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Revision: 427
Committed: Tue Nov 28 17:00:03 2023 UTC (4 months, 4 weeks ago) by tony
File size: 84227 byte(s)
Log Message:
TIBCustomDataset.Requery: The display buffer pool is now also reset avoiding
   issues with left over pointers to invalid internal buffers.

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1 tony 427 IBX Change Log version (2.6-4 Build 14100) Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:26:34 +0000
2 tony 426
3     1. TIBCustomDataSet.ApplyUpdates: ensure controls are not permanently disabled
4     if ApplyUpdates called before a cursor exists.
5    
6     2. TIBCustomDataSet.CreateBlobStream: add check for empty dataset before
7     creating the blob.
8    
9 tony 427 3. TIBCustomDataset.Requery: The display buffer pool is now also reset avoiding
10     issues with left over pointers to invalid internal buffers.
11    
12 tony 421 IBX Change Log version (2.6-3 Build 14080) Sat, 21 Oct 2023 14:14:22 +0100
13    
14     1. Update to calls to EInterbaseError to add default code page. Consequential
15     on change to fbintf.
16    
17     2. Update some examples to replace test for null date with the NullDate constant
18     instead of zero. This is because Laz 3.0 changes the value of NullDate.
19    
20 tony 419 IBX Change Log version (2.6-2 Build 14016) Sat, 05 Aug 2023 11:54:55 +0100
21 tony 416
22     1. Fixed repeated "type" keyword in IBBufferCursors. This may cause a compile error
23 tony 418 with later versions of fpc - later than 3.2.2.
24 tony 416
25 tony 418 2. IBUpdateSQL. update internal queries if parent dataset database changed.
26    
27     3. IBUpdateSQL: Do not prepare an empty internal query.
28    
29 tony 419 4. IBBufferedCursors: avoid range error when max field no. is > fields.count
30 tony 418
31 tony 419 5. IBBufferedCursors: avoid End of File error if refresh query returns and empty row count
32    
33 tony 412 IBX Change Log version (2.6-1 Build 13985) Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:16:41 +0100
34    
35     1. Maintenance update of 2.6.0. This version is still at beta.
36    
37     2. Reverse out changes to DrawCellText signature in IBArrayGrid and IBDynamic Grid.
38     See https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/lazarus/-/commit/53aaae9c5e2a5edac5b1d2f70739a8ef7b0a9623
39    
40     3. ibxscript: When parsing a store procedure or function with a variable name
41     enclosed in doublequotes, the double quotes are no longer removed.
42    
43 tony 410 IBX Change Log version (2.6-0 Build 13976) Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:49:22 +0100
44 tony 407
45 tony 410 NOTE: THIS VERSION RE-WRITES THE INTERNAL BUFFER MANAGER AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED
46     AS BETA SOFTWARE. EVEN THOUGH IT HAS PASSED ALL REGRESSION TESTS, IT CANNOT
47     BE ASSUMED TO BE PRODUCTION READY UNTIL WIDER USE. PLEASE REPORT ANY
48     ISSUES TO support@mwasoftware.co.uk
49    
50     1. Complete rewrite of internal buffer management in order to improve performance
51     and maintainability. Highlights:
52    
53     * Extending the size of the buffer pool no longer has to copy the entire record
54     cache. Instead, a new extent is simply added to the buffer pool.
55     * A memory to memory copy of each display buffer now is avoided when scolling the
56     dataset.
57     * A separate set of buffers is now used for calculated fields. This avoids
58     having to keep copies of calculated field values in the buffer cache.
59     * Compact bitmaps are used to record null status and need to refresh in each
60     buffer.
61     * Display buffer type changed from PChar to TRecordBuffer in line with change of
62     buffer type in FCL-DB.
63    
64     2. TIBUpdateSQL: changes to SQL text will close linked dataset if open. This is
65     to ensure same behaviour as TIBDataset, TIBTable and TIBStoredProcedure.
66    
67     3. TField Provider Flags: pfRefreshOnInsert and pfRefreshOnUpdate are now supported.
68     If either or both of these flags are set at design time (using the fields editor)
69     then this forces a row refresh on respectively insert or update, or both, when the
70     corresponding field is not present in an SQL RETURNING clause.
71    
72     4. TIBCustomDataset.FieldDefsFromQuery moved to a helper class (TFieldDefsMaker) in order to improve
73     maintainability and readability and to add identification of primary key fields.
74    
75     5. TIBQuery, TIBDataset and TIBTable. Traditionally, IBX has implemented the Refresh method
76     as a refresh of the current row. However, this is different behaviour to that described
77     in the FPC documentation for TDataset.Refresh which is described as "refetches the data in
78     the dataset from the underlying database, and attempts to reposition the cursor on
79     the same record as it was". IBX now complies with the FPC definition of Refresh.
80    
81     6. A progammatic Row Refresh should no longer be required.
82     Use Insert/Update... returning to refresh any fields that may change following an
83     insert or update i.e. Identify fields on Insert only, Computed By, Blob and array fields
84     on both. If there are any other fields (e.g. updated by triggers) set the appropriate ProviderFlag
85     for the field at Design Time to force a row refresh if not in the returning clause.
86    
87     7. It should now be possible to insert a row into an empty unidirectional dataset.
88    
89     8. New TIBQuery, TIBDataSet and TIBTable property: BufferChunksInFirstBlock (default 50).
90     This gives the number of buffers in the initial block for the buffer pool in
91     bi-directional datasets. BufferChunks (default 1000) gives the number of buffers
92     in subsequent buffer pool blocks. This avoids large and mostly unused memory allocations
93     for small datasets.
94    
95     IBX Change Log version (2.5-1 Build 13927) Tue, 6 Dec 2022 23:13:00 +0000
96    
97 tony 407 1. IBCustomDataset: avoid problem with additions to TFieldType by using a subset instead.
98    
99     2. TIBDynamicGrid: change DrawCellText declaration to comply with laz 2.3.0
100    
101 tony 409 3. TIBArrayGrid: change DrawCellText declaration to comply with laz 2.3.0
102    
103 tony 402 IBX Change Log version (2.5-0 Build 13868) Fri, 29 Jul 2022 09:52:01 +0100
104    
105     1. TIBTransaction: new properties
106     property TransactionID: integer read GetTransactionID;
107     property IsReadOnly: boolean read GetIsReadOnly;
108     {published}
109     property TransactionName: string read FTransactionName write SetTransactionName;
110    
111     2. IBCustomDataset: per row blob and array buffer cached clear before processing
112     Insert or Update...Returning. This allows blobs and arrays to be returned
113     by the statement.
114    
115     3. TSQLXMLReader moved from IBXScript to package fbintf unit IBUtils.
116    
117     4. TransactionName initialised to a newly generated GUID if empty.
118    
119     5. New unit: IBJournal. This provides the TIBJournal component which is a wrapper
120     for the fbintf package's journaling capability. TIBJournal is used to set the
121     file path and filename for the journal file and to Enabled (start journaling) and
122     disable (stop journaling). See fbintf/doc/README.ClientSideJournaling.pdf for
123     more information, and comments in IBJournal.pas.
124    
125     6. TIBDatabase.InternalTransaction is now a read only transaction.
126    
127     7. Bug fix: blob id no longer set to null on update when blob has not been
128     retrieved.
129    
130     8. Row auto refreshed on update/insert if blob or array field updated and field
131     not in a returning clause.
132    
133     9. ColumnCount moved from record buffer header to a single per dataset count. Reduces
134     buffer overhead and avoids problem when refresh query has a different column
135     count to select query i.e. incorrectly changing number of columns.
136    
137     10. IBExtract: support added for UDR Functions, Procedure and Trigger declarations.
138    
139     11. TIBDatabaseInfo. New property FirebirdVersion. This returns the current Firebird version
140     string. Note that the Version property returns an InterBase compatible version string.
141    
142     12. IBExtract: ensure sql identifiers returned as a LIST are always quoted.
143    
144 tony 359 IBX Change Log version (2.5-0 Build 12933) Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:59:54 +0000
145    
146     1. IBCustomDataset: Modify TISQL component now defaults to GoToFirstRecordOnExecute := true.
147     This is for compatibility with Firebird 5 where Update...Returning can return
148     a cursor.
149    
150 tony 356 IBX Change Log version (2.4-3 Build 12886) Sat, 23 Oct 2021 14:58:30 +0100
151 tony 347
152     1. Add try-..except check when initially loading library in IDE. This should
153     ensure that IDE continues to load even when a failure occurs in IBX load
154     library.
155    
156 tony 348 2. IBXScript: now recognises a CASE...END block within a stored procedure and
157     hence will correctly detect end of the outer containing block when the block
158     contains a SELECT ... CASE ... END construct.
159    
160     3. IBExtract: some further tidying up to remove extraneous white space.
161    
162 tony 349 4. IBCustomDataSet: DefaultFieldClasses array declaration updated to avoid compile time
163     errors when extra elements are added to DB.TFieldType.
164    
165     5. IBUpdate: updated to reflect changes to ISQLParam.
166    
167     6. IBXScript: now correctly parses a DECLARE statement which includes a quoted string.
168    
169     7. IBExtract: for ODS >=13, increment generator value by one for ALTER SEQUENCE statement.
170    
171 tony 353 8. IBSQL: Support for scrollable cursors added (note: local databases only)
172    
173 tony 345 IBX Change Log version (2.4-2 Build 12773) Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:59:42 +0100
174    
175     1. TIBDatabaseInfo: review and tidy-up of property types. Most widen to int64 with the
176     exception of those defined to be one byte wide e.g. DBImplementationNo.
177    
178     2. TIBSQL: Batch Update/Insert support added.
179    
180     3. TIBStoredProc: when generating the SQL, the value of the StoredProcName property
181     is no longer automatically converted to upper case when it is syntactically a
182     SQL Identifier. This is to support the use of stored procedures defined e.g.
183     as CREATE PROCEDURE "iCASE".
184    
185     There could be a backwards compatibility issue when the StoredProcName was entered
186     manually at design time. That is not selected from the drop down list. If the
187     StoredProcName is entered in mixed case and the procedure was declared e.g. as
188     CREATE PROCEDURE iCASE, then the SQL generation will be incorrect. You should
189     ensure that the value of the StoredProcName is all upper case, unless it was
190     declared under dialect 3 and explicitly as mixed case (i.e. delimited by double
191     quotes).
192    
193     Note that when a stored procedure name was declared delimited in double quotes,
194     as in the first example above, the value of the StoredProcName property must not
195     include the delimiters (double quotes).
196    
197     4. IBXUpgradeConfFile: an exception is now raised if a patch file specified in
198     upgrade.conf was not found. This replaces silently ignoring the problem.
199    
200     5. TIBLocalDBSupport: new property "SectionHeaderTemplate". This defaults to
201     'Version.%.3d' and is used to generate the section header names (for a given
202     version no.) in the upgrade.conf file.
203    
204 tony 340 IBX Change Log version (2.4-1 Build 12550) Wed, 23 Jun 2021 13:59:14 +0100
205    
206     1. -c command line option added to fbsql example program. Used to set connection
207     character set.
208    
209 tony 338 IBX Change Log version (2.4-0 Build 12543) Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:00:08 +0000
210 tony 315
211     1. Firebird 4 support added.
212    
213     2. New FB4 data types TIME WITH TIME ZONE, TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE, DECFLOAT and
214     extended precision NUMERIC fields are supported.
215    
216     3. TFmtBCDField is used to support access to DECFLOAT and extended precision NUMERIC fields.
217    
218     4. TIBDateTimeField and TIBTimeField are introduced in support of TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE
219     and TIME WITH TIME ZONE fields. These inherit from TDateTimeField.
220    
221     5. IBExtract now supports FB4 enhancements:
222     - new data types as above
223     - Identity column extensions
224     - Default user role
225     - SQL Security clause for Database, Tables, Procedures, Functions and Triggers
226     - Internal Functions
227    
228     6. IBExtract: new event: OnExtractLines.
229    
230     7. IBExtract: revert create trigger to legacy syntax see Firebird CORE-6243, CORE-5545 and DOC-145
231    
232     8. IBXServices: Server version no. parsing now allows any letter before major version number
233     and is no longer restricted to 'V' e.g. "LI-T4.0.0.1436 Firebird 4.0 Beta 1"
234    
235     9. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new property TZTextOption. Used to determine the default
236     format for rendering a time zone.
237    
238     10. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new property DefaultTZDate. Used to provide the default date
239     to convert TIME WITH TIME ZONE data type values to and from GMT.
240    
241     11. Unit name IBTypes changed to IBInternals. Internal interfaces TIBGUIInterface and TIBTimerInf renamed to
242     IIBGUIInterface and IIBTimerInf respectively.
243    
244     12. Constants: DPBPrefix and TPBPrefix moved to IB unit. DPBConstantNames and TPBConstantNames
245     now accessible as properties of TIBDatabase and TIBTransaction respectively.
246    
247     13. String Fields: when a fixed character with (CHAR) field is returned, it is now
248     truncated to its fixed character width rather than being right padded with
249     white space to the maximum data size.
250    
251     14. TIBTable.Empty table. In additional to deleting all records in the underlying
252     table, the internal buffers are now also flushed ensuring that the TIBTable is
253     also empty.
254    
255     15. TBatchSQLStatementReader: Line buffer is now cleared on call to reset.
256    
257     16. TIBXControlService descendents: DatabaseName may now be set using a database
258     connect string. The database name is extracted from the connect string.
259    
260     17. DBControlGrid: Minor bug fixes. avoid AV on form closure, avoid black panel
261    
262     18. TIBExtract: Data type of COMPUTED By columns is no longer included in SQL.
263    
264     19. Local database on Linux and with legacy API and FB 2.5 embedded server: fixed problem with password
265     not being present as required.
266    
267     20. IBTreeView split into DBTreeView and IBTreeView. This former is an IBX indepedent
268     version that can be customised to work with other database drivers.
269    
270 tony 319 21. ISQLMonitor: use platform specific LineEnding to delimit messages. Avoids
271     unnecessary CR at end of line on Unix platforms.
272    
273     22. ISQLMonitor: Unix: Default semaphore timeout increased from 1 second to 10
274     seconds in order to reduce risk of message loss.
275    
276     23. ISQLMonitor: read and write count statistics now available via:
277     property TIBSQLMonitor.ReadCount;
278     IIBSQLMonitorHook.GetWriteCount: integer;
279    
280     24. ISQLMonitor tidy up and unit split. IPC functions moved to new unit IBIPC.
281    
282 tony 312 IBX Change Log version (2.3-5 Build 12350) Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:11:02 +0100
283 tony 308
284     1. TIBStringField: when a string value is read from a dataset buffer, if the
285     number of UTF8 characters exceeds the string size then string is truncated
286     to the maximum string size. This is usually a problem with fixed width columns
287     right padded with white space.
288    
289     2. SQLFiltered and SQLFilterParams added to TIBQuery, TIBTable and TIBDataset.
290     If SQLFiltered is set then when a dataset is opened, each line in the
291     SQLFilterParams property is assumed to be a SQL condition clause and
292     ANDed into the Where clause of the SQL Select statement provided as a
293     dataset property. Each such SQL condition thus acts as an additional filter
294 tony 315 on the dataset.
295 tony 308
296     3. The Filtered property inherited from TDataset is no longer used for SQL (server
297     side filters).
298    
299 tony 311 4. IBLookupComboEditBox: Selection should no longer reset to start of text when
300     text matches complete entry.
301    
302     5. TIBDataLink: Detail Dataset params not refreshed unless both master and detail
303     dataset are active (avoids risk of access violation if master is inactive)
304    
305     6. TIBEvents: Registered property can now be set at design time even if database not open
306    
307     7. TIBEvents: component now correctly re-initialised after call to UnregisterEvents.
308     This should prevent "spillover" of events between sessions.
309    
310     8. TIBCustomDataset: GetNextRecord now called when reseting to first record of a unidirectional dataset.
311     This should ensure that the internal buffer is set up correctly and avoids
312     a duplicate initial row.
313    
314     9. TIBStringField: DataSize now given as byte size of string less trailing any zero character.
315     That is, the DataSize should be the field size * character set width. The
316     value returned by DataSize is now the same as the Dataset buffer size reserved
317     for the field.
318    
319 tony 312 10. IBExtract: Tidyup of SQL generation. Avoid unnecessary double quotes.
320 tony 311
321     11. TIBCustomDataset: Add checks on buffer sizes when copying data from row to field buffer
322     and vice-versa. This may result in an exception being raised (correctly) for
323     older programs when using dataset fields added to a form and the database has been
324     upgraded. For example, computed fields can change from 32-bit to 64-bit integers.
325     In such cases, the field needs to be deleted in the IDE fields editor and then
326     added back in.
327    
328 tony 312 12. IBCustomDataSet: CanInsert, CanEdit, CanDelete and CanRefresh updated to return
329 tony 315 false if query contains only white space and not just empty.
330 tony 312
331 tony 311 12. IBCustomDataset: Blob data is now cleared when TDataSet.Cancel is called. This
332     should ensure that (e.g.) a TDBMemo is correctly refreshed after a dataset edit
333     is cancelled.
334    
335 tony 315 13. IBCustomDataset: SetArrayIntf should no longer cause an access violation if
336     called on a null field.
337    
338     14. IBCustomDataSet: An access violation should no longer occur when calling CancelUpdates
339     results in an empty dataTC86 Client side Filtered Dataset 1 X
340     set.
341    
342     15. IBCustomDataSet: OnUpdateError should now be called in all circumstances when
343     a cached update is applied and an exception is raised.
344    
345     16. IBCustomDataSet: Avoid access violation when SetBookmarkData called with nil pointer.
346    
347     17. Console Mode Local Database support: backup/restore should now work correctly.
348    
349     18. Local Database Support: if an upgrade fails, a downgrade is now performed if
350     possible and an exception raised.
351    
352     19. MinimumVersionNo added to Local Database Support. Database will not open if
353     below this version no. and upgrade not possible.
354    
355 tony 307 IBX Change Log version (2.3-4 Build 12041) Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:00:32 +0100
356 tony 306
357 tony 307 1. TIBXDataSet and Generators: Generator Names that are not all upper case or
358     not SQL Identifiers are now supported.
359 tony 306
360 tony 307 2. TIBXScript: Set Generator is no longer rejected as unrecognised SQL and is
361     passed to the Firebird engine for execution.
362 tony 306
363 tony 307 3. TIBDataSet: Unidirectional datasets now give an error message if an attempt
364     is made to scroll back.
365 tony 306
366 tony 307 4. New unit: IBMessages.pas. Contains only messages used by IBX and not FBIntf
367 tony 306
368 tony 307 5. TIBLookupComboEditBox: When generating auto-complete SQL, the ListField is now
369     only enclosed in double quotes in SQL dialect 3 and when it needs to be.
370 tony 306
371 tony 307 6. TIBLookupComboEditBox: when the list source opens, the ListField name is now
372     validated. If no match is found in the list of field names and the database has
373     been opened in SQL Dialect 3, then the ListField Name is converted to upper case
374     if it then matches a field name. Otherwise, a Listfield not valid exception occurs.
375 tony 306
376 tony 307 7. IBGeneratoreditor.pas: Add missing parenthesis around "IS" statement for compliance
377     with fpc 3.2.
378 tony 306
379 tony 307 IBX Change Log version (2.3-3 Build 11512) Fri, 28 Dec 2018 10:04:17 +0000
380 tony 287
381    
382 tony 307 1. New property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This is "ConfigOverrides"
383     and is used to override the default settings in the client side "firebird.conf" This
384     includes "WireCompression" and "WireCrypt". The value of this property is a "TStrings".
385     Each line of the string list should be a setting in the same format as "firebird.conf".
386     For example "WireCompression = true" in order to request wire compression on the client side.
387 tony 287
388 tony 307 Note: explicit settings in the client side "firebird.conf" appear to take precedence
389     over settings given in TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. Many client side settings
390     also require a compatible setting in the server side "firebird.conf". For example
391     "WireCompression = true" must also be set in the server's "firebird.conf" for wire
392     compression to be used.
393 tony 291
394 tony 307 Whether or not WireCompression or WireCrypt are in use can be checked using the information
395     returned with the Client/Server protocol version. See ibx/examples/dbadmin and
396     ibx/examples/dbinfo for examples of how to display this information.
397 tony 291
398 tony 307 2. New property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection: "WireCompression". This
399     is a "convenience" property. If set the "WireCompression=true" is added to the
400     ConfigOverrides. If unchecked then this setting is removed.
401 tony 291
402 tony 307 3. TIBExtract: 64-bit integer types are now correctly extracted as "BIGINT" and
403     not "INT64".
404 tony 291
405 tony 307 4. New published properties for TIBCSVDataOut, TIBInsertStmtsOut and TIBBlockFormatOut
406     These are:
407     property TimestampFormat: string;
408     property DateFormat: string;
409     property TimeFormat: string;
410 tony 291
411 tony 307 Respectively, these provide the date time format templates for SQL types: TIMESTAMP,
412     DATETIME and TIME. The format strings use the standard FPC date/time format
413     characters (see https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/formatchars.html).
414 tony 266
415 tony 307 If any of the above properties are set to an empty string, then the locale default
416     is used. This uses the ShortDateFormat and the LongTimeFormat. In timestamp, the
417     locale default is extended by appending '.zzz' to include milliseconds.
418 tony 272
419 tony 307 TIBCSVDataOut by default sets these properties to the empty string, while the other
420     two use: 'yyyy.mm.dd hh:nn:ss.zzz', 'yyyy.mm.dd' and 'hh:nn:ss.zzz' respectively.
421 tony 266
422 tony 307 5. New published property for TIBCSVDataOut:
423     property QuoteStrings: boolean (default true)
424 tony 266
425 tony 307 If false then strings are unquoted, otherwise, the QuoteChar property value is
426     used to delimit each and every string in the output.
427 tony 263
428 tony 307 6. New published properties for TIBCSVDataOut:
429     property FieldSeparator: string;
430     property HeaderSeparator: string;
431 tony 267
432 tony 307 Respectively, these provide the separator character(s) used to separate fields
433     in data and header rows. Both default to ','.
434 tony 270
435 tony 307 7. New published properties for TIBCSVDataOut and TIBBlockFormatOut:
436     TOnFormatTextString = procedure(sender: TObject; var TextString: string) of object;
437     property OnFormatTextString;
438 tony 270
439 tony 307 This event handler can be used to process text strings before they are included
440     in the output e.g. to replace unprintable characters with alternative strings.
441     This only applies to columns with an SQL Type of SQL_VARYING and SQL_TEXT.
442 tony 270
443 tony 307 8. TIBDataSet now raises an exception when ParamByName called with an invalid parameter name.
444     Uses "FindParam" if in order to find out if a parameter with a given name exists
445     and without raising and exception if it does not.
446 tony 270
447 tony 307 9. TIBQuery now uses IBX SQL Parser instead of the TParams SQL parser in order to ensure
448     consistency with SQL queries.
449 tony 270
450 tony 307 10. CaseSensitiveParameterNames property added to TIBSQL, TIBDataSet and TIBQuery.
451     When true, SQL statement parameter names are parsed case sensitive. Note for
452     TIBDataSet only applies to Select query.
453 tony 270
454 tony 307 11. IBEvents: removing a TIBEvent component from a form should no longer result in
455     an IDE exception.
456 tony 270
457 tony 307 12. LocalDBSupport: initial database creation should now work correctly
458     when the schema source is an sql file.
459 tony 270
460 tony 307 13. TIBCMLocalDBSupport: new event handler "property OnProgressEvent: TOnProgressEvent"
461     when defined, this handler will be called by the internal TIBXScript during
462     initial database creation when the schema source is an sql file and may be used
463     to provide a visual indication of progress in console mode.
464 tony 270
465 tony 307 14. TCustomIBLocalDBSupport: new public property "InOnCreateDB: boolean". This is set
466     to true while a new local database is being created and its schema populated.
467     Useful in (e.g.) TIBDatabase.OnAfterConnect handler to suppress actions
468     when the database is disconnected/connected during the create DB procedure.
469 tony 270
470 tony 307 15. TIBXScript: any User/password parameters found in a CREATE DATABASE statement
471     are now always ignored and replaced by the user name and password provided as
472     the login parameters for the TIBDatabase referenced from the TIBXScript. The
473     IgnoreCreateDatabase property still applies and the CREATE DATABASE statement is
474     completely ignored if this property is true.
475 tony 270
476 tony 307 16. Code tidyup in IBTreeView: Node properties initialisation moved from TIBTreeView.AddNodes
477     to TIBTreeView.Added. An OnAddition event handler is no longer needed to initialise
478     ImageIndex and SelectImageIndex values on AddNode.
479 tony 270
480 tony 307 17. TIBDatabase.Attachment and TIBXServicesConnection.ServicesIntf properties are now
481     read/write. This should enabled (e.g.) multiple instances of TIBDatabase to share
482     the same database connection.
483 tony 270
484 tony 307 18. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery now support the TDataSet "Filter" property.
485     if provided, this should be an conditional SQL expression suitable for
486     including in an SQL Select statement "where" clause. If non-empty and the
487     "Filtered" property is true then the SQL expression provided as the value of
488     the "Filter" property is "ANDed" with any existing condition statement
489     in the SQL statement's "Where" clause.
490 tony 270
491 tony 307 If the "Filter" property is set at run time, the "Filtered" property is true
492     and the dataset is already open, then the dataset is closed and re-opened automatically.
493 tony 271
494 tony 307 The "Filter" condition may include IBX style parameters. In which case, their
495     value must be set by the dataset's "OnBeforeOpen" event handler.
496 tony 272
497 tony 307 This is a public property for TIBDataSet and TIBQuery query and intended for
498     use at run time.
499 tony 272
500 tony 307 Note: The property is a published property of TIBTable. The TIBTable functionality
501     is unaffected by this change.
502 tony 272
503 tony 307 IBX Change Log version (2.3-2) Wed, 05 Dec 2018 12:19:23 +0000
504 tony 272
505 tony 307 1. Remove need to check for IsMultiThread by providing access to GUI timers via
506     IBGUIInterface. Note: master/detail delay timer does not apply to console
507     mode apps.
508 tony 272
509 tony 307 2. TIBCustomDataSet: SQLParser ignored if it does not contain a valid select
510     statement. This avoids problems if "Execute Block" is used as the Query.
511 tony 272
512 tony 307 3. IBSQLParser now uses the common SQL tokeniser from fbintf. This replaces the
513     internal SQL tokeniser routines.
514 tony 272
515 tony 307 4. IBSQLParser: new property NotaSelectStmt. Set to true if SQL fails to parse
516     as a select statement, with or without CTEs.
517 tony 272
518 tony 307 5. IBSQLParser: parser now recognises the "ROWS" clause.
519 tony 272
520 tony 307 6. TIBXScript now uses the common SQL tokeniser from fbintf. This replaces the
521     internal SQL tokeniser routines.
522 tony 272
523 tony 307 7. Fix error in TIBXScript processing of "set" statements. This avoids exceptions
524     being raised for valid set statements processed by a data formatter.
525 tony 272
526 tony 307 8. New published property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This is
527     FirebirdLibraryPathName: string. If not empty it is used to explicitly specify
528     the path of the Firebird Library used by the database/services connection.
529 tony 267
530 tony 307 9. New read only public property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This
531     is FirebirdAPI and returns the IFirebirdAPI interface used by the database/
532     services connection.
533 tony 263
534 tony 307 10.SQL Property editors now quote parameter names if "Quote identifier" is selected
535     or param name is not a valid SQL identifier.
536 tony 263
537 tony 307 11. IBLookupComboEditBox: In Lazarus 2.0, TDBLookupComboBox takes a more restrictive
538     view of whether the text box should be editable when no DataSource is specified.
539     TIBLookupComboEditBox has been updated to workaround this problem. As long as
540     ReadOnly is false, the text box is editable when no DataSource is specified.
541 tony 263
542 tony 307 12. AllowUseOfFBLIB is now set to "true" at design time. This is to allow use of
543     the FBLIB environment variable. If you do not want to permit this then you
544     must modify the Register procedure in the design/IBDBReg.pas unit to remove
545     this setting.
546 tony 263
547 tony 307 IBX Change Log version (2.3-1) Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:39:45 +0100
548 tony 263
549 tony 307 1. IBCustomDataset: replace deprecated function ValidUTF8String with call to
550     Utf8EscapeControlChars
551 tony 263
552 tony 307 IBX Change Log version (2.3-0) Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:48:06 +0100
553 tony 263
554 tony 307 IMPORTANT: the source code tree has been re-organised for IBX 2.3. Please remove
555     all previous copies of the IBX source code tree before installing this release.
556 tony 263
557 tony 307 The IBX packages used by most users have not changed, with one exception. The
558     IBServices unit has been moved to the package iblegacyServices.lpk. To continue
559     to use the IBServices unit in your applications, please add the iblegacyServices
560     to the list of dependencies. To do this, open the Project Inspector and select
561     Add->New Requirement and select "ibLegacyServices" from the list of available
562     packages.
563 tony 263
564 tony 307 1. New unit IBXServices. The IBXServices unit is a re-architectured update of
565     the IBServices unit providing what is intended to be a clearer and easier to
566     use set of IB Services components. See Chapter 10 of the IBX User Guide for
567     more information and the guide to "Firebird Service Management Using IBX".
568     As indicated above, the legacy services components are still available and
569     provided in a separate package. There is no need to update working applications
570     using the older versions except for an additional package dependency.
571 tony 263
572 tony 307 2. The IBX packages and source code tree have been re-organised in an attempt to
573     finally get rid of the "duplicate ppu" warnings. This re-organisation should
574     not affect existing users. Section 2.3 of the IBX User Guide describes the
575     new set of IBX packages.
576 tony 263
577 tony 307 3. The ibx/examples/DBAdmin and the ibx/examples/services example have been
578     updated to use the new Services API components.
579 tony 263
580 tony 307 4. The iblocal package has been updated to use the new Services API components.
581 tony 241
582 tony 307 5. procedure SetAutoAdmin; in the new IBX Services this method is now a member of
583     TIBXSecurityService. It had been wrongly classified in the previous version
584     as a per database configuration item. It is global to a server and hence
585     correctly positioned as part of the Security Package. In the DBAdmin example,
586     the setting has moved to the mappings page.
587 tony 241
588 tony 307 6. TIBXScript: IgnoreCreateDatabase added. If true then CREATE DATABASE statements
589     are ignored.
590 tony 101
591 tony 307 7. TIBDatabase: DropDatabase now ensures that all transactions have been properly
592     closed before the database is dropped. Before and After Disconnect event handlers
593     are also fired.
594 tony 209
595 tony 307 8. TIBTransaction: OnStartTransaction event now fires every time the transaction
596     is started and not just the first time.
597 tony 209
598 tony 307 9. IBDataOutput: Use FormatFloat for all performance statistics to avoid platform
599     depenendency with comp type.
600 tony 209
601 tony 307 10. IBDataOutput: select query data output is now sent to stdout instead of stderr.
602 tony 209
603 tony 307 11. TIBDatabase: Remove regression. If a user login dialog changes the DatabaseName
604     then this is recognised and not ignored.
605 tony 209
606 tony 307 12. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery, TIBTable: additions:
607     function GetRowsAffected(var SelectCount, InsertCount, UpdateCount, DeleteCount: integer): boolean;
608     function GetPerfStatistics(var stats: TPerfCounters): boolean;
609     property EnableStatistics: boolean read FEnableStatistics write SetEnableStatistics;
610 tony 209
611 tony 307 GetRowsAffected returns the affected row counts from the last insert/update/delete
612     if EnableStatistics = true then GetPerfStatistics returns the current stats
613     counters for the select query. Note: stats accumulate after each fetch from
614     the database. To get total query cost after open, call the "Last" method
615     and then GetPerfStatistics.
616 tony 209
617 tony 307 See ibx/examples/consolemode for an example of the use of GetPerfStatistics
618 tony 209
619 tony 307 13. TIBExtract: Identity columns DDL. "Start with clause" now correctly encapsulated
620     in parenthesises.
621 tony 209
622 tony 307 14. TIBExtract: new published property "AlwaysQuoteIdentifiers". If true then in dialect 3
623     SQL identifiers are always delimited by double quotes. If false, then they are
624     only delimited if the identifier is a reserved word, contains lower case or special
625     characters. Set this property to true to retain previous behaviour.
626 tony 209
627 tony 307 15. Insert SQL Property Editor. In Insert Returning Clause, Identity column names
628     are now inserted in double quotes if not Reserved Words or valid SQL Identifiers.
629 tony 209
630 tony 307 16. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery, TIBTable: addition:
631     property MasterDetailDelay: integer {defaults to zero}
632 tony 209
633 tony 307 When non-zero and the dataset is a detail table referencing a master table
634     through either a MasterSource (TIBTable) or a DataSource (TIBDataSet, TIBQuery)
635     then a synchronisation delay is added (in milliseconds) between the master
636     row changing and the detail dataset being re-opened. If the master dataset
637     is scrolled before the delay expires then the delay is reset. This can be used
638     to avoid performance overheads when scrolling through a large master dataset.
639 tony 209
640 tony 307 Note: uses fptimer and hence requires a thread manager. Under Linux the
641     chreads unit must be included in your project. TTimer is not used in order
642     to avoid an LCL dependency. Requires FPC 3.0.2 or later.
643 tony 209
644 tony 307 17. TIBExtract: User role grants now excluded when etGrantsToUser not specified
645     with Extract Option eoDatabase.
646 tony 209
647 tony 307 18. TIBLookupComboEditBox: Workaround added for https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=33428
648     When a deLayoutChanged event is reported on the ListSource dataset, the
649     combobox text is updated. This allows a listsource (detail) to be in a Master/Detail
650     relationship with the control's datasource (master).
651 tony 209
652 tony 307 19. TIBExtract: Full BigInt value range now supported for Generators/Sequences.
653 tony 209
654 tony 307 20. TIBExtract: Select Procedures (Procedure type 1) now include "SUSPEND;" clause in their
655     stubs. Pedantic fix really, as procedures output in dependency order anyway.
656 tony 209
657 tony 307 21. TIBExtract: Package Headers and Package Bodies are now included in the extracted
658     DDL (Firebird 3 and later only).
659 tony 209
660 tony 307 22. TIBLookupComboBox Autocomplete Fixes:
661     i. Only appended text is now selected after autocomplete.
662     ii. Uppercase keys no longer ignored for autocomplete.
663     iii. Retain Prefix case is now honoured correctly.
664     iv. When a DataSource is assigned, typing after autocomplete now extends prefix
665     before autocomplete performed. i.e. behaviour now the same as when
666     no DataSource assigned.
667 tony 209
668 tony 307 23. TIBXScript: Single Line Comments starting with '--' are now ignored when occurring
669     between SQL statements.
670 tony 209
671 tony 307 24. TIBExtract: New published property CaseSensitiveObjectNames. If false (default) then
672     ObjectNames are converted to upper case before matching against metadata object
673     names, unless the objectname is delimited by double quotes, in which case, the
674     double quotes are removed and the remaining string is used (unmodified) to match
675     against the metadata object name.
676 tony 209
677 tony 307 If true then the ObjectName is used as is without modification and matched
678     against the metadata object name. No attempt is made to remove double quotes.
679 tony 209
680 tony 307 25. TIBExtract: New Extract Types: etDatabaseTriggers and etDDLTriggers. When used
681     with eoTrigger, these extract types can be used to select only Database Triggers,
682     or DDL Triggers or both. Ignored when etTable or etTrigger included in Extract Types.
683 tony 209
684 tony 307 26. TIBXScript: If an exception occurs during the processing of a statement, the
685     statement separate character is now reset to the default (';').
686 tony 221
687 tony 307 27. TIBDatabase: Reconnect method added and used by TIBXScript for reconnect.
688 tony 221
689 tony 307 28. TIBXScript: Transaction is no longer automatically reactivated immediately processing
690     a commit or reconnect statement and instead activated only when next SQL statement
691     is executed.
692 tony 221
693 tony 307 29. TIBSQL.HasField should no longer generate and exception when the field does not exist.
694 tony 225
695 tony 307 30. TIBXScript: case insensitive regex now used when matching statements instead of
696     converting statement to upper case.
697 tony 225
698 tony 307 31. TIBExtract: metadata comments now supported. New published property
699     IncludeMetaDataComments (default true). If true then metadata comments included
700     in extracted DDL. New Extract Object member eoComments. This may be used with
701     ExtractObject method to list all metadata comments.
702 tony 225
703 tony 307 32. TIBExtract: ListObjectNames method added.
704 tony 225
705 tony 307 33. Updated Database component editor to support additional connection string
706     types.
707 tony 226
708 tony 307 IBX Change Log version (2.2-0) Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:57:45 +0000
709 tony 227
710 tony 307 NOTE: THE LOCATIONS OF SOME OF THE UNIT DIRECTORIES HAS CHANGED FROM IBX 2.1. THIS IS TO
711     AVOID DUPLICATE PPU WARNINGS. PLEASE REMOVE EARLIER VERSIONS OF IBX BEFORE INSTALLING THIS
712     RELEASE.
713 tony 229
714 tony 307 NOTE: THE DBADMIN DEMO REQUIRES THAT THE MemDSLaz PACKAGE IS INSTALLED IN THE LAZARUS IDE.
715 tony 229
716 tony 307 1. IBExtract: Identity columns - add additional check for null column for generator name.
717 tony 229
718 tony 307 2. IBCustomDataSet: Insert and Modify (Update) queries now recognise and process SQL RETURNING clauses.
719     The main use for this is for Firebird 3 Identity columns (see IBXDocumentation 6.6.8 for further
720     information). However, this is also a very useful mechanism for returning updated computed by
721     column values. Values returned as a result of executing an Insert or Update statement
722     replace existing values in the current row for each corresponding column.
723 tony 229
724 tony 307 Previously, if a dataset's select query included read only (computed by) fields then
725     an automatic row refresh was performed after an insert or update query had been processed,
726     irrespective of the setting of the "ForcedUpdates" property. This has changed such
727     that an automatic refresh is no longer performed if an insert or update query contains
728     a returning clause that updates one or more fields on the current row. A full row
729     refresh is only performed if (a) ForcedRefresh is true or (b) the query does not return any
730     field values and the select query contains read only fields. Use of Insert/update
731     returning should be significantly more efficient than executing a refresh query.
732 tony 229
733 tony 307 This behaviour change is intended to be backwards compatible and there should be no need to change
734     existing programs, other than to improve performance by using the new capability.
735 tony 229
736 tony 307 3. IBCustomDataSet: DELETE...RETURNING queries are now also recognised. However, as
737     they are called when the dataset row is being deleted, there is no value in
738     updating the current record from the query result. Instead, a new event handler
739     "OnDeleteReturning" is provided. If a DELETE...RETURNING query is execute and
740     an OnDeleteReturning event handler is provided then it is called with the IResults returned
741     by the query. The event handler can then interrogate the query results and
742     perform whatever action is necessary. For example to confirm, to the user,
743     the deletion of a row with the returned values.
744 tony 231
745 tony 307 4. TIBTable: generated Insert and Update SQL now include a RETURNING clause for
746     any Computed By or Identity Columns. The IBTables example has been updated to
747     illustrate the computation of the employee Full Name on update.
748 tony 209
749 tony 307 5. TIBTable: The GeneratorField property is now published.
750 tony 151
751 tony 307 6. The InsertSQL property editor now shows Firebird 3 Identity columns separate from the Field List.
752     When InsertSQL is generated, the Identity columns are not included in the list of values to
753     be inserted. A RETURNING clause is added to the insert statement to return the value of
754     each Identity column after the insert is executed.
755 tony 151
756 tony 307 7. The Modify Property Editor now generates Update SQL with Computed By fields in Update..Returning clause.
757     Similarly Insert Property Editor now generates Insert SQL with Computed By fields in
758     Insert..Returning clause.
759 tony 101
760 tony 307 8. TIBGenerator: small performance improvement by not preparing query each time
761     a new value is generated.
762 tony 101
763 tony 307 9. TIBSQL: Free resources when transaction changed - ensures new transaction is used.
764    
765     10. Property editors will now sync table name to a System Table when "Include System
766     Tables" is selected and the query is for a System Table.
767    
768     11. Minor Performance improvement to handling of Date/Time types in IBX datasets. Field
769     values are no longer converted to milliseconds from TDateTime and then back again
770     to TDateTime (the conversion to milliseconds is the default TDataset approach).
771    
772     12. Property Editors handling of Stored Procedures.
773     * Select and Refresh: only show a list of stored procedures that return multiple rows (proc type 1) and
774     which have a non-empty list of output parameters (i.e. stored procedures that may be used in a select
775     query).
776     * Modify and Insert: only show a list of stored procedures that return at most a singleton row (proc type 2).
777    
778     13. IBStoredProc: Now supports Firebird 3 Package Names. A new published property PackageName
779     can be used to select a package. If non-empty, the stored procedure name is
780     expected to be a stored procedure defined in the specified package and the
781     generated SQL will be as required for a stored procedure located in a package.
782    
783     14. Select, Refresh, Insert, Modify, Delete and TIBSQL SQL Property Editors now include
784     a "Package Name" drop down box to allow selection of a Firebird 3 Package from
785     which a stored procedure can be selected. With no package name selected, non-package
786     stored procedures are listed.
787    
788     15. TIBXScript: turn off database login prompt when reconnecting - this avoids prompting
789     for password on reconnect.
790    
791     16. TIBDatabase: use IAttachment for connection default character set id, code page
792     and character set name.
793    
794     17. TIBDatabaseInfo: cache ODS Version information on first request in order to minimise
795     DB info lookups"
796    
797     18. IBExtract: now supports DDL Triggers and Grants to DDL objects.
798    
799     19. Add a property Editor for TIBUpdate.RefreshSQL.
800    
801     20. IBUpdate: Ignore non-data (e.g. calculated) fields when assembling list of input
802     parameters. This stops an exception being raised when the field cannot be
803     located in the record buffer.
804    
805     21. Property Editors now automatically include System Tables when opened and when the query table
806     is a System Table.
807    
808     22. IBServices: SQRB and SRB buffers are now reset when service query throws an exception.
809     This avoids errors due to a stale SQRB or SRB being used for the next query.
810    
811     23. IBServices: Service attach parameters now include "expected_db". This is used to
812     add the SPB item isc_spb_expected_db. This names a database using
813     an alternative Security Database (FB3 onwards) and allows (e.g. backup/restore) using such a
814     database. examples/services re-written to illustrate use of "expected_db".
815    
816     24. IBServices: TIBControlAndQueryService.WriteNextChunk no longer ignores isc_info_svc_timeout.
817     This avoids truncated backups when the server returns a timeout (busy) response.
818    
819     25. TIBDatabase: isc_dpb_page_size now supported as a database parameter when using TIBDatabase.CreateDatabase.
820    
821     26. TIBDatabase: DatabaseName property may now be prefixed by $TEMP$ or $DATADIR$ for local
822     databasenames. These are respectively expanded to the local system's temp directory
823     (including trailing delimiter) or to a prescribed data directory (including
824     trailing delimiter). Under Unix systems the data directory is a hidden directory
825     in the user's home directory. The hidden directory name is either the string returned
826     from the SysUtils "Vendor Name" or "IBX" if empty. In either case prefixed by a '.'.
827     Under Windows, the directory is the same as the Data Directory as decribed
828     above but instead prefixed by the User's application data path. These may be
829     used to improve application portability for Personal Databases.
830    
831     27. TIBTable: FieldDefs property is no longer published. Due to the use of TIBFieldDef
832     this has not worked for a long time and is not useful either. FieldDefs should be
833     managed using the Fields Editor as with any other dataset. To access the fields
834     editor for a TIBTable component, double click on the component. The fields editor
835     is then displayed.
836    
837     28. TIBDatabaseInfo: new properties/function
838     * DateDBCreated (returns date/time database created)
839     * TransactionCount (returns no. of active transactions)
840     * GetDatabasePage(PageNo: integer) (returns contents of specified database page - SYSDBA only).
841     * PagesFree (Firebird 3 or later)
842     * PagesUsed (Firebird 3 or later)
843     * Encrypted (returns true if database encrypted. (Firebird 3.0.3 or later only)
844     * EncryptionKeyName (returns the name of the encryption key if any (Firebird 3.0.3 or later only)
845    
846     29. IBServices classes now provided the decoded release number in the (array) property ServerVersionNo.
847    
848     30. TIBSecurityService now supports display/modification of the User Admin Role (Firebird 2.5 and later).
849    
850     31. TIBConfigService now has a procedure SetAutoAdmin(Value: boolean) to enable/disable
851     the automtic mapping of privileged OS users to the RDB$ADMIN role (Firebird 2.5 and later).
852    
853     32. TIBBackupService: New Option - NoDBTriggers equivalent to -nodbtriggers switch introduced
854     in the gbak utility at V.2.1 to prevent database-level and transaction-level triggers from
855     firing during backup and restore.
856    
857     33. Both TIBBackupService and TIBRestoreService now support backup/restore statistics options
858     for verbose output using the new property "StatisticsRequested".
859     see https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/release_notes/html/en/2_5/rnfb25-util-gbak.html#rnfb25-util-gbakstats
860    
861     34. TIBRestoreService: now supports new options RestoreMetaDataOnly (Firebird 2.5 and later).
862    
863     35. TIBOnlineValidationService component added to the IBServices and the "Firebird Admin"
864     palette. This uses the online validation feature added in Firebird 2.5. The
865     services's properties enable inclusion/exclusion of tables and indexes using
866     regular expressions. See.
867     https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/release_notes/html/en/2_5/rnfb25-apiods-api.html#rnfb25-apiods-api-onlinevalidation
868    
869     36. IBServices: procedure TIBConfigService.SetNoLinger added to set no linger
870     option on a database.
871    
872     37. TIBCustomService: Assign method implemented to allow copying of service login
873     context between service API components. "Detach" method now only detaches
874     service when last reference to the service interface detaches. Tidy up of
875     code for SetActive and Attach methods including password hiding.
876    
877     38. TIBDatabase: new properties: AuthenticationMethod and RemoteProtocol. Read only
878     and used to determine the auth method and protocol used for the connection.
879    
880     39. TIBDatabase: ensure that SQLDialect setting is used when creating a database using
881     a Create Database Statement generated by IBX.
882    
883     40. All IBServices now have an additional published property "PortNo". This may
884     be set to a non-standard port number when necessary. If zero then the default
885     port number is used.
886    
887     41: TIBLookupComboeditBox: Ensure dataset updated when change selected with the keyboard
888     and not just the mouse.
889    
890     42. TIBCustomDataset: reopen query if already active when a TIBControlLink is added.
891    
892     43. TIBTreeview: new ImageIndexField and SelectedIndexField Property allows the
893     image index and selected image index for each node to be set from a database field.
894    
895     44. TIBExtract: new extract type (etGrantsToUser) for use with eoDatabase. If included
896     then database schema includes grants to all users. If not present then the
897     only user grants included are those to User PUBLIC.
898    
899     45. TIBTreeView: performance improvement. When expanding include both expanded node
900     and child nodes in dataset.
901    
902    
903     IBX Change Log version (2.1-0) Fri, 15 Dec 2017 12:20:11 +0000
904    
905     1. IBCustomDataset: Minor change of PChar to PByte for compatibility with fbintf
906     changes.
907    
908     2. IBCustomDataset: Fixed use of incorrect datasize in TIBStringField.SetAsString.
909     Bug could result in truncated multi-byte character set values.
910    
911     3. Changes consequential on moving fbintf character set utility functions from
912     IFirebirdAPI to IAttachment.
913    
914     4. Avoid "Object is nil" error when opening a database with DefaultSystemCodePage = true
915    
916     5. IBLookupComboEditBox: avoid race condition when autocompleting text that occasionally
917     results in autocomplete ignoring prefix text.
918    
919     6. IBLookupComboEditBox: Ensure that cursor is not reset to start of text when
920     entering a new name into the text box.
921    
922     7. IBCustomDataset: ensure that TIBStringField uses the field size reported by
923     Firebird rather than recomputing it.
924    
925     8. Property Editor positioning tidy up: All IBX Property editors should now be
926     screen centre. Previously some were "poDesigned" which may be inappropriate
927     for multi monitor desktops.
928    
929     10. TIBTreeView.FindNode: protect against error if zero length path or empty tree node.
930    
931     11. TIBTransaction: On Force Disconnect do not raise an exception when problem ending
932     a transaction and always reset the object.
933    
934     12. TIBQuery tidyup: remove unnecessary call to GetAffectedRows.
935    
936     13. TIBXScript: Allow for override of database filename in Create Database statements.
937    
938     14. IBLocaldb: Support initialisation of the database from an SQL script in addition
939     to a gbak format archive.
940    
941     15. IBLocaldb: fix problem that stopped the OnSharedDataDir event from being recognised.
942    
943     16. IBLocaldb: Drop database if error creating an empty database.
944    
945     17. TIBTreeView: improve performance when selecting node - avoid refreshing dataset
946     unless selected node not in current dataset.
947    
948     18. IBServices: SetDBParams method moved from TCustomIBLocalDBSupport (in IBLocalDB package)
949     to TIBCustomService, and IBlocalDB code tidy up.
950    
951     19. IBTreeView: Initialise TIBTreeNode KeyValue to null to avoid unpredictable
952     behaviour due to uninitialised variable.
953    
954     20. IBServices: Correct encoding of isc_spb_prp_write_mode in TIBConfigService from
955     integer to byte. Ditto isc_spb_prp_reserve_space and isc_spb_prp_access_mode.
956    
957     21. IBSQL: When Database changed ensure that all resources are freed.
958    
959     22. IBCustomDataset: When database changed ensure that queries an unprepared.
960    
961     23. SQL Property Editors now use SynEdit with SQL Highlighter. New features include:
962     * Line Wrap on SQL Token boundaries (on user command)
963     * auto-complete table names in drop down list of table names
964     * Double click on tablename or field name adds to SQL text
965    
966     24. IBDataOutput: print statistics using float (%f) format instead of decimal (%d).
967    
968     25. IBTreeView: Call to FindNode: param type change from "array of Variant" to
969     TVariantArray. Seems to avoid memory corruption in Windows (probably a
970     workaround for a problem in fpc 3.0.4 win64).
971    
972     26. IBDatabaseInfo: Code tidy up. Add check for database not assigned or not open.
973    
974     27. IBDatabaseInfo: Remove memory leak when accessing database operation counts.
975    
976     IBX Change Log version (2.0-2) Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:17:53 +0000
977    
978     1. TIBDatabase.CreateDatabase: extract full DB Name from SQL using reg ex in order to
979     include remote system name.
980    
981     2. TIBExtract: No longer include comment header and COMMIT statement for empty
982     tables when data included in output.
983    
984     3. Profiling: IBSQL now has conditional compilation flags to enable query performance
985     and timing information to be written to stdout. This may be used to locate
986     performance bottlenecks.
987    
988     4. SQLParser: only call "OnChanging" event handler when value is different.
989    
990     5. IBDynamicGrid: Update handling of navigation keys for a TDateEdit
991    
992     6. IBCustomDataset: Set internalunprepared flag when transaction ends. This ensures
993     that BindFields is called when the query is next activated. Avoids FieldName
994     not found error.
995    
996     7. IBUpdate: This is a new IBX component similar to TIBUpdateSQL. It is more general
997     purpose and allows the programmer to define any action they want for Update, Insert
998     or Delete. This may be complex SQL (similar to a Trigger), application specific
999     filtering of updates, or use of statements such as Grant or Revoke instead of
1000     normal DML. See User Manual for more information.
1001    
1002     IBX Change Log version (2.0-1) Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:31:49 +0000
1003    
1004     1. TIBEvents: Fix uninitialised variable that could result in lost events.
1005    
1006     2. TIBExtract: Added support for FB3 "USAGE" privilege.
1007    
1008     3. TIBExtract: data formatted as Charset set "octets" is now output using
1009     hexadecimal notation.
1010    
1011     4. TIBExtract: Binary Blobs and array data can now be embedded in INSERT statements
1012     using a simple XML format.
1013    
1014     5. TIBExtract: extract of individual Triggers and Stored Procedures can now include
1015     grants to these objects.
1016    
1017     6. TIBExtract: Stored Procedures and Views output in dependency order to avoid
1018     dependency problems restoring complex databases.
1019    
1020     7. TIBXScript: This component has been restructured to allow for the processing of
1021     embedded XML in INSERT statements and to support interactive sources in addition
1022     to non-interactive data sources such as files.
1023    
1024     8. TIBXScript: CREATE DATABASE, DROP DATABASE, CONNECT statements are now supported.
1025    
1026     9. TIBXScript: ISQL compatiable Set statements are now supported:
1027     SET SQL DIALECT
1028     SET TERM
1029     SET AUTODDL
1030     SET BAIL
1031     SET ECHO
1032     SET COUNT
1033     SET STATS
1034     SET NAMES <character set>
1035    
1036     10. IBVersion unit added to hold current IBX Version Number information.
1037    
1038     11. TIBExtract: Use character rather than byte length for VarChar procedure arguments.,
1039     and domain definitions.
1040    
1041     12. TIBExtract: Triggers now use SQL2003 syntax and database and transaction triggers
1042     fully supported.
1043    
1044     13. TIBExtract: when a database dump includes data, the generator values are now also set.
1045    
1046     14: IBSQLEdit: Unit LCLPlatformDef added to uses clauses for lazarus 1.7 and later.
1047    
1048     IBX Change Log version (2.0-0) Tue, 06 Dec 2016 10:33:44 +0000
1049    
1050     See also doc/IBX4LazarusGuide.pdf for important information on
1051     upgrading to IBX2.
1052    
1053     1. Size property of TIBStringField is now the width in characters of the field
1054     and not the byte length. This applies only to multi-byte character sets such
1055     as UTF8. The original approach aligned with TStringField. However, the TStringField
1056     code is not recognised as a bug and hence this change to align the behaviour.
1057     The TStringField change is expected in fpc 3.2.0.
1058    
1059     2. A new property AutoFieldSize: boolean has been added to TIBStringField. When
1060     true (default) then Size property value saved in the lfm is ignored. Size is
1061     always set from the dynamic information read from the database. It is unclear
1062     why anyone would want to override this and set Size to false.
1063    
1064     3. ibxscript: should now handle correctly a Case..End statement within a procedure
1065     block.
1066    
1067     4. IBDatabase: new property - CreateIfNotExists. If true and database does not
1068     exist when an attempt is made to connect to it (run time only) then an attempt
1069     is made to create the database.
1070    
1071     5. IBDatabase: new event - OnCreateDatabase. This event is called after a database
1072     has been successfully created as a result of a call to CreateDatabase or when
1073     creating a database after it was found not to exist.
1074    
1075     6. DBControlGrid: a race condition could result in the wrong row image being
1076     written to the cache. This has been avoided by a trip round the message
1077     loop before rendering the row image.
1078    
1079     7. DBControlGrid: It is strongly recommended not to open the source DataSet for
1080     a DBControlGrid during a Form's "OnShow" event handler. Under GTK2 this is
1081     known to risk corrupt rendering of row images when the control is first
1082     displayed. If necessary use "Application.QueueAsyncCall" to delay opening
1083     of the dataset (see DBControlGrid examples) until the Form's Window has been created.
1084    
1085     8. DBControlGrid & IBDynamicGrid: Navigation keys should now work correctly with
1086     a TDateEdit control located on an editor panel.
1087    
1088     9. TIBExtract: brought up-to-date plus many bug fixes.
1089    
1090     10. DBControlGrid: Removed memory leak when updating rows.
1091    
1092     11. TIBCMLocalDBSupport: fixed invalid free on upgrade.
1093    
1094     IBX Change Log version (1.4-3) Thu, 22 Sep 2016 18:10:15 +0100
1095    
1096     1. IBCustomDataset: When calling SetCodePage, no longer request transliteration
1097     when target codepage is CP_NONE. This is a workaround for
1098     http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=30622.
1099    
1100     2. DBLog option removed from TIBStatisticalService - not supported by server
1101     since Firebird 1.5.
1102    
1103     3. ibxscript: An error is no longer generated for "on commit preserve rows" or
1104     similar.
1105    
1106     4. IBCodePage: updated mapping between codepages and character id.
1107    
1108     5. ftWideString and ftWideMemo withdrawn. There is no UTF16 character set in
1109     Firebird. Character sets with a char width of two are not UTF16.
1110    
1111     6. Strings received from the database are now always transliterated into UTF8
1112     regardless of the database character set or connection character set. This
1113     is for compatibility with the LCL.
1114    
1115     IBX Change Log version (1.4-2) Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:25:27 +0100
1116    
1117     1. IBBlob: Defer reading of blob until read method called. This avoids having to
1118     read in an entire blob just to get the size of the blob. General performance
1119     improvement when opening datasets containing blobs.
1120    
1121     2. Clearing a Blob now sets the corresponding field's modified flag.
1122    
1123     3. IBLookupCombo: When not performing auto-complete, original query sort order
1124     is now used.
1125    
1126     4. IBDynamicGrid: Add OnSelectEditor event. Allows editor panel to be dynamically
1127     determined.
1128    
1129     5. IBDynamicGrid: Recompute column widths after dataset closed and re-opened.
1130    
1131     6. IBLookupCombo: LazUTF8 added to uses clause to avoid compilation problems post
1132     lazarus 1.6.0
1133    
1134     7. IBControls. Removed "runtime" from list of paths to avoid "multiple packages"
1135     compilation error.
1136    
1137     IBX Change Log version (1.4-1) Tue, 17 May 2016 09:14:51 +0100
1138    
1139     1. No character set specified for connection: when a text blob is retrieved, the
1140     character set is determined by looking up the native character set using then
1141     Firebird API. Otherwise a text mode blob is assumed to have the same character
1142     set as the connection.
1143    
1144     2. TIBGUIInterface: this is an internal interface. Minor type changes to allow
1145     for Login Dialog returing a change to the database path.
1146    
1147     3. Design Time Database and Server login Dialogs now allow the Database Name/Server Name
1148     to be changed from that given in the TIBDatabase/TIBServer component and for the
1149     entered value to be saved on a project specific basis (design time only).
1150    
1151     4. IBDynamicGrid: TDBLookupCellEditor now compares its DataFieldName with the
1152     column fieldname. If they are the same then it is acts as a look up for the KeyValue
1153     Otherwise, it sets the column text to the selected ListField Value.
1154    
1155     5. IBDynamicGrid: Only visible columns are now taken into account When recalculating
1156     column width.
1157    
1158     6. IBLookupComboEditBox: Fix error with autocomplete query when a RelationName is given
1159     and a case insensitive search is requested.
1160    
1161     7. IBDynamicGrid: No longer ignores notifications removing Column Totals controls
1162     or column ListSource.
1163    
1164     8. IBQuery: no longer performs unnecessary refresh of SQL Text (and hence avoids an
1165     unprepare) when closing and the text has not changed.
1166    
1167     9. IBSQL: Base the cursor name on a GUID instead of a hexstr version of the class pointer.
1168     Less likely to cause a cursor re-use error on Windows.
1169    
1170     10.SV5IPC: include workaround for OSX. FPC 3.0.0 has broken ipc module for darwin.
1171     Expected to be fixed in 3.0.2. Hence workaround only applies to 3.0.0.
1172    
1173     11. TIBTreeView: Guard against nil destination on record changed
1174    
1175     12. AnsiString Code page support: TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString now return a
1176     string type with the code page set to reflect the returned field encoding after
1177     Firebird driver transliteration, if any. FPC 3.0.0 onwards only. Behaviour unchanged for
1178     earlier versions.
1179    
1180     13. AnsiString Code page support: Assigning to TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString
1181     will now result in transliteration to the code page specified for the Firebird driver
1182     if the assigned string has a different code page. FPC 3.0.0 onwards only.
1183    
1184     14. TIBDatabase: new property UseDefaultSystemCodePage. When set any lc_ctype parameter
1185     is ignored and the lc_ctype value, when the database is opened, is set to align with
1186     the DefaultSystemCodePage (FPC 3.0.0 onwards). Normally, this is what you want and should ensure
1187     platform independence. Note: this applies to FPC 3.0.0 and earlier versions. Pre FPC
1188     3.0.0, when this property is true, the lc_ctype is UTF8 except under windows when
1189     the GETACP is used to determine the Windows code page.
1190    
1191     15. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCharSetName. This is the Firebird character set
1192     name used as the lc_ctype when the database was opened. Only valid while the
1193     Database is connected.
1194    
1195     16. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCodePage (FPC >=3.0.0 only). This is the codepage
1196     id that corresponds to the DefaultCharSetName.
1197    
1198     IBX Change Log version (1.4-0) Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:44:24 +0000
1199    
1200     1. Unix: If Firebird Embedded Server shared object is loaded and a local database
1201     path is given and database attach fails due to access permission issues on the
1202     temp directory or security database, then the attach is retried with "localhost:"
1203     prefixing the databasename. This should avoid problems when the database has to
1204     be accessed by a local (e.g. classic) server and libfbembed is used.
1205    
1206     2. Windows: revised search order for Firebird DLL:
1207     i. The Firebird Embedded Server in the application Directory.
1208     ii. If the FIREBIRD environment variable is set then the directory this
1209     points to is searched for the FB Client DLL and then then underlying
1210     "bin" directory.
1211     iii. Registry Key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Firebird Project\Firebird Server\Instances
1212     is used to locate the Firebird installation directory and the underlying
1213     "bin" directory is searched for the FB Client DLL.
1214     iv. The Default installation directories C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_2_x
1215     are searched for the FB Client DLL.
1216     v. The PATH Environment variable is used to search for the FB Client DLL.
1217     vi. Finally the PATH Environment variable is used to search for IBASE.DLL.
1218    
1219     3. New Component: TIBXScript. This is an ISQL compatible SQL script execution engine.
1220     See doc/readme.scriptengine and example applications.
1221    
1222     4. New Component: TIBlocalDBSupport. This is a TIBDatabase support component intended to
1223     simplify the use of the embedded firebird server on both Linux and Windows platforms.
1224     See dpc/readme.localdatabase and example applications.
1225    
1226     5. IBDynamicGrid: Reordering on column header click should now also work for
1227     dynamic columns.
1228    
1229     6. ISQLMonitor: (Windows only). Mutex added to TMultilockGate to avoid race condition
1230     between incrementing/decrementing the lock count and signalling the event.
1231    
1232     IBX Change Log version (1.3-2) Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:39:54 +0000
1233    
1234     1.3.2 was never formally released and only made available as beta copies.
1235    
1236     1. DBControlGrid,IBDynamicGrid: Ignore down arrow and up arrow in TCustomMemo
1237    
1238     2. IBDynamicGrid: Now deals correctly with a single column grid which has no indicator and autosize column
1239    
1240     3. IBLookupComboEditBox: reset timer on each key press - avoids timer going off too early
1241    
1242     4. IBDynamicGrid: Call event OnUpdateSortOrder even when aliasname not found in dataset
1243     i.e. when it is a calculated field
1244    
1245     5. IBDynamicGrid: Fix problem selecting a different row when expanded row at end of grid.
1246     This problem was due to a race condition between recalculating row heights and
1247     determining which row was selected by the mouse click. The row height calculation
1248     is now deferred by an extra trip round the message loop allowing the row to
1249     be always calculated on the current grid layout rather than risking it being
1250     calculated on the grid layout after the expanded row has been shrunk.
1251    
1252     6. IBLookupComboEditBox: avoid race condition between cm_killfocus and cm_exit on
1253     Windows.
1254    
1255     7. TIBStringField: Now has two new public properties: CharacterSetName: string and CharacterSetSize: integer;
1256     These properties allow the (Firebird) character set name for the field and the max number of bytes per character
1257     to be determined at runtime. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
1258    
1259     8. TIBWideStringField: This is a new field type with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
1260     TWideStringField. This field type is used with the character size reported by Firebird is two. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
1261    
1262     9. TIBMemoField and TIBWideMemoField: new field types with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
1263     TMemoField and TWideMemoField respectively. These field types are used with Blob subtype 1 and a characterset size of
1264     1, 3 or 4 (TIBMemoField) or 2 (TIBWideMemoField). See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
1265    
1266     Both also have a new published property "DisplayTextAsClassName". If false (default) the displaytext is generated
1267     from the blob text by truncating the string to the displaywidth (in characters not bytes). A displaywidth of zero
1268     implies no truncation.
1269    
1270     10. IBLookupComboEditBox: Force autocomplete when EditingDone called and timer active.
1271    
1272     11. IBDynamicGrid: Call DataSet.Append when entering edit mode and dataset empty and not in insert state
1273     (avoids "Not in Edit Mode" error).
1274    
1275     12. IBDynamicGrid: Correctly resize grid when one column width plus indicator.
1276    
1277     13. IBDynamicGrid: Ensure Editor Panel has focus when shown - avoids Windows API calling
1278     DBGrid.DoExit on subsequent mouse click (e.g. on child control such as a tabbed page control.
1279    
1280     14. IBDynamicGrid: ignore up, down tab and return when editorpanel open and focus in a TCustomGrid descendent.
1281    
1282     15. DBControlGrid: Stop flashing grid when dataset closed and then re-opened while DisabledControls
1283    
1284     16. IBQuery: Bug fixed that prevented SQL being set programmatically once the Parser had been invoked.
1285    
1286     17. IBCustomDataSet: On close, parser is now freed and Select SQL reverts to value before DataSet Opened.
1287    
1288     IBX Change Log version (1.3-1) Sat, 18 Jul 2015 13:30:50 +0100
1289    
1290     1. OnCloseUp Event Handler added to TDBLookupProperties
1291    
1292     2. IBDynamicGrid: Call to OnEditorPanelHide is now last editor hide action - avoids
1293     problem with row size when exception is called.
1294    
1295     3. IBLookupComboEditBox: Force pending autocomplete on combobox exit.
1296    
1297     4. IBDynamicGrid and DBControlGrid: Keyhandler now ignores up, down, escape and return keys if
1298     in a TCustomComboBox and ignores return key if in a TCustomMemo
1299    
1300     5. IBLookupComboEditBox: Ensure that KeyValue is set correctly when full text
1301     keyed in i.e. when autocomplete not performed
1302    
1303     6. Cleanup of "Uses" clauses and add console mode support. IBX should now support
1304     console mode applications with all LCL required functions (builtin dialogs and
1305     cursor management) centralised in the IBDialogs unit. As long as "IBDialogs" is
1306     not included in your project, IBX should compile and link with a console mode program.
1307     See consolemode example and its "readme"for further guidence. DO NOT add the ibexpress package to a
1308     console mode application or the IDE will automatically assume that your
1309     application is GUI based. Instead, you should include the ibexpressconsolemode package.
1310    
1311     IMPORTANT NOTE: IBDialogs must be included in GUI applications in order
1312     to use the built in dialogs and cursor management. IBDialogs is
1313     included by default if "ibexpress" is in your project source's "uses" clause.
1314     This should be the case for all projects created through the IDE. This is why
1315     you do not want to add the ibexpress package to console mode applications. The
1316     ibexpressconsolemode package has been created to allow console mode programs
1317     to avoid adding LCL dependencies when using IBX, while still having the
1318     unit search paths set up correctly.
1319    
1320     Existing users should check to ensure that the "ibexpress" unit is included in
1321     each project's source file (*.lpr).
1322    
1323     You may find that in order for the IDE to recognise that ibexpressconsolemode
1324     exists, you have to first open the package in the IDE and then close it. This
1325     adds it to the most recently accessed packages list. To make it permanently
1326     available, add the package name to lazarus' staticpackages.inc file.
1327    
1328     Thanks to Julio Jiménez for suggesting support of console mode.
1329    
1330     7. SQL Parser can now accept quoted strings that include new lines
1331    
1332     8. IBDynamicGrid: Lookup Cell Editor - the cursor is now positioned at end
1333     of text on start of edit. This is particularly useful when tabbing to a
1334     column and then inserting text.
1335    
1336     9. New Examples provided for IB Services and ISQLMonitor.
1337    
1338     10. Fix error when writing to blob streams that recorded only the last buffer
1339     write in the blob stream. In most cases, this did not cause a problem as the
1340     IB Blob Stream is written in a single write. However, with the TDBImage, write
1341     of a graphic type prefix was lost which caused a problem when the image could
1342     not be automatically recognised.
1343    
1344     11. Improve generation of random cursor names in TIBSQL - avoid risk of "cursor
1345     already open" errors due to random numbers used for the cursor name being identical.
1346    
1347     12. IBTable: corrected error that could result in an "Index out of bounds" error
1348     when opening the table and the Primary Key is the last or only column in the
1349     table. Thanks to Rick Hoover for the fix.
1350    
1351     13. Fix TIBDatabase initialisation of lc_ctype under unix. Set to "UTF8" instead
1352     of "UTF-8", and update list of available database character sets. Existing
1353     users should check the current lc_ctype setting in their applications.
1354    
1355     IBX Change Log version (1.2-4) Sat, 09 May 2015 12:38:29 +0100
1356    
1357     1. Firebird Services: avoid List Index error when opening a service with an
1358     empty Params property.
1359    
1360     2. IBControls: Fix problem with new link mechanism introduced in 1.2.3.
1361     Link now set up in Loaded method - avoids occasional failure to apply
1362     SQL markup on initial open.
1363    
1364     3. "Employees" example performance improvements when scrolling.
1365    
1366     4. DBControlGrid: Correctly handle edit panel removal when panel is child control of a
1367     TFrame. Force recaching of selected frame to avoid GTK race (results in a
1368     random image cached).
1369    
1370     5. DBControlGrid: Should now react to changes in panel height at run time.
1371    
1372     6. IBDynamicGrid: Redraws rows below on panel editor hide - avoids blank space at end of grid
1373     even when further rows exist.
1374    
1375     7. DBControlGrid: DefaultRowHeight is no longer a published property as it should
1376     always be derived from panel height and setting this property can cause confusion.
1377     Note for existing projects: to avoid a missing property error at run time,
1378     each form using the DBControlGrid must be opened, updated and saved in the IDE
1379     in order to remove the property value from the lfm.
1380    
1381    
1382     IBX Change Log version (1.2-3) Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:11:17 +0100
1383    
1384     1. TIBStoredProc. Prepare now called by ParamByName to avoid need to always
1385     call Prepare before setting parameter values.
1386    
1387     2. Error message on ParamByName (all cases) not found now includes name of missing parameter.
1388    
1389     3. Code tidyup and more robust handling of dsql information result vector.
1390    
1391     4. Support for centralised handling of transaction status changes. TIBTransaction
1392     has been given additional events "AfterEdit", "AfterInsert", "AfterDelete", "AfterPost"
1393     and "AfterExecQuery". The first three are called after the same event is called
1394     for an IBCustomDataSet descendent using the Transaction. The fourth is called
1395     after a call to TIBSQL.ExecQuery, again using this transaction. These new events
1396     enable monitoring of transaction status changes for a given transaction to be
1397     handled in a single place. For example, when a change to the dataset occurs
1398     an indicator can be set that shows the user that in order to save changes,
1399     the transaction should be committed. Rather than doing this per dataset, this
1400     can now be done per transaction.
1401    
1402     5. TDataSet.CheckBrowseMode automatically posts changes to the current row when
1403     the dataset is scrolled. However, any changes to the current row are, by default,
1404     discarded when the dataset is closed. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery and TIBTable now
1405     have a new property "DataSetCloseAction" that adds automatic posting of changes
1406     on dataset close. If this property is set to dcDiscardChanges (default) then the
1407     behaviour is unchanged from previous versions. if the value is set to dcSaveChanges
1408     then IBX will attempt to post any unsaved changes before the dataset is closed
1409     (and after the BeforeClose event handler is called). The exception is when the
1410     dataset is being closed as a result of a transaction rollback. In this case,
1411     no action is taken and any unsaved changes are discarded. This avoids both
1412     unnecessary overhead and the risk that a validation error may occur in the Post
1413     raising an exception and thereby preventing a rollback.
1414    
1415     6. String Field sizes and Display Widths should now be correct for multi-byte character sets.
1416     In earlier versions, the Display Width was set to the maximum byte width rather than the character
1417     width. Display Widths are now corrected by dividing by the max byte width per character.
1418     For UTF8 character sets, the byte width is four and hence the Display Width will be
1419     the byte width divided by 4. The byte width of each character set is determined
1420     dynamically when the database connection is estabished from the RDB$CHARACTER_SETS
1421     system table. (see also http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=27766).
1422    
1423     7. SQLParser will now correctly parse SQL Text which contains ':' within quoted string.
1424    
1425     8. IBLookupComboEditBox: List should now always be restored to full list when the
1426     control loses focus. Default Key press default interval reduced to 200ms.
1427    
1428     9. DBControlGrid: Ensure that selection is changed to newly appended row, even
1429     when dataset rows are less than visible rows.
1430    
1431     10. IBDynamicGrid: Editor Panel is not shown on indicator click if Datasource
1432     does not exist or DataSet is empty. More responsive on dataset open. New event
1433     OnRestorePosition. Column sort disabled if no header row.
1434    
1435     11. IBTreeView: improved handling of response to "Add Node". Avoid scrolling dataset
1436     while dataset state is dsInsert. Avoids posting errors.
1437    
1438     12. IBControls: New mechanism for distributing UpdateSQL and UpdateParams events. This is to
1439     avoid conflict with DisableControls/EnableControls with Master/Detail linked tables.
1440    
1441     13. IBLookupComboEditBox: Now avoids SQL Errors when combo box text contains single quotes.
1442    
1443     14. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new Event - OnValidatePost. This event has been introduced
1444     to solve a specific problem. That is when the dataset cursor is moved (e.g. by
1445     a grid mouse click and the current row is being edited or inserted. In this case, TDataset
1446     always "posts" the current record regardless or whether or not it may be more appropriate
1447     to cancel any changes; the post occurs before the "BeforeScroll" event fires due to the way the
1448     "MoveBy" function is implemented by TDataSet. The OnValidatePost event is called
1449     as the first action of the "Post" method and allows the handler to convert the Post
1450     into a Cancel if that is the appropriate action on moving to a different row. This is
1451     achieved by returning with "CancelPost" argument set to true. Note that an exception could be
1452     raised here, but it may still be more appropriate to validate a post and signal
1453     a problem in the "BeforePost" event handler. See readme.automaticposts.xhtml)
1454    
1455     15. On Unix derived systems, the Firebird library name can now be given as a colon
1456     separated list. Each library name on the list is tried in turn, in left to right
1457     order with the first found being used as the firebird library. By default, on Linux,
1458     the library name list is 'libfbembed.so.2.5:libfbembed.so.2.1:libfbclient.so.2'. This can be
1459     overidden by the FBLIB environment variable or the OnGetLibraryName function.
1460    
1461     Note: when using the libfbembed.so, if you prefix the database name with "localhost:"
1462     then it will still attempt to access the database via the Firebird Server and will
1463     require a username and password. If only the pathname is given, then the username
1464     and password should be omitted and the unix file permissions are used to grant
1465     access.
1466    
1467     IBX Change Log version (1.2-2) Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:35:04 +0000
1468    
1469     1. A new IBControl - TDBControlGrid has been added. TDBControlGrid a lookalike
1470     rather than a clone for the Delphi TDBCrtlGrid. TDBControlGrid is a single column grid
1471     that replicates a TWinControl - typically a TPanel or a TFrame in each row. Each row
1472     corresponds to a row of the linked DataSource. Any data aware control on the
1473     replicated (e.g.) TPanel will then appear to have the appropriate value for the row.
1474    
1475     2. As suggested by Julio Jiménez, a new property "SQLHourGlass" has been added to TIBDatabase.
1476     When set to false (default true), the Hour Glass cursor is supcpressed and no cursor change
1477     takes place during database access. This may be useful when there are performance issues with
1478     the change of cursor. Setting the property to false suppresses the change of cursor.
1479    
1480     3. As suggested by Julio Jiménez, a new property "AutoCommit" has been added to TIBDataSet, TIBQuery
1481     and TIBTable. When set to acCommitRetaining (Default: acDisabled), a call is made to
1482     Transaction.CommitRetaining immediately after every Post or Delete. This has the effect of
1483     making all changes permanent immediately rather than when the transaction is explicitly
1484     committed.
1485    
1486     4. Experimental support for the Firebird 3 SQL_BOOLEAN type has been added while still
1487     using the legacy Firebird API. Thanks to Gabor Boros for helping to test this feature.
1488    
1489     IBX Change Log version (1.2-1) Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:14:15 +0000
1490    
1491     Development version only.
1492    
1493     IBX Change Log version (1.2-0) Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:34:04 +0000
1494    
1495     1. An internal select SQL Parser is now available for TIBCustomDataset descendents.
1496     This is typically used during an "OnBeforeOpen" event handler to manipulate the
1497     "Where" and "Having" clauses to implement user specified filters of arbitrary
1498     complexity.
1499    
1500     2. A new Component Palette entry "Firebird Data Controls" is now available. This has
1501     three new data aware controls dependent on IBX and which make use of the SQL Parser.
1502     These are:
1503    
1504     - TIBLookupComboEditBox
1505     - TIBDynamicGrid
1506     - TIBTreeview
1507    
1508     TIBLookupComboEditBox is a TDBLookupComboBox descendent that implements "autocomplete"
1509     of typed in text and "autoinsert" of new entries. Autocomplete uses SQL manipulation
1510     to revise the available list and restrict it to items that are prefixed by the
1511     typed text (either case sensitive or case insensitive). Autoinsert allows a
1512     newly typed entry to be added to the list dataset and included in the available
1513     list items.
1514    
1515     TIBDynamicGrid is a TDBGrid descendent that provides for:
1516     - automatic resizing of selected columns to fill the available row length
1517     - automatic positioning and sizing of a "totals" control, typically at the
1518     column footer, on a per column basis.
1519     - DataSet resorting on header row click, sorting the dataset by the selected column.
1520     A second click on the same header cell reversed the sort order.
1521     - Support for a "Panel Editor". That is on clicking the indicator column, the row
1522     is automatically expanded and a panel superimposed on it. The panel can have any
1523     number of child controls, typically data aware controls with the same datasource
1524     as the grid allowing for editing of additional fields and more complex editors.
1525     - Reselection of the same row following resorting.
1526     - A new cell editor that provides the same functionality as TIBLookupComboEditBox.
1527     Its properties are specified on a per column basis and allows for one or more
1528     columns to have their values selected from a list provided by a dataset.
1529     Autocomplete and autoinsert are also available. The existing picklist editor
1530     is unaffected by the extension.
1531    
1532     TIBTreeView is a data aware TCustomTreeView.
1533    
1534     3. When getting a field value using FieldByName.AsVariant, an SQL_INT64 with a
1535     zero scale will no longer return an error. An Int64 will be returned instead.
1536    
1537     4. TIBTransaction now has events for Before and After Transaction End and a new function
1538     "GetEndAction" allowing the EndAction to be accessed by these event handlers.
1539    
1540     5. TIBQuery can now handle correctly queries which contain the same keyword parameter
1541     repeated multiple times.
1542    
1543     6. TIBUpdateSQL will no longer return an error when "RowsAffected" is <> 1. This error
1544     check used to get in the way of using Stored Procedures, and "Update or Insert"
1545     statements.
1546    
1547     7. Insert, Modify and Delete property Editors now support Query Generation from
1548     Stored Procedures.
1549    
1550     8. Three new examples illustrate the use of the new IB Controls
1551    
1552    
1553     IBX Change Log version (1.1-0) Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:01:07 +0100
1554    
1555     1. TIBXSQLVAR code clean up and optimisation to improve client side "prepare" and parameter
1556     setting performance. See "readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.(Thanks to
1557     Gabor Boros for reporting this problem and for testing the improvements).
1558    
1559     2. IBX can now support dialect 3 quoted column names that contain spaces and which differ only in their case.
1560     See readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.
1561    
1562     3. IBX SQL Editors will now automatically add double quotes around column names when the database
1563     dialect is "3" and the column name contains spaces or is a Firebird 2.5 SQL Reserved Word.
1564    
1565     4. Param Type LargeInt now supported in TIBQuery and TIBStoredProc
1566    
1567     5. TIBSQL.ExecQuery retry on failure removed to avoid problems with "at most once"
1568     actions.
1569    
1570     6. TIBTransaction.SetDefaultDatabase uses SetObjectProp instead of mis-using SetOrdProp (with
1571     thanks to Yuriy Kopnin for pointing this out).
1572    
1573     7. GenerateParamName is now a published property of TIBSQL, TIBQuery and TIBDataSet.
1574    
1575     8. varWord, varShortInt and varInt64 added to TIBXSQLVAR.SetAsVariant and hence now available as variant types
1576     for both fields and parameter setting.
1577    
1578     9. Changes to the Select SQL in an IBCustomDataset descendent should now be
1579     visible in the Fields Editor immediately afterwards - rather than only after cycling the "active" property.
1580    
1581     10. TIBSQL SQL editor will operate correctly and not report an SQL syntax error on SQL test,
1582     when DSQL ('?') parameter placeholders are used and the TIBSQL.GenerateParamNames property is set to true.
1583    
1584     11. TIBTable now has a property editor for "MasterFields"
1585    
1586     12. SQL Property Editors now include a checkbox "Allow DSQL Placeholder". This corresponds to the
1587     GenerateParamNames property and should be set when using DSQL (i.e. '?') style parameters.
1588    
1589     13. The IBTransaction editor now has a radio button ("Unspecified") which is set when the combination
1590     of settings is unrecognised. Selecting this radio button has no effect on the settings.
1591    
1592    
1593     IBX Change Log version (1.0-5) Sat, 28 Dec 2013 19:22:23 +0000
1594    
1595     1. TBookmark change conditional compile changed to >= 2.7.0 to match revised availability of change.
1596    
1597     IBX Change Log version (1.0-4) Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:56:13 +0000
1598    
1599     1. In a TIBCustomDataset descendent, a generator now only sets the value when
1600     it is null. This allows for alternative user defined setting of the generator
1601    
1602     Many thanks to Julio Jiménez for this fix
1603    
1604     2. An Error Dialog is now displayed in the Lazarus IDE if IBX cannot find the Firebird Library
1605     and suggests that the user may have forgotten to install it.
1606    
1607     IBX Change Log version (1.0-3) Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:53:39 +0000
1608    
1609     1. Conditional compilation used to limit registration of TIntegerField to
1610     Lazarus versions less than 1.1
1611    
1612     2. When a database connection is created, character set is now by default set
1613     to UTF8 (Unix) or to the current Windows code page (Windows) if in the range
1614     1250 to 1254.
1615    
1616    
1617     IBX Change Log version (1.0-2) Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:10:30 +0100
1618    
1619     1. TBookmark change conditional compile changed to > 2.6.2 to match expected availability of change.
1620    
1621    
1622     IBX Change Log version (1.0-1) Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:00:04 +0100
1623    
1624     1. In IBCustomDataset. Changed CurBookmark from string to TBookmark for compiler versions > 2.6.0
1625     Necessary because of TBookmark type and TDataSet.Bookmark property change in fpc 2.7.1
1626    
1627     2. IBX now registers TIntegerField as a "No Icon" component. This may be removed if the fpc DB
1628     package is changed to do this (which it should do).
1629    
1630     IBX Change Log version (1.0-0) Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:43:00 +0100
1631    
1632     1. Add "if active then active := false" to TIBCustomDataset destructor. (Avoid error on database close).
1633    
1634     2. Make use of $STATIC conditional in IBSQLMonitor (Needed for FPC 2.6.0 compliance)
1635    
1636     3. Database Property Editor: Character Set drop down box now uses "OnChange" rather than "OnCloseUp" to react to changes
1637    
1638     4. Property editors should now correctly resize.
1639    
1640     5. In IBDatabaseEdit.TestClick, the LoginPrompt is now set to the state of the LoginPrompt Checkbox
1641     (restored original functionality)
1642    
1643     6. Under OSX, if IBX fails to load libfbclient.dylib, it will now try and load the firebird
1644     library using the absolute path /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Firebird.

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