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1 < IBX Change Log  version                                                    (1.2-2) Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:35:04 +0000
1 > FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.1-5 Build 12044) Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:30:01 +0100
2  
3 < 1.  A new IBControl - TDBControlGrid has been added. TDBControlGrid a lookalike
4 <    rather than a clone for the Delphi TDBCrtlGrid. TDBControlGrid is a single column grid
5 <    that replicates a TWinControl - typically a TPanel or a TFrame in each row. Each row
6 <    correspondes to a row of the linked DataSource. Any data aware control on the
7 <    replicated (e.g.) TPanel will then appear to have the appropriate value for the row.
3 > 1. ISQLParams.GetHasCaseSensitiveParams added. Returns true if param names are
4 >   case sensitive
5  
6 < 2. As suggested by Julio Jiménez, a new property "SQLHourGlass" has been added to TIBDatabase.
10 <   When set to false (default true), the Hour Glass cursor is supcpressed and no cursor change
11 <   takes place during database access. This may be useful when there are performance issues with
12 <   the change of cursor. Setting the property to false suppresses the change of cursor.
6 > 2. Single line SQL comments starting with '--' are now recognised by SQL Parser.
7  
8 < 3. As suggested by Julio Jiménez, a new property "AutoCommit" has been added to TIBDataSet, TIBQuery
9 <   and TIBTable. When set to acCommitRetaining (Default: acDisabled), a call is made to
10 <   Transaction.CommitRetaining immediately after every Post or Delete. This has the effect of
11 <   making all changes permanent immediately rather than when the transaction is explicitly
12 <   committed.
8 > 3. New API Calls:
9 >        IColumnMetaData.GetStatement
10 >        IColumnMetaData.GetTransaction
11 >        ISQLData.GetStrLength
12 >        IResults.GetStatement
13 >        IAttachment.OpenBlob (using Blob metadata)
14 >        IAttachment.OpenArray (using array metadata)
15  
16 < 4. Experimental support for the Firebird 3 SQL_BOOLEAN type has been added while still
21 <   using the legacy Firebird API. Thanks to Gabor Boros for helping to this feature.
16 > 4. FBMessages: removal of unused messages
17  
18 < IBX Change Log  version                                                   (1.2-1) Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:14:15 +0000
18 > 5. TFBArray.Create (2nd case): ensure that FFirebirdClientAPI is correctly set.
19  
20 < Development version only.
20 > 6. TIBSQLStatementType: SQLSavePoint added to end of enumeration.
21  
22 < IBX Change Log  version                                      (1.2-0) Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:34:04 +0000
22 > FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.1-4 Build 11515)  Fri, 28 Dec 2018 10:04:19 +0000
23  
24 < 1. An internal select SQL Parser is now available for TIBCustomDataset descendents.
25 <   This is typically used during an "OnBeforeOpen" event handler to manipulate the
31 <   "Where" and "Having" clauses to implement user specified filters of arbitrary
32 <   complexity.
24 > 1. Fix a problem with the SQL parameter parser that failed to recognise parameters
25 >   where the second character of the parameter name is a numeric.
26  
27 < 2. A new Component Palette entry "Firebird Data Controls" is now available. This has
28 <   three new data aware controls dependent on IBX and which make use of the SQL Parser.
29 <   These are:
27 > 2. New method for IAttachment: procedure getFBVersion(version: TStrings);
28 >   This returns the isc_version connection information as one or more lines.
29 >   This is the same information as returned by isql with the -z option.
30  
31 <   - TIBLookupComboEditBox
32 <   - TIBDynamicGrid
33 <   - TIBTreeview
31 > 3. If -dFIREBIRD3APIONLY is used as a compiler option then the legacy Firebird API
32 >   is no longer compiled in. Likewise, if -dLEGACYFIREBIRDAPIONLY is used as a
33 >   compiler option then the Firebird 3 API is no longer compiled in.
34  
35 <   TIBLookupComboEditBox is a TDBLookupComboBox descendent that implements "autocomplete"
43 <   of typed in text and "autoinsert" of new entries. Autocomplete uses SQL manipulation
44 <   to revise the available list and restrict it to items that are prefixed by the
45 <   typed text (either case sensitive or case insensitive). Autoinsert allows a
46 <   newly typed entry to be added to the list dataset and included in the available
47 <   list items.
35 > 4. IColumnMetaData: new method.
36  
37 <   TIBDynamicGrid is a TDBGrid descendent that provides for:
38 <   - automatic resizing of selected columns to fill the available row length
39 <   - automatic positioning and sizing of a "totals" control, typically at the
52 <     column footer, on a per column basis.
53 <   - DataSet resorting on header row click, sorting the dataset by the selected column.
54 <     A second click on the same header cell reversed the sort order.
55 <   - Support for a "Panel Editor". That is on clicking the indicator column, the row
56 <     is automatically expanded and a panel superimposed on it. The panel can have any
57 <     number of child controls, typically data aware controls with the same datasource
58 <     as the grid allowing for editing of additional fields and more complex editors.
59 <   - Reselection of the same row following resorting.
60 <   - A new cell editor that provides the same functionality as TIBLookupComboEditBox.
61 <     Its properties are specified on a per column basis and allows for one or more
62 <     columns to have their values selected from a list provided by a dataset.
63 <     Autocomplete and autoinsert are also available. The existing picklist editor
64 <     is unaffected by the extension.
37 >   TIBDateTimeFormats = (dfTimestamp, {SQL TIMESTAMP}
38 >                        dfDateTime,   {SQL DATETIME}
39 >                        dfTime);
40  
41 <   TIBTreeView is a data aware TCustomTreeView.
41 >   function GetDateTimeStrLength(DateTimeFormat: TIBDateTimeFormats): integer;
42  
43 < 3. When getting a field value using FieldByName.AsVariant, an SQL_INT64 with a
44 <   zero scale will no longer return an error. An Int64 will be returned instead.
43 >   This returns the max. number of characters returned by the "AsString" method
44 >   when the SQL type of the column is respectively TIMESTAMP, DATETIME or TIME.
45  
46 < 4. TIBTransaction now has events for Before and After Transaction End and a new function
47 <   "GetEndAction" allowing the EndAction to be accessed by these event handlers.
46 > 5. Additional argument for IAttachment.PrepareWithNamedParameters -
47 >     CaseSensitiveParams: boolean = false
48  
49 < 5. TIBQuery can now handle correctly queries which contain the same keyword parameter
50 <   repeated multiple times.
49 >   If this argument is set to true then SQL parameter names are assumed to be case
50 >   sensitive and must be referenced (using ISQLParams.ByName) using the case
51 >   sensitive name.
52  
53 < 6. TIBUpdateSQL will no longer return an error when "RowsAffected" is <> 1. This error
54 <   check used to get in the way of using Stored Procedures, and "Update or Insert"
55 <   statements.
53 > 6. Bug fix: when setting a query parameter, it is now possible, when the parameter
54 >   is of type VarChar or Char to set the parameter to a numeric value (e.g. using
55 >   .AsCurrency) and then subsequently to update the value to a non-numeric string
56 >   using .AsString.
57  
81 7. Insert, Modify and Delete property Editors now support Query Generation from
82   Stored Procedures.
58  
84 8. Three new examples illustrate the use of the new IB Controls
59  
60 + FBINTF Change Log  version                  (1.1-3) Wed, 05 Dec 2018 14:28:10 +0000
61  
62 < IBX Change Log  version                      (1.1-0) Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:01:07 +0100
62 > 1. DARWIN only syntax error: fix missing semi-colon in TFBClientAPI.LoadIBLibrary
63  
64 < 1. TIBXSQLVAR code clean up and optimisation to improve client side "prepare" and parameter
65 <   setting performance. See "readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.(Thanks to
91 <   Gabor Boros for reporting this problem and for testing the improvements).
64 > 2. Restrict IsMultiThread check to Unix only for compatibility with
65 >   https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=30535
66  
67 < 2. IBX can now support dialect 3 quoted column names that contain spaces and which differ only in their case.
68 <   See readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.
67 > 3. New SQL Tokeniser added to IBUtils. This is used to pre-process SQL with
68 >   named parameters and is intended to avoid problems with (e.g.) Execute Block
69 >   and processing internal parameters as statement parameters.
70  
71 < 3. IBX SQL Editors will now automatically add double quotes around column names when the database
72 <   dialect is "3" and the column name contains spaces or is a Firebird 2.5 SQL Reserved Word.
71 > 4. New interface IFirebirdLibrary provides access to the underlying firebird DLL
72 >   or shared object. Available via a new member (GetFBLibrary) of IFirebirdAPI.
73  
74 < 4. Param Type LargeInt now supported in TIBQuery and TIBStoredProc
74 > 5. New function added to IB.pas
75  
76 < 5. TIBSQL.ExecQuery retry on failure removed to avoid problems with "at most once"
102 <   actions.
76 >   function LoadFBLibrary(aLibPathName: string): IFirebirdLibrary
77  
78 < 6. TIBTransaction.SetDefaultDatabase uses SetObjectProp instead of mis-using SetOrdProp (with
79 <   thanks to Yuriy Kopnin for pointing this out).
78 >   This allows a Firebird Library to be loaded from an explicit path. use the
79 >   IFirebirdLibrary.GetFirebirdAPI member function to get the Firebird API using
80 >   the library. It is possible to load Firebird libraries from different locations
81 >   simultaneously, each with a distinct IFirebirdAPI.
82  
83 < 7. GenerateParamName is now a published property of TIBSQL, TIBQuery and TIBDataSet.
83 > FBINTF Change Log  version               (1.1-2) Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:30:32 +0100
84  
85 < 8. varWord, varShortInt and varInt64 added to TIBXSQLVAR.SetAsVariant and hence now available as variant types
86 <   for both fields and parameter setting.
85 > 1. Firebird.pas: {$OBJECTCHECKS OFF} added to file to avoid runtime error when
86 >   program compiled with -CR command line switch.
87  
88 < 9. Changes to the Select SQL in an IBCustomDataset descendent should now be
89 <   visible in the Fields Editor immediately afterwards - rather than only after cycling the "active" property.
88 > 2. IServiceManager additions (informational):
89 >    function getProtocol: TProtocol;
90 >    function getPortNo: AnsiString;
91  
92 < 10. TIBSQL SQL editor will operate correctly and not report an SQL syntax error on SQL test,
93 <    when DSQL ('?') parameter placeholders are used and the TIBSQL.GenerateParamNames property is set to true.
92 > 3. IServiceManager improved error handling. Interfaces changed:
93 >    function Start(Request: ISRB; RaiseExceptionOnError: boolean=true): boolean;
94 >    function Query(SQPB: ISQPB; Request: ISRB; RaiseExceptionOnError: boolean=true) :IServiceQueryResults; overload;
95 >    function Query(Request: ISRB; RaiseExceptionOnError: boolean=true) :IServiceQueryResults; overload;
96  
97 < 11. TIBTable now has a property editor for "MasterFields"
97 > 4. IAttachment addition (informational)
98 >    function GetSecurityDatabase: AnsiString;
99  
100 < 12. SQL Property Editors now include a checkbox "Allow DSQL Placeholder". This corresponds to the
101 <    GenerateParamNames property and should be set when using DSQL (i.e. '?') style parameters.
100 > 5. IStatement: performance counters now updated after each Fetch. GetPerfStatistics
101 >   thus now returns accumulated stats for a select statement from opening a cursor
102 >   up to the last fetch.
103  
104 < 13. The IBTransaction editor now has a radio button ("Unspecified") which is set when the combination
105 <    of settings is unrecognised. Selecting this radio button has no effect on the settings.
125 <  
104 > 6. DARWIN: uloadlibrary.inc bug fix. Many thanks to Luigi Naimi for correcting
105 >   the problem.
106  
107 < IBX Change Log  version                 (1.0-5) Sat, 28 Dec 2013 19:22:23 +0000
107 > 7. Type change: "TPerfCounters = array[TPerfStats] of Int64". Note "Int64"
108 >   replaces deprecated "comp" type.
109  
110 < 1. TBookmark change conditional compile changed to >= 2.7.0 to match revised availability of change.
110 > 10. Testsuite Test10 updated to include thread synchronisation for event reporting.
111  
112 < IBX Change Log  version          (1.0-4) Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:56:13 +0000
112 > 11. URL Connection Strings: inet4 and inet6 now recognised.
113  
114 < 1. In a TIBCustomDataset descendent, a generator now only sets the value when
134 <   it is null. This allows for alternative user defined setting of the generator
114 > 12. IBUtils: Parse and Make Connect String now recognise URL style loopback syntax.
115  
116 <   Many thanks to Julio Jiménez for this fix
116 > 13. IAttachment.CharSetName2CharSetID is now performed case insensitive.
117  
138 2. An Error Dialog is now displayed in the Lazarus IDE if IBX cannot find the Firebird Library
139   and suggests that the user may have forgotten to install it.
118  
119 < IBX Change Log  version         (1.0-3) Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:53:39 +0000
119 > FBINTF Change Log  version (1.1-1) Tue, 27 Feb 2018 16:51:16 +0000
120  
121 < 1. Conditional compilation used to limit registration of TIntegerField to
144 <   Lazarus versions less than 1.1
121 > 1. IBUtils.QuoteIdentifierIfNeeded: Add check for space character.
122  
123 < 2. When a database connection is created, character set is now by default set
124 <   to UTF8 (Unix) or to the current Windows code page (Windows) if in the range
125 <   1250 to 1254.
123 > 2. IAttachment: add two new methods
124 >     function HasDefaultCharSet: boolean;
125 >     function GetDefaultCharSetID: integer;
126  
127 +   These return, respectively, true if a connection default character set was
128 +   specified and the character set id of the connection default character set.
129 +   The DefaultCharSetID is cached when the connection is opened and hence does not
130 +   require a database lookup.
131  
132 < IBX Change Log  version     (1.0-2) Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:10:30 +0100
132 > 3. Avoid exception when a text blob is a stored procedure parameter.
133  
134 < 1. TBookmark change conditional compile changed to > 2.6.2 to match expected availability of change.
134 > 4. Update test suite to include a test for a stored proc returning a text blob.
135  
136 + 5. IAttachment: add
137 +      function GetRemoteProtocol: AnsiString;
138 +      function GetODSMajorVersion: integer;
139 +      function GetODSMinorVersion: integer;
140 +      function GetAuthenticationMethod: AnsiString;
141  
142 < IBX Change Log  version    (1.0-1) Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:00:04 +0100
142 >   These results are cached when the connection is opened and hence do not
143 >   require a database lookup.
144  
145 < 1. In IBCustomDataset. Changed CurBookmark from string to TBookmark for compiler versions > 2.6.0
146 <   Necessary because of TBookmark type and TDataSet.Bookmark property change in fpc 2.7.1
145 > 6. IAttachment: add "function GetConnectString: AnsiString;" This returns the
146 >   connect string used to create/connect to the database.
147  
148 < 2. IBX now registers TIntegerField as a "No Icon" component. This may be removed if the fpc DB
149 <   package is changed to do this (which it should do).
148 > 7. IAttachment: Create Database using SQL statement. The username and password
149 >   are now extracted and used to populate a DPB made available via IAttachment.getDPB.
150 >   It is now possible to use IAttachment disconnect/connect to reconnect to
151 >   a database for which the initial connection was established by a create
152 >   database sql statement. Available in FPC only.
153  
154 < IBX Change Log  version (1.0-0)  Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:43:00 +0100
154 > 8. Update Test 1 to test 5, 6 and 7 above.
155  
156 < 1. Add "if active then active := false" to TIBCustomDataset destructor. (Avoid error on database close).
156 > 9. IBUtils code tidy up.
157  
158 < 2. Make use of $STATIC conditional in IBSQLMonitor (Needed for FPC 2.6.0 compliance)
158 > 10. Parameter Block interfaces "find" method. As documented, this should have
159 >   returned a nil interface when the item could not be found. Instead, an empty
160 >   interface item was returned. "Find" now works as documented and will return
161 >   a nil interface if the item cannot be found.
162  
163 < 3. Database Property Editor: Character Set drop down box now uses "OnChange" rather than "OnCloseUp" to react to changes
163 > 11. DBInformation: support added for isc_info_active_tran_count and isc_info_creation_date.
164  
165 < 4. Property editors should now correctly resize.
165 > 12. DBInformation: New interfaces: IDIRB and IDIRBItem added to support DB Information
166 >    requests with additional parameters. This is to enable support for fb_info_page_contents
167 >    (return of page contents). Response to fb_info_page_contents returned as
168 >    a string with code page CP_NONE.
169  
170 < 5. In IBDatabaseEdit.TestClick, the LoginPrompt is now set to the state of the LoginPrompt Checkbox
171 <   (restored original functionality)
170 > 13. DBInformation: Support for fb_info_pages_used and fb_info_pages_free added, plus
171 >    test suite updated.
172 >
173 > 14. DBInformation: Support for fb_info_crypt_key (Firebird 3.0.3 onwards) added as
174 >    a string type, and fb_info_conn_flags (Firebird 3.0.3 onwards) added as an integer type.
175 >
176 > 15. Service Manager: List of protocols supported expanded to include inet, wnet and xnet.
177 >    An overloaded version of IIFirebirdAPI.GetServiceManager also allows a non
178 >    default connection port to be specified.
179 >
180 > FBINTF Change Log  version                             (1.1-0) Sun, 07 Jan 2018 15:20:02 +0000
181 >
182 > 1. Fix issues with setting SQL Param values using SetAsString with Numeric types.
183 >   Scale is no longer ignored.
184 >
185 > 2. Fix issues with setting SQL Param values using SetAsString with Date values
186 >   not in locale format but which are recognised by Firebird. Date values that
187 >   cannot be converted to a string using Pascal library are now passed through
188 >   to Firebird as Text Strings.
189 >
190 > 3. Lookup character set name by codepage amended to ensure that CP_UTF8 returns
191 >   UTF8 and not UNICODE_FSS.
192 >
193 > 4. Charset ID problem. When using Firebird 3, with no default database character set
194 >   and a column has a non-default collation specified, an incorrect character set
195 >   id was being reported that could result in a 'division by zero' error when
196 >   used by IBX. This has now been fixed.
197 >
198 > 5. Move GetCharsetName, CharSetID2CodePage, CodePage2CharSetID, CharSetName2CharSetID,
199 >   CharSetWidth from IFirebirdAPI to IAttachment. This is a better data model as
200 >   the character sets supported can be updated on a per database basis. That is
201 >   it is possible to add a (Firebird) user defined character set to a database.
202 >
203 > 6. Add RegisterCharSet to IAttachment. This is used to register a user defined character
204 >   set supported by Firebird with the API.
205 >
206 > 7. Add missing isc_info_db_read_only to list of decoded Database Information items
207 >   in FBOutputBlock.pas and update test suite to include this item.
208 >
209 > 8. FB30Client: avoid always using "StartMultiple" when only a single database attachment.
210 >
211 > 9. Loading Windows fbclient.dll: when using the FIREBIRD variable to locate the client
212 >   library or finding it by disk location, the PATH environment variable is now also set to
213 >   include the FIREBIRD directory. This is to ensure that the correct dlls in the
214 >   firebird client library dependencies are loaded.
215 >
216 > 10. Testsuite: Ensure consistent UTF-8 output on Windows console.
217 >
218 > 11. Testsuite: Update Windows script to include FPC 3.0.4 in search path.
219 >
220 > 12. FB30Statement: Protect call to "Move" and avoid calling with a nil pointer
221 >
222 > 13. FB30Statement: A check has been added to ensure that all SQL Parameters
223 >    have been given a value (including NULL). Previously, failing to set the
224 >    value of an SQL Parameter could give rise to unpredictable results or
225 >    an SQLDA error.
226 >
227 > 14. FB30Statement/FB25Statement: Set SQLParam "modified" when string value set.
228 >
229 > 15. FBAttachment: Avoid string reference count error when processing an Ansistring
230 >    parameter in an array of const passed to IAttachment.OpenCursor, etc.
231 >
232 > 16. FBAttachment: Allow for WideString and UnicodeString parameters in an array
233 >    of const passed to IAttachment.OpenCursor, etc.
234 >
235 >
236 > FBINTF Change Log  version             (1.0-2) Sat, 04 Mar 2017 14:43:56 +0000
237 >
238 > 1. Change syntax to Mode Delphi
239 >
240 > 2. Change all uses of string type to explicit AnsiString in order to ensure
241 >   compatibility between Delphi and FPC.
242 >
243 > 3. Various syntax changes to ensure Delphi and FPC compilation including GUIDs
244 >   defined for each interface.
245 >
246 > 4. Generics syntax variations for Delphi added
247 >
248 > 5. PChar replaced with PByte expect where an actual string is being referenced,
249 >   where PAnsiChar is used instead.
250 >
251 > 6. Review of type definitions in IBExternals to ensure Delphi compatibility
252 >
253 > 7. Testsuite updated for Delphi
254 >
255 > FBINTF Change Log  version            (1.0-1) Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:17:57 +0000
256 >
257 > 1. Limit maximum Blob segment read/write to MaxuShort. Avoids data loss with
258 >   large blobs and the FB3 API.
259 >
260 > 2. Update Event Handling algorithm to avoid looping due to recreation of the
261 >   event block.
262 >
263 > 3. Avoid invalid XSQLDA error when the only parameter is updated to null
264 >
265 > 4. Array Handling: fix problem with text arrays with character set none. When the
266 >   DB connection has a default character set (e.g. UTF8), an error is raised by
267 >   Firebird if the space allocated is not enough to allow for transliteration, even
268 >   though it is not required for character set none.
269 >
270 > 5. IBUtils: List of reserved words brought up-to-date
271 >
272 > 6. Add ISQL style performance statistics collection to IStatement
273 >
274 > 7. Add IFirebirdAPI.CreateDatabase variant to allow execution of user provided
275 >   CREATE DATABASE statement.
276 >
277 > 8. Update SQL Statement parsing to allow for Array Dimensions. That is so that the ':' in
278 >   an array dimension is not mistaken for a named parameter prefix.
279 >
280 > 9. Trim function no longer applied to result of GetAsString for SQL_TEXT
281 >   when Character set is octets. Avoids loss of non printable characters at start of string.
282 >
283 > 10. Add function GetPerfStatistics to IStatement. This returns ISQL like performance
284 >    statistics for the last action. Requires use of procedure IStatement.EnableStatistics
285 >    to enable stats gathering.
286 >
287 > 11. API Version information added as constants to IB.pas
288 >
289 > 12. BlobMetaData character set id should now be the same as that given by IColumnMetaData.GetCharSetID
290 >
291 > 13. Firebird Character set "NONE" now interpreted as codepage CP_ACP.
292 >
293 > FBINTF Change Log  version                                      (1.0-0) Tue, 06 Dec 2016 10:33:47 +0000
294 >
295 > 1. Initial Release
296  
177 6. Under OSX, if IBX fails to load libfbclient.dylib, it will now try and load the firebird
178   library using the absolute path /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Firebird.

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