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1 < FBINTF Change Log  version                                  (1.1-1) Sat, 20 Jan 2018 11:31:21 +0000
1 > FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.4-0 Build 12952) Tue, 07 Dec 2021 11:53:46 +0000
2 >
3 > 1. Client side journaling support added. Interface changes
4 >   IAttachment
5 >    function JournalingActive: boolean;
6 >    function GetJournalOptions: TJournalOptions;
7 >    function StartJournaling(aJournalLogFile: AnsiString): integer; overload;
8 >    function StartJournaling(aJournalLogFile: AnsiString; Options: TJournalOptions): integer; overload;
9 >    function StartJournaling(S: TStream; Options: TJournalOptions): integer; overload;
10 >    procedure StopJournaling(RetainJournal: boolean);
11 >
12 > 2. Transactions may now be given a local transaction name:
13 >   IFirebirdAPI
14 >     function StartTransaction(Attachments: array of IAttachment;
15 >             TPB: array of byte; DefaultCompletion: TTransactionCompletion=taCommit): ITransaction; overload;
16 >             TPB: array of byte; DefaultCompletion: TTransactionCompletion=taCommit;
17 >             aName: AnsiString=''): ITransaction; overload;
18 >     function StartTransaction(Attachments: array of IAttachment;
19 >             TPB: ITPB; DefaultCompletion: TTransactionCompletion=taCommit): ITransaction; overload;
20 >             TPB: ITPB; DefaultCompletion: TTransactionCompletion=taCommit;
21 >             aName: AnsiString=''): ITransaction; overload;
22 >
23 >   IAttachment
24 >    function StartTransaction(TPB: array of byte; DefaultCompletion: TTransactionCompletion=taCommit): ITransaction; overload;
25 >    function StartTransaction(TPB: ITPB; DefaultCompletion: TTransactionCompletion=taCommit): ITransaction; overload;
26 >    function StartTransaction(TPB: array of byte;
27 >                              DefaultCompletion: TTransactionCompletion=taCommit;
28 >                              aName: AnsiString=''): ITransaction; overload;
29 >    function StartTransaction(TPB: ITPB;
30 >                              DefaultCompletion: TTransactionCompletion=taCommit;
31 >                              aName: AnsiString=''): ITransaction; overload;
32 >
33 >  ITransaction
34 >    function GetTransactionName: AnsiString;
35 >    procedure SetTransactionName(aValue: AnsiString);
36 >
37 > 3. Additional Transaction information
38 >     ITPB.function AsText: AnsiString; {Returns TPB as a text string}
39 >
40 >   ITransaction
41 >     function GetDefaultCompletion: TTransactionCompletion;
42 >     function GetJournalingActive(attachment: IAttachment): boolean; {attachment must be specified when multi-database transaction}
43 >
44 > 4. New IAttachment helper functions
45 >     function HasTable(aTableName: AnsiString): boolean;
46 >     function HasFunction(aFunctionName: AnsiString): boolean;
47 >     function HasProcedure(aProcName: AnsiString): boolean;
48 >     function GetAttachmentID: integer;
49 >     function GetCharSetID: integer;
50 >
51 > 5. IStatement: if the BatchRowLimit is set to maxint, the maximum possible buffer size
52 >   will be allocted for batch operations.
53 >
54 > 6. IStatement, IColumnMetaData and ISQLParam all now consistently provide:
55 >    function GetStatement: IStatement;
56 >    function GetTransaction: ITransaction;
57 >    function GetAttachment: IAttachment;
58 >
59 > 7. Internal: a more disciplined approach to the handling of Firebird.IReferenceCounted
60 >   interfaces.
61 >
62 > 8. New interface type: IFBNumeric. IFBNumeric is implemented in the unit FBNumeric
63 >   and concentrates all handling of Fixed Point numbers. New ISQLItem and ISQLParam
64 >   functions getAsNumeric and setAsNumeric allow for direct retrival and manipulation
65 >   of numerics without loss of precision.
66 >
67 > 9. TryStrToNumeric and NumericToDouble moved from IBUtils to FBNumeric.
68 >
69 > 10. ISQLParams new method "Clear"
70 >
71 > 11. Support package fbudr added for support of User Defined Routines (UDRs).
72 >
73 > 12. Package layout changed with introduction of udr support. IB*.pas files moved from
74 >    root directory to "client". IBHeader move to "Client".
75 >
76 > 13. Connection Info (e.g. ODS Version, Remote Protocol) now retrieved on first
77 >    request rather than on attachment connect.
78 >
79 >
80 > FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.3-3 Build 12935) Mon, 06 Dec 2021 23:17:13 +0000
81 >
82 > 1. Fix compile error with fpc trunk (3.3.1 and later), due to type change to tzname in "unix" unit.
83 >
84 > 2. Remove constraint in IAttachment.HasScollableCursors that returned false when
85 >   using remote protocol. Scrollable cursors with remote database expected to
86 >   be support for Firebird 4.0.1 onwards. Note: Firebird 4.0.0 will return
87 >   a not supported error.
88 >
89 > 3. IStatement: new function;
90 >    TStatementFlag = (stHasCursor,stRepeatExecute,stScrollable);
91 >    TStatementFlags = set of TStatementFlag;
92 >    function GetFlags: TStatementFlags;
93 >
94 > 4. Revised behaviour for IStatement.ExecuteQuery in order to preserve backwards
95 >   compatibility.
96 >   In Firebird 5, Update..Returning may returns multiple rows and hence the statemen
97 >   type changes from ExecProcedure to Select. So that ExecuteQuery can continue
98 >   to be used with Update...Retruning statements that return a singleton row,
99 >   instead of raising an exception when ExecuteQuery is used with a (SELECT) statement,
100 >   it will open the cursor and return the first row only.
101 >
102 > 5. ITransaction: new functions:
103 >    function GetIsReadOnly: boolean;
104 >    function GetTransactionID: integer;
105 >    function GetTrInformation(Requests: array of byte): ITrInformation; overload;
106 >    function GetTrInformation(Request: byte): ITrInformation; overload;
107 >
108 >   The latter two return the Transaction Information block. The first two extract
109 >   information the Transaction Information block
110 >
111 > 6. New function TSQLTokeniser.ReadCharacters
112 >   Used internally.
113 >
114 > 7. IStatement: GetProcessedSQL bug fix. No longer raises and error if SQL contains
115 >   parameter placeholders instead of named parameters.
116 >
117 > 8. ITransaction (Firebird 3 and later): An exception raised when freeing an underlying
118 >   transaction handle is now ignored if Rollback/Commit is called with Force=true
119 >
120 > 9. Tidy up of exception handling code. Under the legacy API, fb_interpret is now
121 >   used to get an IBError Message instead of isc_interprete.
122 >
123 > 10. Internal tidyup. Native code now used for decoding integers and the events
124 >    buffer. Avoids dependencies on fbclient functions isc_portable_integer,
125 >    isc_event_block and isc_event_counts.
126 >
127 > 11. New IAttachment function
128 >     function GetAttachmentID: integer;
129 >
130 > 12. Internal changes to TFBClientAPI, TFBAttachment and TFBTransaction and TFB30
131 >    subclasses to enable UDR support.
132 >
133 > FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.3-2 Build 12889) Sun, 24 Oct 2021 13:49:28 +0100
134 >
135 > 1. TFBClientAPI.GetProcAddr. Add check for nil reference.
136 >
137 > 2. IStatement: new methods:
138 >    procedure SetStaleReferenceChecks(Enable:boolean); {default true}
139 >    function GetStaleReferenceChecks: boolean;
140 >
141 >   In previous versions, stale reference checks were always enabled. This allows the
142 >   user to disable them on a per statement basis. Note this can risk out-of-date
143 >   statement BLR. See User Guide.
144 >
145 > 3. IBUtils: TSQLwithNamedParamsTokeniser now recognises a CASE...END block within a
146 >   stored procedure and hence avoids replacing named parameters within a containing
147 >   BEGIN..END block.
148 >
149 > 4. ISQLParam: using a string value to set an integer field with a scale factor of
150 >   zero is now treated as a special case to avoid the risk of floating point
151 >   rounding errors affecting pure integers.
152 >
153 > 5. ISQLParam:  Review and tidy-up of SetAsString for numeric types.
154 >
155 > 6. ISQLParam is now subclassed from IParamMetaData, which provides access to the mutable
156 >   SQL Parameter metadata (methods moved from ISQLParam).
157 >
158 > 7. ISQLParam: new method
159 >     function getColMetadata: IParamMetaData;
160 >   This instance of IParamMetaData returns the original column metadata which is unmutable.
161 >   Note: ISQLParam metadata can change after a parameter value has been set e.g when
162 >   setting a VARCHAR column to an integer value.
163 >
164 > 8. IStatement: can now set cursor name when opening a cursor. New overloaded method:
165 >    procedure Prepare(CursorName: AnsiString; aTransaction: ITransaction=nil); overload;
166 >   also IAttachment:
167 >    function Prepare(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString; aSQLDialect: integer; CursorName: AnsiString=''): IStatement; overload;
168 >    function Prepare(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString; CursorName: AnsiString=''): IStatement; overload;
169 >    function PrepareWithNamedParameters(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString;
170 >                       aSQLDialect: integer; GenerateParamNames: boolean=false;
171 >                       CaseSensitiveParams: boolean = false; CursorName: AnsiString=''): IStatement; overload;
172 >    function PrepareWithNamedParameters(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString;
173 >                       GenerateParamNames: boolean=false;
174 >                       CaseSensitiveParams: boolean = false; CursorName: AnsiString=''): IStatement; overload;
175 >
176 > 9. Support for scrollable cursors added. New/updated methods:
177 >   IAttachment:
178 >    function HasScollableCursors: boolean;
179 >    function OpenCursor(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString; aSQLDialect: integer;
180 >                             Scrollable: boolean=false): IResultSet; overload;
181 >    function OpenCursor(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString; Scrollable: boolean=false): IResultSet; overload;
182 >    function OpenCursor(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString; aSQLDialect: integer; Scrollable: boolean;
183 >                             params: array of const): IResultSet; overload;
184 >    function OpenCursor(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString; Scrollable: boolean=false;
185 >                             params: array of const): IResultSet; overload;
186 >    function OpenCursorAtStart(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString; aSQLDialect: integer; Scrollable: boolean;
187 >                             params: array of const): IResultSet; overload;
188 >    function OpenCursorAtStart(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString; aSQLDialect: integer;
189 >                             Scrollable: boolean=false): IResultSet; overload;
190 >    function OpenCursorAtStart(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString; Scrollable: boolean=false): IResultSet; overload;
191 >    function OpenCursorAtStart(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString; Scrollable: boolean;
192 >                             params: array of const): IResultSet; overload;
193 >    function OpenCursorAtStart(sql: AnsiString; Scrollable: boolean=false): IResultSet; overload;
194 >    function OpenCursorAtStart(sql: AnsiString; Scrollable: boolean;
195 >                             params: array of const): IResultSet; overload;
196 >   IStatement:
197 >     function OpenCursor(Scrollable: boolean; CursorName: AnsiString =''; aTransaction: ITransaction=nil): IResultSet; overload;
198 >   IResultSet:
199 >    function FetchPrior: boolean; {fetch previous record}
200 >    function FetchFirst:boolean; {fetch first record}
201 >    function FetchLast: boolean; {fetch last record}
202 >    function FetchAbsolute(position: Integer): boolean; {fetch record by its absolute position in result set}
203 >    function FetchRelative(offset: Integer): boolean; {fetch record by position relative to current}
204 >    function IsBof: boolean;
205 >
206 > 10. IArray: tidyup of SetAsString method to ensure correct handling of fixed point numbers.
207 >
208 > 11. IBUtils: TSQLTokeniser. CRLF now combined by low level parser into sqltEOL token. This
209 >    may be noticeable when a line separator occurs inside quoted text. The quoted text
210 >    output by the tokeniser will now use the platform specific lineEnding regardless
211 >    of whether the input uses the CRLF or LF as a line separator.
212 >
213 > 12. IStatement, IResultsSet: Support for scrollable cursors added (note: local databases only)
214 >
215 >
216 > FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.3-1 Build 12776) Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:09:33 +0100
217 >
218 > 1. Integer decodes in information blocks (e.g. IDBInfoItem) widened from 32 bit to 64-bit integers.
219 >
220 > 2. Support for inline blob encoding. Blob values pass using the "SetAsString" method
221 >   will now be encoded inline (i.e. as part of the parameter buffer) if they are
222 >   shorter than a pre-set limit. Longer values continue to be saved as blobs as a
223 >   separate server interaction. This is intended as a performance optimisation.
224 >
225 >   The pre-set limit defaults to 8192 bytes and can be inspected/modified using the new
226 >   IAttachment interface functions:
227 >
228 >    function GetInlineBlobLimit: integer;
229 >    procedure SetInlineBlobLimit(limit: integer);
230 >
231 > 3. Support for Firebird 4 IBatch interface added. This is largely transparent to the API
232 >   user as the functionality is embedded in the implementation of the IStatement
233 >   interface. Three new functions are defined:
234 >
235 >    procedure AddToBatch;
236 >    function ExecuteBatch(aTransaction: ITransaction=nil): IBatchCompletion;
237 >    procedure CancelBatch;
238 >    function GetBatchCompletion: IBatchCompletion;
239 >    function GetBatchRowLimit: integer;
240 >    procedure SetBatchRowLimit(aLimit: integer);
241 >
242 >   Also
243 >
244 >    function IsInBatchMode: boolean;        {true after call to execute(eaDefer)}
245 >    function HasBatchMode: boolean;         {true if and only if IBatch Supported}
246 >
247 >   For more information see the User Guide.
248 >
249 > 4. Default error message contents. Now aligned with User Guide section 10.2 i.e. error messages
250 >   provided with the EIBInterBaseError now include all three parts.
251 >
252 > 5. Firebird.pas and include files updated to Firebird 4.0.0
253 >
254 > 6. New IStatement method: function GetSQLStatementTypeName: AnsiString;
255 >   Returns SQL Statement type as a text string;
256 >
257 > 7. ISQLData.AsInteger and AsInt64 now use "Round" to convert a float field to
258 >   an integer instead of "trunc". This is for compatibility with TFloatField.AsInteger.
259 >
260 > FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.2-1 Build 12552) Wed, 09 Jun 2021 13:05:40 +0100
261 >
262 > 1. Big fix for Firebird 4.0. A internal change in Firebird 4.0.0 from RC1 flushed out a
263 >   typo in FB30Statement.pas that caused an unknown parameter error.
264 >
265 > FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.2-0 Build 12520) Fri, 19 Feb 2021 13:27:23 +0000
266 >
267 > 1. Imported (Firebird) constants updated for Firebird 4.
268 >
269 > 2. Firebird.pas from Firebird 4 integrated into source code tree.
270 >
271 > 3. Added Support for TIMETAMP WITH TIME ZONE and TIME WITH TIME ZONE data types.
272 >
273 > 4. Added Support for SQL_DEC16, SQL_DEC34 and extended NUMERIC precision.
274 >
275 > 5. New unit 'FBClientLib.pas' added and provides new interface IFBIMasterProvider.
276 >   QueryInterface may be used to coerce this interface from IFirebirdAPI. The
277 >   interface provides a single method "function GetIMasterIntf: IMaster". This provides
278 >   type safe access to the Firebird IMaster interface and avoids the need to turn
279 >   off object checks when coercing "function GetIMaster: TObject" to IMaster.
280 >
281 > 6. New IFirebirdAPI Calls:
282 >    function HasLocalTZDB: boolean;
283 >    function HasTimeZoneSupport: boolean;
284 >    function HasExtendedTZSupport: boolean;
285 >    procedure SQLDecFloatEncode(aValue: tBCD; SQLType: cardinal; bufptr: PByte);
286 >    function SQLDecFloatDecode(SQLType: cardinal; scale: integer; bufptr: PByte): tBCD;
287 >
288 > 7. New IAttachment Calls:
289 >    function HasDecFloatSupport: boolean;
290 >    function GetTimeZoneServices: ITimeZoneServices;
291 >    function HasTimeZoneSupport: boolean;
292 >
293 > 8. New Interface ITimeZoneServices.
294 >
295 > 9. New ISQLData API Calls:
296 >    procedure GetAsDateTime(var aDateTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezoneID: TFBTimeZoneID); overload;
297 >    procedure GetAsDateTime(var aDateTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezone: AnsiString); overload;
298 >    procedure GetAsTime(var aTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezoneID: TFBTimeZoneID; OnDate: TDateTime); overload;
299 >    procedure GetAsTime(var aTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezone: AnsiString; OnDate: TDateTime); overload;
300 >    function GetAsUTCDateTime: TDateTime;
301 >    function GetAsBCD: tBCD;
302 >
303 > 10. New ISQLParam API Calls
304 >    procedure GetAsDateTime(var aDateTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezoneID: TFBTimeZoneID); overload;
305 >    procedure GetAsDateTime(var aDateTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezone: AnsiString); overload;
306 >    procedure GetAsTime(var aTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezoneID: TFBTimeZoneID; OnDate: TDateTime); overload;
307 >    procedure GetAsTime(var aTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezone: AnsiString; OnDate: TDateTime); overload;
308 >    function GetAsUTCDateTime: TDateTime;
309 >    function GetAsBCD: tBCD;
310 >    function GetStatement: IStatement;
311 >    function GetTransaction: ITransaction;
312 >    procedure SetAsTime(aValue: TDateTime; OnDate: TDateTime; aTimeZoneID: TFBTimeZoneID); overload;
313 >    procedure SetAsTime(aValue: TDateTime; OnDate: TDateTime; aTimeZone: AnsiString); overload;
314 >    procedure SetAsDateTime(aValue: TDateTime; aTimeZoneID: TFBTimeZoneID); overload;
315 >    procedure SetAsDateTime(aValue: TDateTime; aTimeZone: AnsiString); overload;
316 >    procedure SetAsUTCDateTime(aUTCTime: TDateTime);
317 >    procedure SetAsBcd(aValue: tBCD);
318 >
319 > 11. New IArray API Calls
320 >    procedure GetAsDateTime(index: array of integer; var aDateTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezoneID: TFBTimeZoneID); overload;
321 >    procedure GetAsDateTime(index: array of integer; var aDateTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezone: AnsiString); overload;
322 >    procedure GetAsTime(index: array of integer; var aTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezoneID: TFBTimeZoneID; OnDate: TDateTime); overload;
323 >    procedure GetAsTime(index: array of integer; var aTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezone: AnsiString; OnDate: TDateTime); overload;
324 >    function GetAsUTCDateTime(index: array of integer): TDateTime;
325 >    procedure SetAsDateTime(index: array of integer; aValue: TDateTime; aTimeZoneID: TFBTimeZoneID); overload;
326 >    procedure SetAsDateTime(index: array of integer; aValue: TDateTime; aTimeZone: AnsiString); overload;
327 >    procedure SetAsTime(index: array of integer; aValue: TDateTime; OnDate: TDateTime; aTimeZoneID: TFBTimeZoneID); overload;
328 >    procedure SetAsTime(index: array of integer; aValue: TDateTime; OnDate: TDateTime; aTimeZone: AnsiString); overload;
329 >
330 > 12. Utility functions in IBUtils
331 >    function ParseDateTimeTZString(aDateTimeStr: Ansistring; var aDateTime: TDateTime;
332 >              var aTimezone: AnsiString; aFormatSettings: TFormatSettings; TimeOnly: boolean=false): boolean;
333 >    procedure FBDecodeTime(aTime: TDateTime; var Hour, Minute, Second: word; var DeciMillisecond: cardinal);
334 >    function FBEncodeTime(Hour, Minute, Second, DeciMillisecond: cardinal): TDateTime;
335 >    function FBFormatDateTime(fmt: AnsiString; aDateTime: TDateTime): AnsiString;
336 >    function FormatTimeZoneOffset(EffectiveTimeOffsetMins: integer): AnsiString;
337 >    function DecodeTimeZoneOffset(TZOffset: AnsiString; var dstOffset: integer): boolean;
338 >
339 > 13. IDPB, ITPB and ISPB: new interface method
340 >      function AddByTypeName(ParamTypeName: AnsiString): IDPBItem/ITPBItem/ISPBItem;
341 >    This is used to add a parameter block item by the string equivalent of its
342 >    symbolic type name. e.g. DPB.AddByTypeName('isc_dpb_user_name').AsString := '...'
343 >
344 > 14. IDPBItem/ITPBItem/ISPBItem: new interface method:
345 >      function getParamTypeName: AnsiString;
346 >
347 > 15. fb_shutdown now called before unloading Firebird library. This can avoid a
348 >     SIGEVENT error when a programme using the embeded server is unloaded.
349 >
350 > FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.1-6 Build 12237) Tue, 21 Jul 2020 08:54:21 +0100
351 >
352 > 1. GetImplementationVersion now correctly returns '3.0' for Firebird 3 API
353 >   with a Firebrid 3 client library.
354 >
355 > 2. Linux Only: FIREBIRD environment variable is now checked when loading the client library.
356 >    If a client library path is not explicitly provided and the FIREBIRD environment
357 >    variable is set then the directory given by this variable and any 'lib' subdirectory
358 >    are searched for the Firebird client library. Only if none is found, is the default
359 >    client library used.
360 >
361 > 3.  IUtil.FormatStatus now used to format error messages when using new API
362 >
363 > 4.  Fixed Array SDL: array_desc_scale now correctly encoded as a signed integer.
364 >
365 > 5.  SQL_TEXT handling changed. When the value of an SQL_TEXT (i.e. fixed width string) column is
366 >    returned using GetAsString and the string codepage is UTF8, the string is truncated so
367 >    that the byte length corresponds to the number of characters specified for the column.
368 >    SQL_TEXT strings are no longer automatically trimmed to remove all trailing white space. This is
369 >    correct behaviour but may affect some implementations that relied upon automatic
370 >    trimming of trailing white space.
371 >
372 > 6.  New IFirebirdAPI Calls:
373 >      function GetClientMajor: integer;
374 >      function GetClientMinor: integer;
375 >
376 > 7.  IColumnMetaData and IArrayMetaData: new method
377 >      function GetCharSetWidth: integer;
378 >
379 > FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.1-5 Build 12022) Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:35:55 +0100
380 >
381 > 1. ISQLParams.GetHasCaseSensitiveParams added. Returns true if param names are
382 >   case sensitive
383 >
384 > 2. Single line SQL comments starting with '--' are now recognised by SQL Parser.
385 >
386 > 3. New API Calls:
387 >        IColumnMetaData.GetStatement
388 >        IColumnMetaData.GetTransaction
389 >        ISQLData.GetStrDataLength
390 >        IResults.GetStatement
391 >        IAttachment.OpenBlob (using Blob metadata)
392 >        IAttachment.OpenArray (using array metadata)
393 >
394 > 4. FBMessages: removal of unused messages
395 >
396 > 5. TFBArray.Create (2nd case): ensure that FFirebirdClientAPI is correctly set.
397 >
398 > 6. TIBSQLStatementType: SQLSavePoint added to end of enumeration.
399 >
400 > FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.1-4 Build 11515)  Fri, 28 Dec 2018 10:04:19 +0000
401 >
402 > 1. Fix a problem with the SQL parameter parser that failed to recognise parameters
403 >   where the second character of the parameter name is a numeric.
404 >
405 > 2. New method for IAttachment: procedure getFBVersion(version: TStrings);
406 >   This returns the isc_version connection information as one or more lines.
407 >   This is the same information as returned by isql with the -z option.
408 >
409 > 3. If -dFIREBIRD3APIONLY is used as a compiler option then the legacy Firebird API
410 >   is no longer compiled in. Likewise, if -dLEGACYFIREBIRDAPIONLY is used as a
411 >   compiler option then the Firebird 3 API is no longer compiled in.
412 >
413 > 4. IColumnMetaData: new method.
414 >
415 >   TIBDateTimeFormats = (dfTimestamp, {SQL TIMESTAMP}
416 >                        dfDateTime,   {SQL DATETIME}
417 >                        dfTime);
418 >
419 >   function GetDateTimeStrLength(DateTimeFormat: TIBDateTimeFormats): integer;
420 >
421 >   This returns the max. number of characters returned by the "AsString" method
422 >   when the SQL type of the column is respectively TIMESTAMP, DATETIME or TIME.
423 >
424 > 5. Additional argument for IAttachment.PrepareWithNamedParameters -
425 >     CaseSensitiveParams: boolean = false
426 >
427 >   If this argument is set to true then SQL parameter names are assumed to be case
428 >   sensitive and must be referenced (using ISQLParams.ByName) using the case
429 >   sensitive name.
430 >
431 > 6. Bug fix: when setting a query parameter, it is now possible, when the parameter
432 >   is of type VarChar or Char to set the parameter to a numeric value (e.g. using
433 >   .AsCurrency) and then subsequently to update the value to a non-numeric string
434 >   using .AsString.
435 >
436 >
437 >
438 > FBINTF Change Log  version                  (1.1-3) Wed, 05 Dec 2018 14:28:10 +0000
439 >
440 > 1. DARWIN only syntax error: fix missing semi-colon in TFBClientAPI.LoadIBLibrary
441 >
442 > 2. Restrict IsMultiThread check to Unix only for compatibility with
443 >   https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=30535
444 >
445 > 3. New SQL Tokeniser added to IBUtils. This is used to pre-process SQL with
446 >   named parameters and is intended to avoid problems with (e.g.) Execute Block
447 >   and processing internal parameters as statement parameters.
448 >
449 > 4. New interface IFirebirdLibrary provides access to the underlying firebird DLL
450 >   or shared object. Available via a new member (GetFBLibrary) of IFirebirdAPI.
451 >
452 > 5. New function added to IB.pas
453 >
454 >   function LoadFBLibrary(aLibPathName: string): IFirebirdLibrary
455 >
456 >   This allows a Firebird Library to be loaded from an explicit path. use the
457 >   IFirebirdLibrary.GetFirebirdAPI member function to get the Firebird API using
458 >   the library. It is possible to load Firebird libraries from different locations
459 >   simultaneously, each with a distinct IFirebirdAPI.
460 >
461 > FBINTF Change Log  version               (1.1-2) Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:30:32 +0100
462 >
463 > 1. Firebird.pas: {$OBJECTCHECKS OFF} added to file to avoid runtime error when
464 >   program compiled with -CR command line switch.
465 >
466 > 2. IServiceManager additions (informational):
467 >    function getProtocol: TProtocol;
468 >    function getPortNo: AnsiString;
469 >
470 > 3. IServiceManager improved error handling. Interfaces changed:
471 >    function Start(Request: ISRB; RaiseExceptionOnError: boolean=true): boolean;
472 >    function Query(SQPB: ISQPB; Request: ISRB; RaiseExceptionOnError: boolean=true) :IServiceQueryResults; overload;
473 >    function Query(Request: ISRB; RaiseExceptionOnError: boolean=true) :IServiceQueryResults; overload;
474 >
475 > 4. IAttachment addition (informational)
476 >    function GetSecurityDatabase: AnsiString;
477 >
478 > 5. IStatement: performance counters now updated after each Fetch. GetPerfStatistics
479 >   thus now returns accumulated stats for a select statement from opening a cursor
480 >   up to the last fetch.
481 >
482 > 6. DARWIN: uloadlibrary.inc bug fix. Many thanks to Luigi Naimi for correcting
483 >   the problem.
484 >
485 > 7. Type change: "TPerfCounters = array[TPerfStats] of Int64". Note "Int64"
486 >   replaces deprecated "comp" type.
487 >
488 > 10. Testsuite Test10 updated to include thread synchronisation for event reporting.
489 >
490 > 11. URL Connection Strings: inet4 and inet6 now recognised.
491 >
492 > 12. IBUtils: Parse and Make Connect String now recognise URL style loopback syntax.
493 >
494 > 13. IAttachment.CharSetName2CharSetID is now performed case insensitive.
495 >
496 >
497 > FBINTF Change Log  version (1.1-1) Tue, 27 Feb 2018 16:51:16 +0000
498  
499   1. IBUtils.QuoteIdentifierIfNeeded: Add check for space character.
500  
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515        function GetRemoteProtocol: AnsiString;
516        function GetODSMajorVersion: integer;
517        function GetODSMinorVersion: integer;
518 +      function GetAuthenticationMethod: AnsiString;
519  
520     These results are cached when the connection is opened and hence do not
521     require a database lookup.
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533  
534   9. IBUtils code tidy up.
535  
536 + 10. Parameter Block interfaces "find" method. As documented, this should have
537 +   returned a nil interface when the item could not be found. Instead, an empty
538 +   interface item was returned. "Find" now works as documented and will return
539 +   a nil interface if the item cannot be found.
540 +
541 + 11. DBInformation: support added for isc_info_active_tran_count and isc_info_creation_date.
542 +
543 + 12. DBInformation: New interfaces: IDIRB and IDIRBItem added to support DB Information
544 +    requests with additional parameters. This is to enable support for fb_info_page_contents
545 +    (return of page contents). Response to fb_info_page_contents returned as
546 +    a string with code page CP_NONE.
547 +
548 + 13. DBInformation: Support for fb_info_pages_used and fb_info_pages_free added, plus
549 +    test suite updated.
550 +
551 + 14. DBInformation: Support for fb_info_crypt_key (Firebird 3.0.3 onwards) added as
552 +    a string type, and fb_info_conn_flags (Firebird 3.0.3 onwards) added as an integer type.
553 +
554 + 15. Service Manager: List of protocols supported expanded to include inet, wnet and xnet.
555 +    An overloaded version of IIFirebirdAPI.GetServiceManager also allows a non
556 +    default connection port to be specified.
557 +
558   FBINTF Change Log  version                             (1.1-0) Sun, 07 Jan 2018 15:20:02 +0000
559  
560   1. Fix issues with setting SQL Param values using SetAsString with Numeric types.

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