDataSet, TIBQuery
936 and TIBTable. When set to acCommitRetaining (Default: acDisabled), a call is made to
937 Transaction.CommitRetaining immediately after every Post or Delete. This has the effect of
938 making all changes permanent immediately rather than when the transaction is explicitly
939 committed.
940
941 4. Experimental support for the Firebird 3 SQL_BOOLEAN type has been added while still
942 using the legacy Firebird API. Thanks to Gabor Boros for helping to test this feature.
943
944 IBX Change Log version (1.2-1) Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:14:15 +0000
945
946 Development version only.
947
948 IBX Change Log version (1.2-0) Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:34:04 +0000
949
950 1. An internal select SQL Parser is now available for TIBCustomDataset descendents.
951 This is typically used during an "OnBeforeOpen" event handler to manipulate the
952 "Where" and "Having" clauses to implement user specified filters of arbitrary
953 complexity.
954
955 2. A new Component Palette entry "Firebird Data Controls" is now available. This has
956 three new data aware controls dependent on IBX and which make use of the SQL Parser.
957 These are:
958
959 - TIBLookupComboEditBox
960 - TIBDynamicGrid
961 - TIBTreeview
962
963 TIBLookupComboEditBox is a TDBLookupComboBox descendent that implements "autocomplete"
964 of typed in text and "autoinsert" of new entries. Autocomplete uses SQL manipulation
965 to revise the available list and restrict it to items that are prefixed by the
966 typed text (either case sensitive or case insensitive). Autoinsert allows a
967 newly typed entry to be added to the list dataset and included in the available
968 list items.
969
970 TIBDynamicGrid is a TDBGrid descendent that provides for:
971 - automatic resizing of selected columns to fill the available row length
972 - automatic positioning and sizing of a "totals" control, typically at the
973 column footer, on a per column basis.
974 - DataSet resorting on header row click, sorting the dataset by the selected column.
975 A second click on the same header cell reversed the sort order.
976 - Support for a "Panel Editor". That is on clicking the indicator column, the row
977 is automatically expanded and a panel superimposed on it. The panel can have any
978 number of child controls, typically data aware controls with the same datasource
979 as the grid allowing for editing of additional fields and more complex editors.
980 - Reselection of the same row following resorting.
981 - A new cell editor that provides the same functionality as TIBLookupComboEditBox.
982 Its properties are specified on a per column basis and allows for one or more
983 columns to have their values selected from a list provided by a dataset.
984 Autocomplete and autoinsert are also available. The existing picklist editor
985 is unaffected by the extension.
986
987 TIBTreeView is a data aware TCustomTreeView.
988
989 3. When getting a field value using FieldByName.AsVariant, an SQL_INT64 with a
990 zero scale will no longer return an error. An Int64 will be returned instead.
991
992 4. TIBTransaction now has events for Before and After Transaction End and a new function
993 "GetEndAction" allowing the EndAction to be accessed by these event handlers.
994
995 5. TIBQuery can now handle correctly queries which contain the same keyword parameter
996 repeated multiple times.
997
998 6. TIBUpdateSQL will no longer return an error when "RowsAffected" is <> 1. This error
999 check used to get in the way of using Stored Procedures, and "Update or Insert"
1000 statements.
1001
1002 7. Insert, Modify and Delete property Editors now support Query Generation from
1003 Stored Procedures.
1004
1005 8. Three new examples illustrate the use of the new IB Controls
1006
1007
1008 IBX Change Log version (1.1-0) Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:01:07 +0100
1009
1010 1. TIBXSQLVAR code clean up and optimisation to improve client side "prepare" and parameter
1011 setting performance. See "readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.(Thanks to
1012 Gabor Boros for reporting this problem and for testing the improvements).
1013
1014 2. IBX can now support dialect 3 quoted column names that contain spaces and which differ only in their case.
1015 See readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.
1016
1017 3. IBX SQL Editors will now automatically add double quotes around column names when the database
1018 dialect is "3" and the column name contains spaces or is a Firebird 2.5 SQL Reserved Word.
1019
1020 4. Param Type LargeInt now supported in TIBQuery and TIBStoredProc
1021
1022 5. TIBSQL.ExecQuery retry on failure removed to avoid problems with "at most once"
1023 actions.
1024
1025 6. TIBTransaction.SetDefaultDatabase uses SetObjectProp instead of mis-using SetOrdProp (with
1026 thanks to Yuriy Kopnin for pointing this out).
1027
1028 7. GenerateParamName is now a published property of TIBSQL, TIBQuery and TIBDataSet.
1029
1030 8. varWord, varShortInt and varInt64 added to TIBXSQLVAR.SetAsVariant and hence now available as variant types
1031 for both fields and parameter setting.
1032
1033 9. Changes to the Select SQL in an IBCustomDataset descendent should now be
1034 visible in the Fields Editor immediately afterwards - rather than only after cycling the "active" property.
1035
1036 10. TIBSQL SQL editor will operate correctly and not report an SQL syntax error on SQL test,
1037 when DSQL ('?') parameter placeholders are used and the TIBSQL.GenerateParamNames property is set to true.
1038
1039 11. TIBTable now has a property editor for "MasterFields"
1040
1041 12. SQL Property Editors now include a checkbox "Allow DSQL Placeholder". This corresponds to the
1042 GenerateParamNames property and should be set when using DSQL (i.e. '?') style parameters.
1043
1044 13. The IBTransaction editor now has a radio button ("Unspecified") which is set when the combination
1045 of settings is unrecognised. Selecting this radio button has no effect on the settings.
1046
1047
1048 IBX Change Log version (1.0-5) Sat, 28 Dec 2013 19:22:23 +0000
1049
1050 1. TBookmark change conditional compile changed to >= 2.7.0 to match revised availability of change.
1051
1052 IBX Change Log version (1.0-4) Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:56:13 +0000
1053
1054 1. In a TIBCustomDataset descendent, a generator now only sets the value when
1055 it is null. This allows for alternative user defined setting of the generator
1056
1057 Many thanks to Julio Jiménez for this fix
1058
1059 2. An Error Dialog is now displayed in the Lazarus IDE if IBX cannot find the Firebird Library
1060 and suggests that the user may have forgotten to install it.
1061
1062 IBX Change Log version (1.0-3) Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:53:39 +0000
1063
1064 1. Conditional compilation used to limit registration of TIntegerField to
1065 Lazarus versions less than 1.1
1066
1067 2. When a database connection is created, character set is now by default set
1068 to UTF8 (Unix) or to the current Windows code page (Windows) if in the range
1069 1250 to 1254.
1070
1071
1072 IBX Change Log version (1.0-2) Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:10:30 +0100
1073
1074 1. TBookmark change conditional compile changed to > 2.6.2 to match expected availability of change.
1075
1076
1077 IBX Change Log version (1.0-1) Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:00:04 +0100
1078
1079 1. In IBCustomDataset. Changed CurBookmark from string to TBookmark for compiler versions > 2.6.0
1080 Necessary because of TBookmark type and TDataSet.Bookmark property change in fpc 2.7.1
1081
1082 2. IBX now registers TIntegerField as a "No Icon" component. This may be removed if the fpc DB
1083 package is changed to do this (which it should do).
1084
1085 IBX Change Log version (1.0-0) Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:43:00 +0100
1086
1087 1. Add "if active then active := false" to TIBCustomDataset destructor. (Avoid error on database close).
1088
1089 2. Make use of $STATIC conditional in IBSQLMonitor (Needed for FPC 2.6.0 compliance)
1090
1091 3. Database Property Editor: Character Set drop down box now uses "OnChange" rather than "OnCloseUp" to react to changes
1092
1093 4. Property editors should now correctly resize.
1094
1095 5. In IBDatabaseEdit.TestClick, the LoginPrompt is now set to the state of the LoginPrompt Checkbox
1096 (restored original functionality)
1097
1098 6. Under OSX, if IBX fails to load libfbclient.dylib, it will now try and load the firebird
1099 library using the absolute path /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Firebird.