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1 < IBX Change Log  version                                  (2.1-1) Sun, 07 Jan 2018 15:15:13 +0000
1 > FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.1-6 Build 12214) Fri, 17 Jul 2020 23:10:11 +0100
2  
3 < 1. IBExtract: Identity columns - add addition check for null column for generator name.
3 > 1. GetImplementationVersion now correctly returns '3.0' for Firebird 3 API
4 >   with a Firebrid 3 client library.
5  
6 < 2. IBCustomDataSet: Insert and Modify (Update) queries now recognise and process SQL RETURNING clauses.
7 <   The main use for this is for Firebird 3 Identity columns (see IBXDocumentation 6.6.8 for further
8 <   information). Values returned as a result of executing an Insert or Update statement
9 <   replace existing values in the current row for each corresponding column.
6 > 2. Linux Only: FIREBIRD environment variable is now checked when loading the client library.
7 >    If a client library path is not explicitly provided and the FIREBIRD environment
8 >    variable is set then the directory given by this variable and any 'lib' subdirectory
9 >    are searched for the Firebird client library. Only if none is found, is the default
10 >    client library used.
11  
12 < 3. The InsertSQL property editor now shows Firebird 3 Identity columns separate from the Field List.
11 <   When InsertSQL is generated, the Identity columns are not included in the list of values to
12 <   be inserted. A RETURNING clause is added to the insert statement to return the value of
13 <   each Identity column after the insert is executed.
12 > 3.  IUtil.FormatStatus now used to format error messages when using new API
13  
14 < 4. TIBGenerator: small performance improvement by not preparing query each time
16 <   a new number is generated.
14 > 4.  Fixed Array SDL: array_desc_scale now correctly encoded as a signed integer.
15  
16 < 5. TIBSQL: Free resources when transaction changed.
16 > 5.  SQL_TEXT handling changed. When the value of an SQL_TEXT (i.e. fixed width string) column is
17 >    returned using GetAsString and the string codepage is UTF8, the string is truncated so
18 >    that the byte length corresponds to the number of characters specified for the column.
19 >    SQL_TEXT strings are no longer automatically trimmed to remove all trailing white space. This is
20 >    correct behaviour but may affect some implementations that relied upon automatic
21 >    trimming of trailing white space.
22  
23 < 6. Property editor will now sync table name to a System Table when "Include System
24 <   Tables" is selected and the query is for a System Table.
23 > 6.  New IFirebirdAPI Calls:
24 >      function GetClientMajor: integer;
25 >      function GetClientMinor: integer;
26  
23 7. Modify Property Editor now generates Update SQL with Computed By fields in Update..Returning clause.
24   Similarly Insert Property Editor now generates Insert SQL with Computed By fields in
25   Insert..Returning clause
27  
28 < IBX Change Log  version                            (2.1-0) Fri, 15 Dec 2017 12:20:11 +0000
28 > FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.1-5 Build 12044) Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:30:01 +0100
29  
30 < 1. IBCustomDataset: Minor change of PChar to PByte for compatibility with fbintf
31 <   changes.
30 > 1. ISQLParams.GetHasCaseSensitiveParams added. Returns true if param names are
31 >   case sensitive
32  
33 < 2. IBCustomDataset: Fixed use of incorrect datasize in TIBStringField.SetAsString.
33 <   Bug could result in truncated multi-byte character set values.
33 > 2. Single line SQL comments starting with '--' are now recognised by SQL Parser.
34  
35 < 3. Changes consequential on moving fbintf character set utility functions from
36 <   IFirebirdAPI to IAttachment.
35 > 3. New API Calls:
36 >        IColumnMetaData.GetStatement
37 >        IColumnMetaData.GetTransaction
38 >        ISQLData.GetStrLength
39 >        IResults.GetStatement
40 >        IAttachment.OpenBlob (using Blob metadata)
41 >        IAttachment.OpenArray (using array metadata)
42  
43 < 4. Avoid "Object is nil" error when opening a database with DefaultSystemCodePage = true
43 > 4. FBMessages: removal of unused messages
44  
45 < 5. IBLookupComboEditBox: avoid race condition when autocompleting text that occasionally
41 <   results in autocomplete ignoring prefix text.
45 > 5. TFBArray.Create (2nd case): ensure that FFirebirdClientAPI is correctly set.
46  
47 < 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: Ensure that cursor is not reset to start of text when
44 <   entering a new name into the text box.
47 > 6. TIBSQLStatementType: SQLSavePoint added to end of enumeration.
48  
49 < 7. IBCustomDataset: ensure that TIBStringField uses the field size reported by
47 <   Firebird rather than recomputing it.
49 > FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.1-4 Build 11515)  Fri, 28 Dec 2018 10:04:19 +0000
50  
51 < 8. Property Editor positioning tidy up: All IBX Property editors should now be
52 <   screen centre. Previously some were "poDesigned" which may be inappropriate
51 <   for multi monitor desktops.
51 > 1. Fix a problem with the SQL parameter parser that failed to recognise parameters
52 >   where the second character of the parameter name is a numeric.
53  
54 < 10. TIBTreeView.FindNode: protect against error if zero length path or empty tree node.
54 > 2. New method for IAttachment: procedure getFBVersion(version: TStrings);
55 >   This returns the isc_version connection information as one or more lines.
56 >   This is the same information as returned by isql with the -z option.
57  
58 < 11. TIBTransaction: On Force Disconnect do not raise an exception when problem ending
59 <    a transaction and always reset the object.
58 > 3. If -dFIREBIRD3APIONLY is used as a compiler option then the legacy Firebird API
59 >   is no longer compiled in. Likewise, if -dLEGACYFIREBIRDAPIONLY is used as a
60 >   compiler option then the Firebird 3 API is no longer compiled in.
61  
62 < 12. TIBQuery tidyup: remove unnecessary call to GetAffectedRows.
62 > 4. IColumnMetaData: new method.
63  
64 < 13. TIBXScript: Allow for override of database filename in Create Database statements.
64 >   TIBDateTimeFormats = (dfTimestamp, {SQL TIMESTAMP}
65 >                        dfDateTime,   {SQL DATETIME}
66 >                        dfTime);
67  
68 < 14. IBLocaldb: Support initialisation of the database from an SQL script in addition
63 <    to a gbak format archive.
68 >   function GetDateTimeStrLength(DateTimeFormat: TIBDateTimeFormats): integer;
69  
70 < 15. IBLocaldb: fix problem that stopped the OnSharedDataDir event from being recognised.
70 >   This returns the max. number of characters returned by the "AsString" method
71 >   when the SQL type of the column is respectively TIMESTAMP, DATETIME or TIME.
72  
73 < 16. IBLocaldb: Drop database if error creating an empty database.
73 > 5. Additional argument for IAttachment.PrepareWithNamedParameters -
74 >     CaseSensitiveParams: boolean = false
75  
76 < 17. TIBTreeView: improve performance when selecting node - avoid refreshing dataset
77 <    unless selected node not in current dataset.
76 >   If this argument is set to true then SQL parameter names are assumed to be case
77 >   sensitive and must be referenced (using ISQLParams.ByName) using the case
78 >   sensitive name.
79  
80 < 18. IBServices: SetDBParams method moved from TCustomIBLocalDBSupport (in IBLocalDB package)
81 <    to TIBCustomService, and IBlocalDB code tidy up.
80 > 6. Bug fix: when setting a query parameter, it is now possible, when the parameter
81 >   is of type VarChar or Char to set the parameter to a numeric value (e.g. using
82 >   .AsCurrency) and then subsequently to update the value to a non-numeric string
83 >   using .AsString.
84  
75 19. IBTreeView: Initialise TIBTreeNode KeyValue to null to avoid unpredictable
76    behaviour due to uninitialised variable.
85  
78 20. IBServices: Correct encoding of isc_spb_prp_write_mode in TIBConfigService from
79    integer to byte. Ditto isc_spb_prp_reserve_space and isc_spb_prp_access_mode.
86  
87 < 21. IBSQL: When Database changed ensure that all resources are freed.
87 > FBINTF Change Log  version                  (1.1-3) Wed, 05 Dec 2018 14:28:10 +0000
88  
89 < 22. IBCustomDataset: When database changed ensure that queries an unprepared.
89 > 1. DARWIN only syntax error: fix missing semi-colon in TFBClientAPI.LoadIBLibrary
90  
91 < 23. SQL Property Editors now use SynEdit with SQL Highlighter. New features include:
92 <    * Line Wrap on SQL Token boundaries (on user command)
87 <    * auto-complete table names in drop down list of table names
88 <    * Double click on tablename or field name adds to SQL text
91 > 2. Restrict IsMultiThread check to Unix only for compatibility with
92 >   https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=30535
93  
94 < 24. IBDataOutput: print statistics using float (%f) format instead of decimal (%d).
94 > 3. New SQL Tokeniser added to IBUtils. This is used to pre-process SQL with
95 >   named parameters and is intended to avoid problems with (e.g.) Execute Block
96 >   and processing internal parameters as statement parameters.
97  
98 < 25. IBTreeView: Call to FindNode: param type change from "array of Variant" to
99 <    TVariantArray. Seems to avoid memory corruption in Windows (probably a
94 <    workaround for a problem in fpc 3.0.4 win64).
98 > 4. New interface IFirebirdLibrary provides access to the underlying firebird DLL
99 >   or shared object. Available via a new member (GetFBLibrary) of IFirebirdAPI.
100  
101 < 26. IBDatabaseInfo: Code tidy up. Add check for database not assigned or not open.
101 > 5. New function added to IB.pas
102  
103 < 27. IBDatabaseInfo: Remove memory leak when accessing database operation counts.
103 >   function LoadFBLibrary(aLibPathName: string): IFirebirdLibrary
104  
105 < IBX Change Log  version                   (2.0-2) Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:17:53 +0000
105 >   This allows a Firebird Library to be loaded from an explicit path. use the
106 >   IFirebirdLibrary.GetFirebirdAPI member function to get the Firebird API using
107 >   the library. It is possible to load Firebird libraries from different locations
108 >   simultaneously, each with a distinct IFirebirdAPI.
109  
110 < 1. TIBDatabase.CreateDatabase: extract full DB Name from SQL using reg ex in order to
103 <   include remote system name.
110 > FBINTF Change Log  version               (1.1-2) Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:30:32 +0100
111  
112 < 2. TIBExtract: No longer include comment header and COMMIT statement for empty
113 <   tables when data included in output.
112 > 1. Firebird.pas: {$OBJECTCHECKS OFF} added to file to avoid runtime error when
113 >   program compiled with -CR command line switch.
114  
115 < 3. Profiling: IBSQL now has conditional compilation flags to enable query performance
116 <   and timing information to be written to stdout. This may be used to locate
117 <   performance bottlenecks.
115 > 2. IServiceManager additions (informational):
116 >    function getProtocol: TProtocol;
117 >    function getPortNo: AnsiString;
118  
119 < 4. SQLParser: only call "OnChanging" event handler when value is different.
119 > 3. IServiceManager improved error handling. Interfaces changed:
120 >    function Start(Request: ISRB; RaiseExceptionOnError: boolean=true): boolean;
121 >    function Query(SQPB: ISQPB; Request: ISRB; RaiseExceptionOnError: boolean=true) :IServiceQueryResults; overload;
122 >    function Query(Request: ISRB; RaiseExceptionOnError: boolean=true) :IServiceQueryResults; overload;
123  
124 < 5. IBDynamicGrid: Update handling of navigation keys for a TDateEdit
124 > 4. IAttachment addition (informational)
125 >    function GetSecurityDatabase: AnsiString;
126  
127 < 6. IBCustomDataset: Set internalunprepared flag when transaction ends. This ensures
128 <   that BindFields is called when the query is next activated. Avoids FieldName
129 <   not found error.
127 > 5. IStatement: performance counters now updated after each Fetch. GetPerfStatistics
128 >   thus now returns accumulated stats for a select statement from opening a cursor
129 >   up to the last fetch.
130  
131 < 7. IBUpdate: This is a new IBX component similar to TIBUpdateSQL. It is more general
132 <   purpose and allows the programmer to define any action they want for Update, Insert
122 <   or Delete. This may be complex SQL (similar to a Trigger), application specific
123 <   filtering of updates, or use of statements such as Grant or Revoke instead of
124 <   normal DML. See User Manual for more information.
131 > 6. DARWIN: uloadlibrary.inc bug fix. Many thanks to Luigi Naimi for correcting
132 >   the problem.
133  
134 < IBX Change Log  version                  (2.0-1) Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:31:49 +0000
134 > 7. Type change: "TPerfCounters = array[TPerfStats] of Int64". Note "Int64"
135 >   replaces deprecated "comp" type.
136  
137 < 1. TIBEvents: Fix uninitialised variable that could result in lost events.
137 > 10. Testsuite Test10 updated to include thread synchronisation for event reporting.
138  
139 < 2. TIBExtract: Added support for FB3 "USAGE" privilege.
139 > 11. URL Connection Strings: inet4 and inet6 now recognised.
140  
141 < 3. TIBExtract: data formatted as Charset set "octets" is now output using
133 <   hexadecimal notation.
141 > 12. IBUtils: Parse and Make Connect String now recognise URL style loopback syntax.
142  
143 < 4. TIBExtract: Binary Blobs and array data can now be embedded in INSERT statements
136 <   using a simple XML format.
143 > 13. IAttachment.CharSetName2CharSetID is now performed case insensitive.
144  
138 5. TIBExtract: extract of individual Triggers and Stored Procedures can now include
139   grants to these objects.
145  
146 < 6. TIBExtract: Stored Procedures and Views output in dependency order to avoid
142 <   dependency problems restoring complex databases.
146 > FBINTF Change Log  version (1.1-1) Tue, 27 Feb 2018 16:51:16 +0000
147  
148 < 7. TIBXScript: This component has been restructured to allow for the processing of
145 <   embedded XML in INSERT statements and to support interactive sources in addition
146 <   to non-interactive data sources such as files.
148 > 1. IBUtils.QuoteIdentifierIfNeeded: Add check for space character.
149  
150 < 8. TIBXScript: CREATE DATABASE, DROP DATABASE, CONNECT statements are now supported.
150 > 2. IAttachment: add two new methods
151 >     function HasDefaultCharSet: boolean;
152 >     function GetDefaultCharSetID: integer;
153  
154 < 9. TIBXScript: ISQL compatiable Set statements are now supported:
155 <   SET SQL DIALECT
156 <   SET TERM
157 <   SET AUTODDL
154 <   SET BAIL
155 <   SET ECHO
156 <   SET COUNT
157 <   SET STATS
158 <   SET NAMES <character set>
154 >   These return, respectively, true if a connection default character set was
155 >   specified and the character set id of the connection default character set.
156 >   The DefaultCharSetID is cached when the connection is opened and hence does not
157 >   require a database lookup.
158  
159 < 10. IBVersion unit added to hold current IBX Version Number information.
159 > 3. Avoid exception when a text blob is a stored procedure parameter.
160  
161 < 11. TIBExtract: Use character rather than byte length for VarChar procedure arguments.,
163 <    and domain definitions.
161 > 4. Update test suite to include a test for a stored proc returning a text blob.
162  
163 < 12. TIBExtract: Triggers now use SQL2003 syntax and database and transaction triggers
164 <    fully supported.
163 > 5. IAttachment: add
164 >      function GetRemoteProtocol: AnsiString;
165 >      function GetODSMajorVersion: integer;
166 >      function GetODSMinorVersion: integer;
167 >      function GetAuthenticationMethod: AnsiString;
168  
169 < 13. TIBExtract: when a database dump includes data, the generator values are now also set.
169 >   These results are cached when the connection is opened and hence do not
170 >   require a database lookup.
171  
172 < 14: IBSQLEdit: Unit LCLPlatformDef added to uses clauses for lazarus 1.7 and later.
172 > 6. IAttachment: add "function GetConnectString: AnsiString;" This returns the
173 >   connect string used to create/connect to the database.
174  
175 < IBX Change Log  version     (2.0-0) Tue, 06 Dec 2016 10:33:44 +0000
175 > 7. IAttachment: Create Database using SQL statement. The username and password
176 >   are now extracted and used to populate a DPB made available via IAttachment.getDPB.
177 >   It is now possible to use IAttachment disconnect/connect to reconnect to
178 >   a database for which the initial connection was established by a create
179 >   database sql statement. Available in FPC only.
180  
181 < See also doc/IBX4LazarusGuide.pdf for important information on
175 < upgrading to IBX2.
181 > 8. Update Test 1 to test 5, 6 and 7 above.
182  
183 < 1. Size property of TIBStringField is now the width in characters of the field
178 <   and not the byte length. This applies only to multi-byte character sets such
179 <   as UTF8. The original approach aligned with TStringField. However, the TStringField
180 <   code is not recognised as a bug and hence this change to align the behaviour.
181 <   The TStringField change is expected in fpc 3.2.0.
183 > 9. IBUtils code tidy up.
184  
185 < 2. A new property AutoFieldSize: boolean has been added to TIBStringField. When
186 <   true (default) then Size property value saved in the lfm is ignored. Size is
187 <   always set from the dynamic information read from the database. It is unclear
188 <   why anyone would want to override this and set Size to false.
185 > 10. Parameter Block interfaces "find" method. As documented, this should have
186 >   returned a nil interface when the item could not be found. Instead, an empty
187 >   interface item was returned. "Find" now works as documented and will return
188 >   a nil interface if the item cannot be found.
189  
190 < 3. ibxscript: should now handle correctly a Case..End statement within a procedure
189 <   block.
190 > 11. DBInformation: support added for isc_info_active_tran_count and isc_info_creation_date.
191  
192 < 4. IBDatabase: new property - CreateIfNotExists. If true and database does not
193 <   exist when an attempt is made to connect to it (run time only) then an attempt
194 <   is made to create the database.
192 > 12. DBInformation: New interfaces: IDIRB and IDIRBItem added to support DB Information
193 >    requests with additional parameters. This is to enable support for fb_info_page_contents
194 >    (return of page contents). Response to fb_info_page_contents returned as
195 >    a string with code page CP_NONE.
196  
197 < 5. IBDatabase: new event - OnCreateDatabase. This event is called after a database
198 <   has been successfully created as a result of a call to CreateDatabase or when
197 <   creating a database after it was found not to exist.
197 > 13. DBInformation: Support for fb_info_pages_used and fb_info_pages_free added, plus
198 >    test suite updated.
199  
200 < 6.  DBControlGrid: a race condition could result in the wrong row image being
201 <    written to the cache. This has been avoided by a trip round the message
201 <    loop before rendering the row image.
200 > 14. DBInformation: Support for fb_info_crypt_key (Firebird 3.0.3 onwards) added as
201 >    a string type, and fb_info_conn_flags (Firebird 3.0.3 onwards) added as an integer type.
202  
203 < 7.  DBControlGrid: It is strongly recommended not to open the source DataSet for
204 <    a DBControlGrid during a Form's "OnShow" event handler. Under GTK2 this is
205 <    known to risk corrupt rendering of row images when the control is first
206 <    displayed. If necessary use "Application.QueueAsyncCall" to delay opening
207 <    of the dataset (see DBControlGrid examples) until the Form's Window has been created.
203 > 15. Service Manager: List of protocols supported expanded to include inet, wnet and xnet.
204 >    An overloaded version of IIFirebirdAPI.GetServiceManager also allows a non
205 >    default connection port to be specified.
206  
207 < 8.  DBControlGrid & IBDynamicGrid: Navigation keys should now work correctly with
210 <    a TDateEdit control located on an editor panel.
207 > FBINTF Change Log  version                             (1.1-0) Sun, 07 Jan 2018 15:20:02 +0000
208  
209 < 9.  TIBExtract: brought up-to-date plus many bug fixes.
209 > 1. Fix issues with setting SQL Param values using SetAsString with Numeric types.
210 >   Scale is no longer ignored.
211  
212 < 10. DBControlGrid: Removed memory leak when updating rows.
212 > 2. Fix issues with setting SQL Param values using SetAsString with Date values
213 >   not in locale format but which are recognised by Firebird. Date values that
214 >   cannot be converted to a string using Pascal library are now passed through
215 >   to Firebird as Text Strings.
216  
217 < 11. TIBCMLocalDBSupport: fixed invalid free on upgrade.
217 > 3. Lookup character set name by codepage amended to ensure that CP_UTF8 returns
218 >   UTF8 and not UNICODE_FSS.
219  
220 < IBX Change Log  version                                           (1.4-3) Thu, 22 Sep 2016 18:10:15 +0100
220 > 4. Charset ID problem. When using Firebird 3, with no default database character set
221 >   and a column has a non-default collation specified, an incorrect character set
222 >   id was being reported that could result in a 'division by zero' error when
223 >   used by IBX. This has now been fixed.
224  
225 < 1. IBCustomDataset: When calling SetCodePage, no longer request transliteration
226 <   when target codepage is CP_NONE. This is a workaround for
227 <   http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=30622.
225 > 5. Move GetCharsetName, CharSetID2CodePage, CodePage2CharSetID, CharSetName2CharSetID,
226 >   CharSetWidth from IFirebirdAPI to IAttachment. This is a better data model as
227 >   the character sets supported can be updated on a per database basis. That is
228 >   it is possible to add a (Firebird) user defined character set to a database.
229  
230 < 2. DBLog option removed from TIBStatisticalService - not supported by server
231 <   since Firebird 1.5.
230 > 6. Add RegisterCharSet to IAttachment. This is used to register a user defined character
231 >   set supported by Firebird with the API.
232  
233 < 3. ibxscript: An error is no longer generated for "on commit preserve rows" or
234 <   similar.
233 > 7. Add missing isc_info_db_read_only to list of decoded Database Information items
234 >   in FBOutputBlock.pas and update test suite to include this item.
235  
236 < 4. IBCodePage: updated mapping between codepages and character id.
236 > 8. FB30Client: avoid always using "StartMultiple" when only a single database attachment.
237  
238 < 5. ftWideString and ftWideMemo withdrawn. There is no UTF16 character set in
239 <   Firebird. Character sets with a char width of two are not UTF16.
238 > 9. Loading Windows fbclient.dll: when using the FIREBIRD variable to locate the client
239 >   library or finding it by disk location, the PATH environment variable is now also set to
240 >   include the FIREBIRD directory. This is to ensure that the correct dlls in the
241 >   firebird client library dependencies are loaded.
242  
243 < 6. Strings received from the database are now always transliterated into UTF8
236 <   regardless of the database character set or connection character set. This
237 <   is for compatibility with the LCL.
243 > 10. Testsuite: Ensure consistent UTF-8 output on Windows console.
244  
245 < IBX Change Log  version  (1.4-2) Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:25:27 +0100
245 > 11. Testsuite: Update Windows script to include FPC 3.0.4 in search path.
246  
247 < 1. IBBlob: Defer reading of blob until read method called. This avoids having to
242 <   read in an entire blob just to get the size of the blob. General performance
243 <   improvement when opening datasets containing blobs.
247 > 12. FB30Statement: Protect call to "Move" and avoid calling with a nil pointer
248  
249 < 2. Clearing a  Blob now sets the corresponding field's modified flag.
249 > 13. FB30Statement: A check has been added to ensure that all SQL Parameters
250 >    have been given a value (including NULL). Previously, failing to set the
251 >    value of an SQL Parameter could give rise to unpredictable results or
252 >    an SQLDA error.
253  
254 < 3. IBLookupCombo: When not performing auto-complete, original query sort order
248 <   is now used.
254 > 14. FB30Statement/FB25Statement: Set SQLParam "modified" when string value set.
255  
256 < 4. IBDynamicGrid: Add OnSelectEditor event. Allows editor panel to be dynamically
257 <   determined.
256 > 15. FBAttachment: Avoid string reference count error when processing an Ansistring
257 >    parameter in an array of const passed to IAttachment.OpenCursor, etc.
258  
259 < 5. IBDynamicGrid: Recompute column widths after dataset closed and re-opened.
259 > 16. FBAttachment: Allow for WideString and UnicodeString parameters in an array
260 >    of const passed to IAttachment.OpenCursor, etc.
261  
255 6. IBLookupCombo: LazUTF8 added to uses clause to avoid compilation problems post
256   lazarus 1.6.0
262  
263 < 7. IBControls. Removed "runtime" from list of paths to avoid "multiple packages"
259 <   compilation error.
263 > FBINTF Change Log  version             (1.0-2) Sat, 04 Mar 2017 14:43:56 +0000
264  
265 < IBX Change Log  version                                 (1.4-1) Tue, 17 May 2016 09:14:51 +0100
265 > 1. Change syntax to Mode Delphi
266  
267 < 1. No character set specified for connection: when a text blob is retrieved, the
268 <  character set is determined by looking up the native character set using then
265 <  Firebird API. Otherwise a text mode blob is assumed to have the same character
266 <  set as the connection.
267 > 2. Change all uses of string type to explicit AnsiString in order to ensure
268 >   compatibility between Delphi and FPC.
269  
270 < 2. TIBGUIInterface: this is an internal interface. Minor type changes to allow
271 <   for Login Dialog returing a change to the database path.
270 > 3. Various syntax changes to ensure Delphi and FPC compilation including GUIDs
271 >   defined for each interface.
272  
273 < 3. Design Time Database and Server login Dialogs now allow the Database Name/Server Name
272 <   to be changed from that given in the TIBDatabase/TIBServer component and for the
273 <   entered value to be saved on a project specific basis (design time only).
273 > 4. Generics syntax variations for Delphi added
274  
275 < 4. IBDynamicGrid: TDBLookupCellEditor now compares its DataFieldName with the
276 <   column fieldname. If they are the same then it is acts as a look up for the KeyValue
277 <   Otherwise, it sets the column text to the selected ListField Value.
275 > 5. PChar replaced with PByte expect where an actual string is being referenced,
276 >   where PAnsiChar is used instead.
277  
278 < 5. IBDynamicGrid: Only visible columns are now taken into account When recalculating
280 <   column width.
278 > 6. Review of type definitions in IBExternals to ensure Delphi compatibility
279  
280 < 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: Fix error with autocomplete query when a RelationName is given
283 <   and a case insensitive search is requested.
280 > 7. Testsuite updated for Delphi
281  
282 < 7. IBDynamicGrid: No longer ignores notifications removing Column Totals controls
286 <   or column ListSource.
282 > FBINTF Change Log  version            (1.0-1) Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:17:57 +0000
283  
284 < 8. IBQuery: no longer performs unnecessary refresh of SQL Text (and hence avoids an
285 <   unprepare) when closing and the text has not changed.
284 > 1. Limit maximum Blob segment read/write to MaxuShort. Avoids data loss with
285 >   large blobs and the FB3 API.
286  
287 < 9. IBSQL: Base the cursor name on a GUID instead of a hexstr version of the class pointer.
288 <   Less likely to cause a cursor re-use error on Windows.
287 > 2. Update Event Handling algorithm to avoid looping due to recreation of the
288 >   event block.
289  
290 < 10.SV5IPC: include workaround for OSX. FPC 3.0.0 has broken ipc module for darwin.
295 <   Expected to be fixed in 3.0.2. Hence workaround only applies to 3.0.0.
290 > 3. Avoid invalid XSQLDA error when the only parameter is updated to null
291  
292 < 11. TIBTreeView: Guard against nil destination on record changed
292 > 4. Array Handling: fix problem with text arrays with character set none. When the
293 >   DB connection has a default character set (e.g. UTF8), an error is raised by
294 >   Firebird if the space allocated is not enough to allow for transliteration, even
295 >   though it is not required for character set none.
296  
297 < 12. AnsiString Code page support: TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString now return a
300 <    string type with the code page set to reflect the returned field encoding after
301 <    Firebird driver transliteration, if any.  FPC 3.0.0 onwards only. Behaviour unchanged for
302 <    earlier versions.
297 > 5. IBUtils: List of reserved words brought up-to-date
298  
299 < 13. AnsiString Code page support: Assigning to TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString
305 <    will now result in transliteration to the code page specified for the Firebird driver
306 <    if the assigned string has a different code page. FPC 3.0.0 onwards only.
299 > 6. Add ISQL style performance statistics collection to IStatement
300  
301 < 14. TIBDatabase: new property UseDefaultSystemCodePage. When set any lc_ctype parameter
302 <    is ignored and the lc_ctype value, when the database is opened, is set to align with
310 <    the DefaultSystemCodePage (FPC 3.0.0 onwards). Normally, this is what you want and should ensure
311 <    platform independence. Note: this applies to FPC 3.0.0 and earlier versions. Pre FPC
312 <    3.0.0, when this property is true, the lc_ctype is UTF8 except under windows when
313 <    the GETACP is used to determine the Windows code page.
301 > 7. Add IFirebirdAPI.CreateDatabase variant to allow execution of user provided
302 >   CREATE DATABASE statement.
303  
304 < 15. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCharSetName. This is the Firebird character set
305 <    name used as the lc_ctype when the database was opened. Only valid while the
317 <    Database is connected.
304 > 8. Update SQL Statement parsing to allow for Array Dimensions. That is so that the ':' in
305 >   an array dimension is not mistaken for a named parameter prefix.
306  
307 < 16. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCodePage (FPC >=3.0.0 only). This is the codepage
308 <    id that corresponds to the DefaultCharSetName.
307 > 9. Trim function no longer applied to result of GetAsString for SQL_TEXT
308 >   when Character set is octets. Avoids loss of non printable characters at start of string.
309  
310 < IBX Change Log  version                          (1.4-0) Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:44:24 +0000
310 > 10. Add function GetPerfStatistics to IStatement. This returns ISQL like performance
311 >    statistics for the last action. Requires use of procedure IStatement.EnableStatistics
312 >    to enable stats gathering.
313  
314 < 1. Unix: If Firebird Embedded Server shared object is loaded and a local database
325 <   path is given and database attach fails due to access permission issues on the
326 <   temp directory or security database, then the attach is retried with "localhost:"
327 <   prefixing the databasename. This should avoid problems when the database has to
328 <   be accessed by a local (e.g. classic) server and libfbembed is used.
314 > 11. API Version information added as constants to IB.pas
315  
316 < 2. Windows: revised search order for Firebird DLL:
331 <     i.   The Firebird Embedded Server in the application Directory.
332 <     ii.  If the FIREBIRD environment variable is set then the directory this
333 <          points to is searched for the FB Client DLL and then then underlying
334 <          "bin" directory.
335 <     iii. Registry Key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Firebird Project\Firebird Server\Instances
336 <          is used to locate the Firebird installation directory and the underlying
337 <          "bin" directory is searched for the FB Client DLL.
338 <     iv.  The Default installation directories C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_2_x
339 <          are searched for the FB Client DLL.
340 <     v.   The PATH Environment variable is used to search for the FB Client DLL.
341 <     vi.  Finally the  PATH Environment variable is used to search for IBASE.DLL.
316 > 12. BlobMetaData character set id should now be the same as that given by IColumnMetaData.GetCharSetID
317  
318 < 3. New Component: TIBXScript. This is an ISQL compatible SQL script execution engine.
344 <   See doc/readme.scriptengine and example applications.
318 > 13. Firebird Character set "NONE" now interpreted as codepage CP_ACP.
319  
320 < 4. New Component: TIBlocalDBSupport. This is a TIBDatabase support component intended to
347 <   simplify the use of the embedded firebird server on both Linux and Windows platforms.
348 <   See dpc/readme.localdatabase and example applications.
320 > FBINTF Change Log  version                                      (1.0-0) Tue, 06 Dec 2016 10:33:47 +0000
321  
322 < 5. IBDynamicGrid: Reordering on column header click should now also work for
351 <   dynamic columns.
322 > 1. Initial Release
323  
353 6. ISQLMonitor: (Windows only). Mutex added to TMultilockGate to avoid race condition
354   between incrementing/decrementing the lock count and signalling the event.
355
356 IBX Change Log  version           (1.3-2) Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:39:54 +0000
357
358 1.3.2 was never formally released and only made available as beta copies.
359
360 1. DBControlGrid,IBDynamicGrid: Ignore down arrow and up arrow in TCustomMemo
361
362 2. IBDynamicGrid: Now deals correctly with a single column grid which has no indicator and autosize column
363
364 3. IBLookupComboEditBox: reset timer on each key press - avoids timer going off too early
365
366 4. IBDynamicGrid: Call event OnUpdateSortOrder even when aliasname not found in dataset
367   i.e. when it is a calculated field
368
369 5. IBDynamicGrid: Fix problem selecting a different row when expanded row at end of grid.
370   This problem was due to a race condition between recalculating row heights and
371   determining which row was selected by the mouse click. The row height calculation
372   is now deferred by an extra trip round the message loop allowing the row to
373   be always calculated on the current grid layout rather than risking it being
374   calculated on the grid layout after the expanded row has been shrunk.
375
376 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: avoid race condition between cm_killfocus and cm_exit on
377   Windows.
378
379 7. TIBStringField: Now has two new public properties: CharacterSetName: string and CharacterSetSize: integer;
380   These properties allow the (Firebird) character set name for the field and the max number of bytes per character
381   to be determined at runtime. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
382
383 8. TIBWideStringField: This is a new field type with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
384   TWideStringField. This field type is used with the character size reported by Firebird is two. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
385
386 9. TIBMemoField and TIBWideMemoField: new field types with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
387   TMemoField and TWideMemoField respectively. These field types are used with Blob subtype 1 and a characterset size of
388   1, 3 or 4 (TIBMemoField) or 2 (TIBWideMemoField). See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
389
390   Both also have a new published property "DisplayTextAsClassName". If false (default) the displaytext is generated
391   from the blob text by truncating the string to the displaywidth (in characters not bytes). A displaywidth of zero
392   implies no truncation.
393
394 10. IBLookupComboEditBox: Force autocomplete when EditingDone called and timer active.
395
396 11. IBDynamicGrid: Call DataSet.Append when entering edit mode and dataset empty and not in insert state
397   (avoids "Not in Edit Mode" error).
398
399 12. IBDynamicGrid: Correctly resize grid when one column width plus indicator.
400
401 13. IBDynamicGrid: Ensure Editor Panel has focus when shown - avoids Windows API calling
402    DBGrid.DoExit on subsequent mouse click (e.g. on child control such as a tabbed page control.
403
404 14. IBDynamicGrid: ignore up, down tab and return when editorpanel open and focus in a TCustomGrid descendent.
405
406 15. DBControlGrid: Stop flashing grid when dataset closed and then re-opened while DisabledControls
407
408 16. IBQuery: Bug fixed that prevented SQL being set programmatically once the Parser had been invoked.
409
410 17. IBCustomDataSet: On close, parser is now freed and Select SQL reverts to value before DataSet Opened.
411
412 IBX Change Log  version        (1.3-1) Sat, 18 Jul 2015 13:30:50 +0100
413
414 1.   OnCloseUp Event Handler added to TDBLookupProperties
415
416 2.   IBDynamicGrid: Call to OnEditorPanelHide is now last editor hide action - avoids
417     problem with row size when exception is called.
418
419 3.   IBLookupComboEditBox: Force pending autocomplete on combobox exit.
420
421 4.   IBDynamicGrid and DBControlGrid: Keyhandler now ignores up, down, escape and return keys if
422     in a TCustomComboBox and ignores return key if in a TCustomMemo
423
424 5.   IBLookupComboEditBox: Ensure that KeyValue is set correctly when full text
425     keyed in i.e. when autocomplete not performed
426
427 6.   Cleanup of "Uses" clauses and add console mode support. IBX should now support
428     console mode applications with all LCL required functions (builtin dialogs and
429     cursor management) centralised in the  IBDialogs unit. As long as "IBDialogs" is
430     not included in your project, IBX should compile and link with a console mode program.
431     See consolemode example and its "readme"for further guidence. DO NOT add the ibexpress package to a
432     console mode application or the IDE will automatically assume that your
433     application is GUI based. Instead, you should include the ibexpressconsolemode package.
434
435     IMPORTANT NOTE: IBDialogs must be included in GUI applications in order
436     to use the built in dialogs and cursor management. IBDialogs is
437     included by default if "ibexpress" is in your project source's "uses" clause.
438     This should be the case for all projects created through the IDE. This is why
439     you do not want to add the ibexpress package to console mode applications. The
440     ibexpressconsolemode package has been created to allow console mode programs
441     to avoid adding LCL dependencies when using IBX, while still having the
442     unit search paths set up correctly.
443
444     Existing users should check to ensure that the "ibexpress" unit is included in
445     each project's source file (*.lpr).
446
447     You may find that in order for the IDE to recognise that ibexpressconsolemode
448     exists, you have to first open the package in the IDE and then close it. This
449     adds it to the most recently accessed packages list. To make it permanently
450     available, add the package name to lazarus' staticpackages.inc file.
451
452         Thanks to Julio Jiménez for suggesting support of console mode.
453
454 7.   SQL Parser can now accept quoted strings that include new lines
455
456 8.   IBDynamicGrid: Lookup Cell Editor - the cursor is now positioned at end
457     of text on start of edit. This is particularly useful when tabbing to a
458     column and then inserting text.
459
460 9.   New Examples provided for IB Services and ISQLMonitor.
461
462 10. Fix error when writing to blob streams that recorded only the last buffer
463    write in the blob stream. In most cases, this did not cause a problem as the
464    IB Blob Stream is written in a single write. However, with the TDBImage, write
465    of a graphic type prefix was lost which caused a problem when the image could
466        not be automatically recognised.
467
468 11. Improve generation of random cursor names in TIBSQL - avoid risk of "cursor
469    already open" errors due to random numbers used for the cursor name being identical.
470
471 12. IBTable: corrected error that could result in an "Index out of bounds" error
472    when opening the table and the Primary Key is the last or only column in the
473    table. Thanks to Rick Hoover for the fix.
474
475 13. Fix TIBDatabase initialisation of lc_ctype under unix. Set to "UTF8" instead
476    of "UTF-8", and update list of available database character sets. Existing
477    users should check the current lc_ctype setting in their applications.
478
479 IBX Change Log  version  (1.2-4) Sat, 09 May 2015 12:38:29 +0100
480
481 1.  Firebird Services: avoid List Index error when opening a service with an
482    empty Params property.
483
484 2.  IBControls: Fix problem with new link mechanism introduced in 1.2.3.
485    Link now set up in Loaded method - avoids occasional failure to apply
486    SQL markup on initial open.
487
488 3.  "Employees" example performance improvements when scrolling.
489
490 4.  DBControlGrid: Correctly handle edit panel removal when panel is child control of a
491    TFrame. Force recaching of selected frame to avoid GTK race (results in a
492    random image cached).
493
494 5.  DBControlGrid: Should now react to changes in panel height at run time.
495
496 6.  IBDynamicGrid: Redraws rows below on panel editor hide - avoids blank space at end of grid  
497    even when further rows exist.
498
499 7.  DBControlGrid: DefaultRowHeight is no longer a published property as it should
500    always be derived from panel height and setting this property can cause confusion.
501    Note for existing projects: to avoid a missing property error at run time,
502    each form using the DBControlGrid must be opened, updated and saved in the IDE
503    in order to remove the property value from the lfm.
504
505
506 IBX Change Log  version (1.2-3) Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:11:17 +0100
507
508 1.  TIBStoredProc. Prepare now called by ParamByName to avoid need to always
509    call Prepare before setting parameter values.
510
511 2.  Error message on ParamByName (all cases) not found now includes name of missing parameter.
512
513 3.  Code tidyup and more robust handling of dsql information result vector.
514
515 4.  Support for centralised handling of transaction status changes. TIBTransaction
516    has been given additional events "AfterEdit", "AfterInsert", "AfterDelete", "AfterPost"
517    and "AfterExecQuery". The first three are called after the same event is called
518    for an IBCustomDataSet descendent using the Transaction. The fourth is called
519    after a call to TIBSQL.ExecQuery, again using this transaction. These new events
520    enable monitoring of transaction status changes for a given transaction to be
521    handled in a single place. For example, when a change to the dataset occurs
522    an indicator can be set that shows the user that in order to save changes,
523    the transaction should be committed.  Rather than doing this per dataset, this
524    can now be done per transaction.
525
526 5.  TDataSet.CheckBrowseMode automatically posts changes to the current row when
527    the dataset is scrolled. However, any changes to the current row are, by default,
528    discarded when the dataset is closed. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery and TIBTable now
529    have a new property "DataSetCloseAction" that adds automatic posting of changes
530    on dataset close. If this property is set to dcDiscardChanges (default) then the
531    behaviour is unchanged from previous versions. if the value is set to dcSaveChanges
532    then IBX will attempt to post any unsaved changes before the dataset is closed
533    (and after the BeforeClose event handler is called). The exception is when the
534    dataset is being closed as a result of a transaction rollback. In this case,
535    no action is taken and any unsaved  changes are discarded. This avoids both
536    unnecessary overhead and the risk that a validation error may occur in the Post
537    raising an exception and thereby preventing a rollback.
538
539 6.  String Field sizes and Display Widths should now be correct for multi-byte character sets.
540    In earlier versions, the Display Width was set to the maximum byte width rather than the character
541    width. Display Widths are now corrected by dividing by the max byte width per character.
542    For UTF8 character sets, the byte width is four and hence the Display Width will be
543    the byte width divided by 4. The byte width of each character set is determined
544    dynamically when the database connection is estabished from the RDB$CHARACTER_SETS
545    system table. (see also http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=27766).
546
547 7.  SQLParser will now correctly parse SQL Text which contains ':' within quoted string.
548
549 8.  IBLookupComboEditBox: List should now always be restored to full list when the
550    control loses focus. Default Key press default interval reduced to 200ms.
551
552 9.  DBControlGrid: Ensure that selection is changed to newly appended row, even
553    when dataset rows are less than visible rows.
554
555 10. IBDynamicGrid: Editor Panel is not shown on indicator click if Datasource
556    does not exist or DataSet is empty. More responsive on dataset open. New event
557    OnRestorePosition. Column sort disabled if no header row.
558
559 11. IBTreeView: improved handling of response to "Add Node". Avoid scrolling dataset
560    while dataset state is dsInsert. Avoids posting errors.
561
562 12. IBControls: New mechanism for distributing UpdateSQL and UpdateParams events. This is to
563    avoid conflict with DisableControls/EnableControls with Master/Detail linked tables.
564
565 13. IBLookupComboEditBox: Now avoids SQL Errors when combo box text contains single quotes.
566
567 14. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new Event - OnValidatePost. This event has been introduced
568    to solve a specific problem. That is when the dataset cursor is moved (e.g. by
569    a grid mouse click and the current row is being edited or inserted. In this case, TDataset
570    always "posts" the current record regardless or whether or not it may be more appropriate
571    to cancel any changes; the post occurs before the "BeforeScroll" event fires due to the way the
572    "MoveBy" function is implemented by TDataSet. The OnValidatePost event is called
573    as the first action of the "Post" method and allows the handler to convert the Post
574    into a Cancel if that is the appropriate action on moving to a different row. This is
575    achieved by returning with "CancelPost" argument set to true. Note that an exception could be
576    raised here, but it may still be more appropriate to validate a post and signal
577    a problem in the "BeforePost" event handler. See readme.automaticposts.xhtml)
578
579 15. On Unix derived systems, the Firebird library name can now be given as a colon
580    separated list. Each library name on the list is tried in turn, in left to right
581    order with the first found being used as the firebird library. By default, on Linux,
582    the library name list is 'libfbembed.so.2.5:libfbembed.so.2.1:libfbclient.so.2'. This can be
583    overidden by the FBLIB environment variable or the OnGetLibraryName function.
584
585    Note: when using the libfbembed.so, if you prefix the database name with "localhost:"
586    then it will still attempt to access the database via the Firebird Server and will
587    require a username and password. If only the pathname is given, then the username
588    and password should be omitted and the unix file permissions are used to grant
589    access.
590
591 IBX Change Log  version  (1.2-2) Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:35:04 +0000
592
593 1.  A new IBControl - TDBControlGrid has been added. TDBControlGrid a lookalike
594    rather than a clone for the Delphi TDBCrtlGrid. TDBControlGrid is a single column grid
595    that replicates a TWinControl - typically a TPanel or a TFrame in each row. Each row
596    corresponds to a row of the linked DataSource. Any data aware control on the
597    replicated (e.g.) TPanel will then appear to have the appropriate value for the row.
598
599 2. As suggested by Julio Jiménez, a new property "SQLHourGlass" has been added to TIBDatabase.
600   When set to false (default true), the Hour Glass cursor is supcpressed and no cursor change
601   takes place during database access. This may be useful when there are performance issues with
602   the change of cursor. Setting the property to false suppresses the change of cursor.
603
604 3. As suggested by Julio Jiménez, a new property "AutoCommit" has been added to TIBDataSet, TIBQuery
605   and TIBTable. When set to acCommitRetaining (Default: acDisabled), a call is made to
606   Transaction.CommitRetaining immediately after every Post or Delete. This has the effect of
607   making all changes permanent immediately rather than when the transaction is explicitly
608   committed.
609
610 4. Experimental support for the Firebird 3 SQL_BOOLEAN type has been added while still
611   using the legacy Firebird API. Thanks to Gabor Boros for helping to test this feature.
612
613 IBX Change Log  version      (1.2-1) Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:14:15 +0000
614
615 Development version only.
616
617 IBX Change Log  version   (1.2-0) Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:34:04 +0000
618
619 1. An internal select SQL Parser is now available for TIBCustomDataset descendents.
620   This is typically used during an "OnBeforeOpen" event handler to manipulate the
621   "Where" and "Having" clauses to implement user specified filters of arbitrary
622   complexity.
623
624 2. A new Component Palette entry "Firebird Data Controls" is now available. This has
625   three new data aware controls dependent on IBX and which make use of the SQL Parser.
626   These are:
627
628   - TIBLookupComboEditBox
629   - TIBDynamicGrid
630   - TIBTreeview
631
632   TIBLookupComboEditBox is a TDBLookupComboBox descendent that implements "autocomplete"
633   of typed in text and "autoinsert" of new entries. Autocomplete uses SQL manipulation
634   to revise the available list and restrict it to items that are prefixed by the
635   typed text (either case sensitive or case insensitive). Autoinsert allows a
636   newly typed entry to be added to the list dataset and included in the available
637   list items.
638
639   TIBDynamicGrid is a TDBGrid descendent that provides for:
640   - automatic resizing of selected columns to fill the available row length
641   - automatic positioning and sizing of a "totals" control, typically at the
642     column footer, on a per column basis.
643   - DataSet resorting on header row click, sorting the dataset by the selected column.
644     A second click on the same header cell reversed the sort order.
645   - Support for a "Panel Editor". That is on clicking the indicator column, the row
646     is automatically expanded and a panel superimposed on it. The panel can have any
647     number of child controls, typically data aware controls with the same datasource
648     as the grid allowing for editing of additional fields and more complex editors.
649   - Reselection of the same row following resorting.
650   - A new cell editor that provides the same functionality as TIBLookupComboEditBox.
651     Its properties are specified on a per column basis and allows for one or more
652     columns to have their values selected from a list provided by a dataset.
653     Autocomplete and autoinsert are also available. The existing picklist editor
654     is unaffected by the extension.
655
656   TIBTreeView is a data aware TCustomTreeView.
657
658 3. When getting a field value using FieldByName.AsVariant, an SQL_INT64 with a
659   zero scale will no longer return an error. An Int64 will be returned instead.
660
661 4. TIBTransaction now has events for Before and After Transaction End and a new function
662   "GetEndAction" allowing the EndAction to be accessed by these event handlers.
663
664 5. TIBQuery can now handle correctly queries which contain the same keyword parameter
665   repeated multiple times.
666
667 6. TIBUpdateSQL will no longer return an error when "RowsAffected" is <> 1. This error
668   check used to get in the way of using Stored Procedures, and "Update or Insert"
669   statements.
670
671 7. Insert, Modify and Delete property Editors now support Query Generation from
672   Stored Procedures.
673
674 8. Three new examples illustrate the use of the new IB Controls
675
676
677 IBX Change Log  version  (1.1-0) Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:01:07 +0100
678
679 1. TIBXSQLVAR code clean up and optimisation to improve client side "prepare" and parameter
680   setting performance. See "readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.(Thanks to
681   Gabor Boros for reporting this problem and for testing the improvements).
682
683 2. IBX can now support dialect 3 quoted column names that contain spaces and which differ only in their case.
684   See readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.
685
686 3. IBX SQL Editors will now automatically add double quotes around column names when the database
687   dialect is "3" and the column name contains spaces or is a Firebird 2.5 SQL Reserved Word.
688
689 4. Param Type LargeInt now supported in TIBQuery and TIBStoredProc
690
691 5. TIBSQL.ExecQuery retry on failure removed to avoid problems with "at most once"
692   actions.
693
694 6. TIBTransaction.SetDefaultDatabase uses SetObjectProp instead of mis-using SetOrdProp (with
695   thanks to Yuriy Kopnin for pointing this out).
696
697 7. GenerateParamName is now a published property of TIBSQL, TIBQuery and TIBDataSet.
698
699 8. varWord, varShortInt and varInt64 added to TIBXSQLVAR.SetAsVariant and hence now available as variant types
700   for both fields and parameter setting.
701
702 9. Changes to the Select SQL in an IBCustomDataset descendent should now be
703   visible in the Fields Editor immediately afterwards - rather than only after cycling the "active" property.
704
705 10. TIBSQL SQL editor will operate correctly and not report an SQL syntax error on SQL test,
706    when DSQL ('?') parameter placeholders are used and the TIBSQL.GenerateParamNames property is set to true.
707
708 11. TIBTable now has a property editor for "MasterFields"
709
710 12. SQL Property Editors now include a checkbox "Allow DSQL Placeholder". This corresponds to the
711    GenerateParamNames property and should be set when using DSQL (i.e. '?') style parameters.
712
713 13. The IBTransaction editor now has a radio button ("Unspecified") which is set when the combination
714    of settings is unrecognised. Selecting this radio button has no effect on the settings.
715  
716
717 IBX Change Log  version                 (1.0-5) Sat, 28 Dec 2013 19:22:23 +0000
718
719 1. TBookmark change conditional compile changed to >= 2.7.0 to match revised availability of change.
720
721 IBX Change Log  version          (1.0-4) Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:56:13 +0000
722
723 1. In a TIBCustomDataset descendent, a generator now only sets the value when
724   it is null. This allows for alternative user defined setting of the generator
725
726   Many thanks to Julio Jiménez for this fix
727
728 2. An Error Dialog is now displayed in the Lazarus IDE if IBX cannot find the Firebird Library
729   and suggests that the user may have forgotten to install it.
730
731 IBX Change Log  version         (1.0-3) Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:53:39 +0000
732
733 1. Conditional compilation used to limit registration of TIntegerField to
734   Lazarus versions less than 1.1
735
736 2. When a database connection is created, character set is now by default set
737   to UTF8 (Unix) or to the current Windows code page (Windows) if in the range
738   1250 to 1254.
739
740
741 IBX Change Log  version     (1.0-2) Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:10:30 +0100
742
743 1. TBookmark change conditional compile changed to > 2.6.2 to match expected availability of change.
744
745
746 IBX Change Log  version    (1.0-1) Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:00:04 +0100
747
748 1. In IBCustomDataset. Changed CurBookmark from string to TBookmark for compiler versions > 2.6.0
749   Necessary because of TBookmark type and TDataSet.Bookmark property change in fpc 2.7.1
750
751 2. IBX now registers TIntegerField as a "No Icon" component. This may be removed if the fpc DB
752   package is changed to do this (which it should do).
753
754 IBX Change Log  version (1.0-0)  Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:43:00 +0100
755
756 1. Add "if active then active := false" to TIBCustomDataset destructor. (Avoid error on database close).
757
758 2. Make use of $STATIC conditional in IBSQLMonitor (Needed for FPC 2.6.0 compliance)
759
760 3. Database Property Editor: Character Set drop down box now uses "OnChange" rather than "OnCloseUp" to react to changes
761
762 4. Property editors should now correctly resize.
763
764 5. In IBDatabaseEdit.TestClick, the LoginPrompt is now set to the state of the LoginPrompt Checkbox
765   (restored original functionality)
766
767 6. Under OSX, if IBX fails to load libfbclient.dylib, it will now try and load the firebird
768   library using the absolute path /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Firebird.

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