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1 < IBX Change Log  version                                        (2.2-0) Sat, 20 Jan 2018 12:09:59 +0000
1 > IBX Change Log  version (2.5-0 Build 13868) Fri, 29 Jul 2022 09:52:01 +0100
2 >
3 > 1. TIBTransaction: new properties
4 >    property TransactionID: integer read GetTransactionID;
5 >    property IsReadOnly: boolean read GetIsReadOnly;
6 >    {published}
7 >    property TransactionName: string read FTransactionName write SetTransactionName;
8 >
9 > 2. IBCustomDataset: per row blob and array buffer cached clear before processing
10 >   Insert or Update...Returning. This allows blobs and arrays to be returned
11 >   by the statement.
12 >
13 > 3. TSQLXMLReader moved from IBXScript to package fbintf unit IBUtils.
14 >
15 > 4. TransactionName initialised to a newly generated GUID if empty.
16 >
17 > 5. New unit: IBJournal. This provides the TIBJournal component which is a wrapper
18 >   for the fbintf package's journaling capability. TIBJournal is used to set the
19 >   file path and filename for the journal file and to Enabled (start journaling) and
20 >   disable (stop journaling). See fbintf/doc/README.ClientSideJournaling.pdf for
21 >   more information, and comments in IBJournal.pas.
22 >
23 > 6. TIBDatabase.InternalTransaction is now a read only transaction.
24 >
25 > 7. Bug fix: blob id no longer set to null on update when blob has not been
26 >   retrieved.
27 >
28 > 8. Row auto refreshed on update/insert if blob or array field updated and field
29 >   not in a returning clause.
30 >
31 > 9. ColumnCount moved from record buffer header to a single per dataset count. Reduces
32 >   buffer overhead and avoids problem when refresh query has a different column
33 >   count to select query i.e. incorrectly changing number of columns.
34 >
35 > 10. IBExtract: support added for UDR Functions, Procedure and Trigger declarations.
36 >
37 > 11. TIBDatabaseInfo. New property FirebirdVersion. This returns the current Firebird version
38 >    string. Note that the Version property returns an InterBase compatible version string.
39 >
40 > 12. IBExtract: ensure sql identifiers returned as a LIST are always quoted.
41 >
42 > IBX Change Log  version (2.5-0 Build 12933) Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:59:54 +0000
43 >
44 > 1. IBCustomDataset: Modify TISQL component now defaults to GoToFirstRecordOnExecute := true.
45 >   This is for compatibility with Firebird 5 where Update...Returning can return
46 >   a cursor.
47 >
48 > IBX Change Log  version (2.4-3 Build 12886) Sat, 23 Oct 2021 14:58:30 +0100
49 >
50 > 1. Add try-..except check when initially loading library in IDE. This should
51 > ensure that IDE continues to load even when a failure occurs in IBX load
52 > library.
53 >
54 > 2. IBXScript: now recognises a CASE...END block within a stored procedure and
55 >   hence will correctly detect end of the outer containing block when the block
56 >   contains a SELECT ... CASE ... END construct.
57 >
58 > 3. IBExtract: some further tidying up to remove extraneous white space.
59 >
60 > 4. IBCustomDataSet: DefaultFieldClasses array declaration updated to avoid compile time
61 >   errors when extra elements are added to DB.TFieldType.
62 >
63 > 5. IBUpdate: updated to reflect changes to ISQLParam.
64 >
65 > 6. IBXScript: now correctly parses a DECLARE statement which includes a quoted string.
66 >
67 > 7. IBExtract: for ODS >=13, increment generator value by one for ALTER SEQUENCE statement.
68 >
69 > 8. IBSQL: Support for scrollable cursors added (note: local databases only)
70 >
71 > IBX Change Log  version (2.4-2 Build 12773) Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:59:42 +0100
72 >
73 > 1. TIBDatabaseInfo: review and tidy-up of property types. Most widen to int64 with the
74 >   exception of those defined to be one byte wide e.g. DBImplementationNo.
75 >
76 > 2. TIBSQL: Batch Update/Insert support added.
77 >
78 > 3. TIBStoredProc: when generating the SQL, the value of the StoredProcName property
79 >   is no longer automatically converted to upper case when it is syntactically a
80 >   SQL Identifier. This is to support the use of stored procedures defined e.g.
81 >   as CREATE PROCEDURE "iCASE".
82 >
83 >   There could be a backwards compatibility issue when the StoredProcName was entered
84 >   manually at design time. That is not selected from the drop down list. If the
85 >   StoredProcName is entered in mixed case and the procedure was declared e.g. as
86 >   CREATE PROCEDURE iCASE, then the SQL generation will be incorrect. You should
87 >   ensure that the value of the StoredProcName is all upper case, unless it was
88 >   declared under dialect 3 and explicitly as mixed case (i.e. delimited by double
89 >   quotes).
90 >
91 >   Note that when a stored procedure name was declared delimited in double quotes,
92 >   as in the first example above, the value of the StoredProcName property must not
93 >   include the delimiters (double quotes).
94 >
95 > 4. IBXUpgradeConfFile: an exception is now raised if a patch file specified in
96 >   upgrade.conf was not found. This replaces silently ignoring the problem.
97 >
98 > 5. TIBLocalDBSupport: new property "SectionHeaderTemplate". This defaults to
99 >   'Version.%.3d' and is used to generate the section header names (for a given
100 >   version no.) in the upgrade.conf file.
101 >
102 > IBX Change Log  version (2.4-1 Build 12550) Wed, 23 Jun 2021 13:59:14 +0100
103 >
104 > 1. -c command line option added to fbsql example program. Used to set connection
105 >   character set.
106 >
107 > IBX Change Log  version (2.4-0 Build 12543) Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:00:08 +0000
108 >
109 > 1. Firebird 4 support added.
110 >
111 > 2. New FB4 data types TIME WITH TIME ZONE, TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE, DECFLOAT and
112 >   extended precision NUMERIC fields are supported.
113 >
114 > 3. TFmtBCDField is used to support access to DECFLOAT and extended precision NUMERIC fields.
115 >
116 > 4. TIBDateTimeField and TIBTimeField are introduced in support of TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE
117 >   and TIME WITH TIME ZONE fields. These inherit from TDateTimeField.
118 >
119 > 5. IBExtract now supports FB4 enhancements:
120 >   - new data types as above
121 >   - Identity column extensions
122 >   - Default user role
123 >   - SQL Security clause for Database, Tables, Procedures, Functions and Triggers
124 >   - Internal Functions
125 >
126 > 6. IBExtract: new event: OnExtractLines.
127 >
128 > 7. IBExtract: revert create trigger to legacy syntax see Firebird CORE-6243, CORE-5545 and DOC-145
129 >
130 > 8. IBXServices: Server version no. parsing now allows any letter before major version number
131 >   and is no longer restricted to 'V' e.g. "LI-T4.0.0.1436 Firebird 4.0 Beta 1"
132 >
133 > 9. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new property TZTextOption. Used to determine the default
134 >   format for rendering a time zone.
135 >
136 > 10. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new property DefaultTZDate. Used to provide the default date
137 >     to convert TIME WITH TIME ZONE data type values to and from GMT.
138 >
139 > 11. Unit name IBTypes changed to IBInternals. Internal interfaces TIBGUIInterface and TIBTimerInf renamed to
140 >    IIBGUIInterface and IIBTimerInf respectively.
141 >
142 > 12. Constants: DPBPrefix and TPBPrefix moved to IB unit. DPBConstantNames and TPBConstantNames
143 >    now accessible as properties of TIBDatabase and TIBTransaction respectively.
144 >
145 > 13. String Fields: when a fixed character with (CHAR) field is returned, it is now
146 >    truncated to its fixed character width rather than being right padded with
147 >    white space to the maximum data size.
148 >
149 > 14. TIBTable.Empty table. In additional to deleting all records in the underlying
150 >    table, the internal buffers are now also flushed ensuring that the TIBTable is
151 >    also empty.
152 >
153 > 15. TBatchSQLStatementReader: Line buffer is now cleared on call to reset.
154 >
155 > 16. TIBXControlService descendents: DatabaseName may now be set using a database
156 >    connect string. The database name is extracted from the connect string.
157 >
158 > 17. DBControlGrid: Minor bug fixes. avoid AV on form closure, avoid black panel
159 >
160 > 18. TIBExtract: Data type of COMPUTED By columns is no longer included in SQL.
161 >
162 > 19. Local database on Linux and with legacy API and FB 2.5 embedded server: fixed problem with password
163 >    not being present as required.
164 >
165 > 20. IBTreeView split into DBTreeView and IBTreeView. This former is an IBX indepedent
166 >    version that can be customised to work with other database drivers.
167 >
168 > 21. ISQLMonitor: use platform specific LineEnding to delimit messages. Avoids
169 >    unnecessary CR at end of line on Unix platforms.
170 >
171 > 22. ISQLMonitor: Unix: Default semaphore timeout increased from 1 second to 10
172 >    seconds in order to reduce risk of message loss.
173 >
174 > 23. ISQLMonitor: read and write count statistics now available via:
175 >      property TIBSQLMonitor.ReadCount;
176 >      IIBSQLMonitorHook.GetWriteCount: integer;
177 >
178 > 24. ISQLMonitor tidy up and unit split. IPC functions moved to new unit IBIPC.
179 >
180 > IBX Change Log  version (2.3-5 Build 12350) Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:11:02 +0100
181 >
182 > 1.  TIBStringField: when a string value is read from a dataset buffer, if the
183 >    number of UTF8 characters exceeds the string size then string is truncated
184 >    to the maximum string size. This is  usually a problem with fixed width columns
185 >    right padded with white space.
186 >
187 > 2.  SQLFiltered and SQLFilterParams added to TIBQuery, TIBTable and TIBDataset.
188 >    If SQLFiltered is set then when a dataset is opened, each line in the
189 >    SQLFilterParams property is assumed to be a SQL condition clause and
190 >    ANDed into the Where clause of the SQL Select statement provided as a
191 >    dataset property. Each such SQL condition thus acts as an additional filter
192 >    on the dataset.
193 >
194 > 3.  The Filtered property inherited from TDataset is no longer used for SQL (server
195 >    side filters).
196 >
197 > 4. IBLookupComboEditBox: Selection should no longer reset to start of text when
198 >   text matches complete entry.
199 >
200 > 5. TIBDataLink: Detail Dataset params not refreshed unless both master and detail
201 >   dataset are active (avoids risk of access violation if master is inactive)
202 >
203 > 6. TIBEvents: Registered property can now be set at design time even if database not open
204 >
205 > 7. TIBEvents: component now correctly re-initialised after call to UnregisterEvents.
206 >   This should prevent "spillover" of events between sessions.
207 >
208 > 8. TIBCustomDataset: GetNextRecord now called when reseting to first record of a unidirectional dataset.
209 >   This should ensure that the internal buffer is set up correctly and avoids
210 >   a duplicate initial row.
211 >
212 > 9. TIBStringField: DataSize now given as byte size of string less trailing any zero character.
213 >   That is, the DataSize should be the field size * character set width. The
214 >   value returned by DataSize is now the same as the Dataset buffer size reserved
215 >   for the field.
216 >
217 > 10. IBExtract: Tidyup of SQL generation. Avoid unnecessary double quotes.
218 >
219 > 11. TIBCustomDataset: Add checks on buffer sizes when copying data from row to field buffer
220 >    and vice-versa. This may result in an exception being raised (correctly) for
221 >    older programs when using dataset fields added to a form and the database has been
222 >    upgraded. For example, computed fields can change from 32-bit to 64-bit integers.
223 >    In such cases, the field needs to be deleted in the IDE fields editor and then
224 >    added back in.
225 >
226 > 12. IBCustomDataSet: CanInsert, CanEdit, CanDelete and CanRefresh updated to return
227 >    false if query contains only white space and not just empty.
228 >
229 > 12. IBCustomDataset: Blob data is now cleared when TDataSet.Cancel is called. This
230 >    should ensure that (e.g.) a TDBMemo is correctly refreshed after a dataset edit
231 >    is cancelled.
232 >
233 > 13. IBCustomDataset: SetArrayIntf should no longer cause an access violation if
234 >    called on a null field.
235 >
236 > 14. IBCustomDataSet: An access violation should no longer occur when calling CancelUpdates
237 >    results in an empty dataTC86                Client side Filtered Dataset    1       X
238 > set.
239 >
240 > 15. IBCustomDataSet: OnUpdateError should now be called in all circumstances when
241 >    a cached update is applied and an exception is raised.
242 >
243 > 16. IBCustomDataSet: Avoid access violation when SetBookmarkData called with nil pointer.
244 >
245 > 17. Console Mode Local Database support: backup/restore should now work correctly.
246 >
247 > 18. Local Database Support: if an upgrade fails, a downgrade is now performed if
248 >    possible and an exception raised.
249 >
250 > 19. MinimumVersionNo added to Local Database Support. Database will not open if
251 >    below this version no. and upgrade not possible.
252 >
253 > IBX Change Log  version (2.3-4 Build 12041) Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:00:32 +0100
254 >
255 > 1.  TIBXDataSet and Generators: Generator Names that are not all upper case or
256 >    not SQL Identifiers are now supported.
257 >
258 > 2.  TIBXScript: Set Generator is no longer rejected as unrecognised SQL and is
259 >    passed to the Firebird engine for execution.
260 >
261 > 3.  TIBDataSet: Unidirectional datasets now give an error message if an attempt
262 >    is made to scroll back.
263 >
264 > 4.  New unit: IBMessages.pas. Contains only messages used by IBX and not FBIntf
265 >
266 > 5. TIBLookupComboEditBox: When generating auto-complete SQL, the ListField is now
267 >   only enclosed in double quotes in SQL dialect 3 and when it needs to be.
268 >
269 > 6. TIBLookupComboEditBox: when the list source opens, the ListField name is now
270 >   validated. If no match is found in the list of field names and the database has
271 >   been opened in SQL Dialect 3, then the ListField Name is converted to upper case
272 >   if it then matches a field name. Otherwise, a Listfield not valid exception occurs.
273 >
274 > 7. IBGeneratoreditor.pas: Add missing parenthesis around "IS" statement for compliance
275 >   with fpc 3.2.
276 >
277 > IBX Change Log  version (2.3-3 Build 11512) Fri, 28 Dec 2018 10:04:17 +0000
278 >
279 >
280 > 1. New property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This is "ConfigOverrides"
281 >   and is used to override the default settings in the client side "firebird.conf" This
282 >   includes "WireCompression" and "WireCrypt". The value of this property is a "TStrings".
283 >   Each line of the string list should be a setting in the same format as "firebird.conf".
284 >   For example "WireCompression = true" in order to request wire compression on the client side.
285 >
286 >   Note: explicit settings in the client side "firebird.conf" appear to take precedence
287 >   over settings given in TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. Many client side settings
288 >   also require a compatible setting in the server side "firebird.conf". For example
289 >   "WireCompression = true" must also be set in the server's "firebird.conf" for wire
290 >   compression to be used.
291 >
292 >   Whether or not WireCompression or WireCrypt are in use can be checked using the information
293 >   returned with the Client/Server protocol version. See ibx/examples/dbadmin and
294 >   ibx/examples/dbinfo for examples of how to display this information.
295 >
296 > 2. New property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection: "WireCompression". This
297 >   is a "convenience" property. If set the "WireCompression=true" is added to the
298 >   ConfigOverrides. If unchecked then this setting is removed.
299 >
300 > 3. TIBExtract: 64-bit integer types are now correctly extracted as "BIGINT" and
301 >   not "INT64".
302 >
303 > 4. New published properties for TIBCSVDataOut, TIBInsertStmtsOut and TIBBlockFormatOut
304 >   These are:
305 >    property TimestampFormat: string;
306 >    property DateFormat: string;
307 >    property TimeFormat: string;
308 >
309 >   Respectively, these provide the date time format templates for SQL types: TIMESTAMP,
310 >   DATETIME and TIME. The format strings use the standard FPC date/time format
311 >   characters (see https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/formatchars.html).
312 >
313 >   If any of the above properties are set to an empty string, then the locale default
314 >   is used. This uses the ShortDateFormat and the LongTimeFormat. In timestamp, the
315 >   locale default is extended by appending '.zzz' to include milliseconds.
316 >
317 >   TIBCSVDataOut by default sets these properties to the empty string, while the other
318 >   two use: 'yyyy.mm.dd hh:nn:ss.zzz', 'yyyy.mm.dd' and 'hh:nn:ss.zzz' respectively.
319 >
320 > 5. New published property for TIBCSVDataOut:
321 >     property QuoteStrings: boolean (default true)
322 >
323 >   If false then strings are unquoted, otherwise, the QuoteChar property value is
324 >   used to delimit each and every string in the output.
325 >
326 > 6. New published properties for TIBCSVDataOut:
327 >    property FieldSeparator: string;
328 >    property HeaderSeparator: string;
329 >
330 >   Respectively, these provide the separator character(s) used to separate fields
331 >   in data and header rows. Both default to ','.
332 >
333 > 7. New published properties for TIBCSVDataOut and TIBBlockFormatOut:
334 >    TOnFormatTextString = procedure(sender: TObject; var TextString: string) of object;
335 >    property OnFormatTextString;
336 >
337 >   This event handler can be used to process text strings before they are included
338 >   in the output e.g. to replace unprintable characters with alternative strings.
339 >   This only applies to columns with an SQL Type of SQL_VARYING and SQL_TEXT.
340 >
341 > 8. TIBDataSet now raises an exception when ParamByName called with an invalid parameter name.
342 >   Uses "FindParam" if in order to find out if a parameter with a given name exists
343 >   and without raising and exception if it does not.
344 >
345 > 9. TIBQuery now uses IBX SQL Parser instead of the TParams SQL parser in order to ensure
346 >   consistency with SQL queries.
347 >
348 > 10. CaseSensitiveParameterNames property added to TIBSQL, TIBDataSet and TIBQuery.
349 >    When true, SQL statement parameter names are parsed case sensitive. Note for
350 >    TIBDataSet only applies to Select query.
351 >
352 > 11. IBEvents: removing a TIBEvent component from a form should no longer result in
353 >    an IDE exception.
354 >
355 > 12. LocalDBSupport: initial database creation should now work correctly
356 >    when the schema source is an sql file.
357 >
358 > 13. TIBCMLocalDBSupport: new event handler "property OnProgressEvent: TOnProgressEvent"
359 >    when defined, this handler will be called by the internal TIBXScript during
360 >    initial database creation when the schema source is an sql file and may be used
361 >    to provide a visual indication of progress in console mode.
362 >
363 > 14. TCustomIBLocalDBSupport: new public property "InOnCreateDB: boolean". This is set
364 >    to true while a new local database is being created and its schema populated.
365 >    Useful in (e.g.) TIBDatabase.OnAfterConnect handler to suppress actions
366 >    when the database is disconnected/connected during the create DB procedure.
367 >
368 > 15. TIBXScript: any User/password parameters found in a CREATE DATABASE statement
369 >    are now always ignored and replaced by the user name and password provided as
370 >    the login parameters for the TIBDatabase referenced from the TIBXScript. The
371 >    IgnoreCreateDatabase property still applies and the CREATE DATABASE statement is
372 >    completely ignored if this property is true.
373 >
374 > 16. Code tidyup in IBTreeView: Node properties initialisation moved from TIBTreeView.AddNodes
375 >    to TIBTreeView.Added. An OnAddition event handler is no longer needed to initialise
376 >    ImageIndex and SelectImageIndex values on AddNode.
377 >
378 > 17. TIBDatabase.Attachment and TIBXServicesConnection.ServicesIntf properties are now
379 >    read/write. This should enabled (e.g.) multiple instances of TIBDatabase to share
380 >    the same database connection.
381 >
382 > 18. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery now support the TDataSet "Filter" property.
383 >    if provided, this should be an conditional SQL expression suitable for
384 >    including in an SQL Select statement "where" clause. If non-empty and the
385 >    "Filtered" property is true then the SQL expression provided as the value of
386 >    the "Filter" property is "ANDed" with any existing condition statement
387 >    in the SQL statement's "Where" clause.
388 >
389 >    If the "Filter" property is set at run time, the "Filtered" property is true
390 >    and the dataset is already open, then the dataset is closed and re-opened automatically.
391 >
392 >    The "Filter" condition may include IBX style parameters. In which case, their
393 >    value must be set by the dataset's "OnBeforeOpen" event handler.
394 >
395 >    This is a public property for TIBDataSet and TIBQuery query and intended for
396 >    use at run time.
397 >
398 >    Note: The property is a published property of TIBTable. The TIBTable functionality
399 >    is unaffected by this change.
400 >
401 > IBX Change Log  version (2.3-2) Wed, 05 Dec 2018 12:19:23 +0000
402 >
403 > 1. Remove need to check for IsMultiThread by providing access to GUI timers via
404 >   IBGUIInterface. Note: master/detail delay timer does not apply to console
405 >   mode apps.
406 >
407 > 2. TIBCustomDataSet: SQLParser ignored if it does not contain a valid select
408 >   statement. This avoids problems if "Execute Block" is used as the Query.
409 >
410 > 3. IBSQLParser now uses the common SQL tokeniser from fbintf. This replaces the
411 >   internal SQL tokeniser routines.
412 >
413 > 4. IBSQLParser: new property NotaSelectStmt. Set to true if SQL fails to parse
414 >   as a select statement, with or without CTEs.
415 >
416 > 5. IBSQLParser: parser now recognises the "ROWS" clause.
417 >
418 > 6. TIBXScript now uses the common SQL tokeniser from fbintf. This replaces the
419 >   internal SQL tokeniser routines.
420 >
421 > 7.  Fix error in TIBXScript processing of "set" statements. This avoids exceptions
422 >    being raised for valid set statements processed by a data formatter.
423 >
424 > 8. New published property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This is
425 >   FirebirdLibraryPathName: string. If not empty it is used to explicitly specify
426 >   the path of the Firebird Library used by the database/services connection.
427 >
428 > 9. New read only public property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This
429 >   is FirebirdAPI and returns the IFirebirdAPI interface used by the database/
430 >   services connection.
431 >
432 > 10.SQL Property editors now quote parameter names if "Quote identifier" is selected
433 >   or param name is not a valid SQL identifier.
434 >
435 > 11. IBLookupComboEditBox: In Lazarus 2.0, TDBLookupComboBox takes a more restrictive
436 >    view of whether the text box should be editable when no DataSource is specified.
437 >    TIBLookupComboEditBox has been updated to workaround this problem. As long as
438 >    ReadOnly is false, the text box is editable when no DataSource is specified.
439 >
440 > 12. AllowUseOfFBLIB is now set to "true" at design time. This is to allow use of
441 >    the FBLIB environment variable. If you do not want to permit this then you
442 >    must modify the Register procedure in the design/IBDBReg.pas unit to remove
443 >    this setting.
444 >
445 > IBX Change Log  version                 (2.3-1) Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:39:45 +0100
446 >
447 > 1. IBCustomDataset: replace deprecated function ValidUTF8String with call to
448 >   Utf8EscapeControlChars
449 >
450 > IBX Change Log  version                (2.3-0) Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:48:06 +0100
451 >
452 > IMPORTANT: the source code tree has been re-organised for IBX 2.3. Please remove
453 > all previous copies of the IBX source code tree before installing this release.
454 >
455 > The IBX packages used by most users have not changed, with one exception. The
456 > IBServices unit has been moved to the package iblegacyServices.lpk. To continue
457 > to use the IBServices unit in your applications, please add the iblegacyServices
458 > to the list of dependencies. To do this, open the Project Inspector and select
459 > Add->New Requirement and select "ibLegacyServices" from the list of available
460 > packages.
461 >
462 > 1. New unit IBXServices. The IBXServices unit is a re-architectured update of
463 >   the IBServices unit providing what is intended to be a clearer and easier to
464 >   use set of IB Services components. See Chapter 10 of the IBX User Guide for
465 >   more information and the guide to "Firebird Service Management Using IBX".
466 >   As indicated above, the legacy services components are still available and
467 >   provided in a separate package. There is no need to update working applications
468 >   using the older versions except for an additional package dependency.
469 >
470 > 2. The IBX packages and source code tree have been re-organised in an attempt to
471 >   finally get rid of the "duplicate ppu" warnings. This re-organisation should
472 >   not affect existing users. Section 2.3 of the IBX User Guide describes the
473 >   new set of IBX packages.
474 >
475 > 3. The ibx/examples/DBAdmin and the ibx/examples/services example have been
476 >   updated to use the new Services API components.
477 >
478 > 4. The iblocal package has been updated to use the new Services API components.
479 >
480 > 5. procedure SetAutoAdmin; in the new IBX Services this method is now a member of
481 >   TIBXSecurityService. It had been wrongly classified in the previous version
482 >   as a per database configuration item. It is global to a server and hence
483 >   correctly positioned as part of the Security Package. In the DBAdmin example,
484 >   the setting has moved to the mappings page.
485 >
486 > 6. TIBXScript: IgnoreCreateDatabase added. If true then CREATE DATABASE statements
487 >   are ignored.
488 >
489 > 7. TIBDatabase: DropDatabase now ensures that all transactions have been properly
490 >   closed before the database is dropped. Before and After Disconnect event handlers
491 >   are also fired.
492 >
493 > 8. TIBTransaction: OnStartTransaction event now fires every time the transaction
494 >   is started and not just the first time.
495 >
496 > 9. IBDataOutput: Use FormatFloat for all performance statistics to avoid platform
497 >   depenendency with comp type.
498 >
499 > 10. IBDataOutput: select query data output is now sent to stdout instead of stderr.
500 >
501 > 11. TIBDatabase: Remove regression. If a user login dialog changes the DatabaseName
502 >    then this is recognised and not ignored.
503 >
504 > 12. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery, TIBTable: additions:
505 >    function GetRowsAffected(var SelectCount, InsertCount, UpdateCount, DeleteCount: integer): boolean;
506 >    function GetPerfStatistics(var stats: TPerfCounters): boolean;
507 >    property EnableStatistics: boolean read FEnableStatistics write SetEnableStatistics;
508 >
509 >    GetRowsAffected returns the affected row counts from the last insert/update/delete
510 >    if EnableStatistics = true then GetPerfStatistics returns the current stats
511 >    counters for the select query. Note: stats accumulate after each fetch from
512 >    the database. To get total query cost after open, call the "Last" method
513 >    and then GetPerfStatistics.
514 >
515 >    See ibx/examples/consolemode for an example of the use of GetPerfStatistics
516 >
517 > 13. TIBExtract: Identity columns DDL. "Start with clause" now correctly encapsulated
518 >    in parenthesises.
519 >
520 > 14. TIBExtract: new published property "AlwaysQuoteIdentifiers". If true then in dialect 3
521 >    SQL identifiers are always delimited by double quotes. If false, then they are
522 >    only delimited if the identifier is a reserved word, contains lower case or special
523 >    characters. Set this property to true to retain previous behaviour.
524 >
525 > 15. Insert SQL Property Editor. In Insert Returning Clause, Identity column names
526 >    are now inserted in double quotes if not Reserved Words or valid SQL Identifiers.
527 >
528 > 16. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery, TIBTable: addition:
529 >       property MasterDetailDelay: integer {defaults to zero}
530 >
531 >    When non-zero and the dataset is a detail table referencing a master table
532 >    through either a MasterSource (TIBTable) or a DataSource (TIBDataSet, TIBQuery)
533 >    then a synchronisation delay is added (in milliseconds) between the master
534 >    row changing and the detail dataset being re-opened. If the master dataset
535 >    is scrolled before the delay expires then the delay is reset. This can be used
536 >    to avoid performance overheads when scrolling through a large master dataset.
537 >
538 >    Note: uses fptimer and hence requires a thread manager. Under Linux the
539 >    chreads unit must be included in your project. TTimer is not used in order
540 >    to avoid an LCL dependency. Requires FPC 3.0.2 or later.
541 >
542 > 17. TIBExtract: User role grants now excluded when etGrantsToUser not specified
543 >    with Extract Option eoDatabase.
544 >
545 > 18. TIBLookupComboEditBox: Workaround added for https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=33428
546 >    When a deLayoutChanged event is reported on the ListSource dataset, the
547 >    combobox text is updated. This allows a listsource (detail) to be in a Master/Detail
548 >    relationship with the control's datasource (master).
549 >
550 > 19. TIBExtract: Full BigInt value range now supported for Generators/Sequences.
551 >
552 > 20. TIBExtract: Select Procedures (Procedure type 1) now include "SUSPEND;" clause in their
553 >    stubs. Pedantic fix really, as procedures output in dependency order anyway.
554 >
555 > 21. TIBExtract: Package Headers and Package Bodies are now included in the extracted
556 >    DDL (Firebird 3 and later only).
557 >
558 > 22. TIBLookupComboBox Autocomplete Fixes:
559 >    i. Only appended text is now selected after autocomplete.
560 >    ii. Uppercase keys no longer ignored for autocomplete.
561 >    iii. Retain Prefix case is now honoured correctly.
562 >    iv. When a DataSource is assigned, typing after autocomplete now extends prefix
563 >        before autocomplete performed. i.e. behaviour now the same as when
564 >        no DataSource assigned.
565 >
566 > 23. TIBXScript: Single Line Comments starting with '--' are now ignored when occurring
567 >    between SQL statements.
568 >
569 > 24. TIBExtract: New published property CaseSensitiveObjectNames. If false (default) then
570 >    ObjectNames are converted to upper case before matching against metadata object
571 >    names, unless the objectname is delimited by double quotes, in which case, the
572 >    double quotes are removed and the remaining string is used (unmodified) to match
573 >    against the metadata object name.
574 >
575 >    If true then the ObjectName is used as is without modification and matched
576 >    against the metadata object name. No attempt is made to remove double quotes.
577 >
578 > 25. TIBExtract: New Extract Types: etDatabaseTriggers and etDDLTriggers. When used
579 >    with eoTrigger, these extract types can be used to select only Database Triggers,
580 >    or DDL Triggers or both. Ignored when etTable or etTrigger included in Extract Types.
581 >
582 > 26. TIBXScript: If an exception occurs during the processing of a statement, the
583 >    statement separate character is now reset to the default (';').
584 >
585 > 27. TIBDatabase: Reconnect method added and used by TIBXScript for reconnect.
586 >
587 > 28. TIBXScript: Transaction is no longer automatically reactivated immediately processing
588 >    a commit or reconnect statement and instead activated only when next SQL statement
589 >    is executed.
590 >
591 > 29. TIBSQL.HasField should no longer generate and exception when the field does not exist.
592 >
593 > 30. TIBXScript: case insensitive regex now used when matching statements instead of
594 >    converting statement to upper case.
595 >
596 > 31. TIBExtract: metadata comments now supported. New published property
597 >    IncludeMetaDataComments (default true). If true then metadata comments included
598 >    in extracted DDL. New Extract Object member eoComments. This may be used with
599 >    ExtractObject method to list all metadata comments.
600 >
601 > 32. TIBExtract: ListObjectNames method added.
602 >
603 > 33. Updated Database component editor to support additional connection string
604 >    types.
605 >
606 > IBX Change Log  version  (2.2-0) Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:57:45 +0000
607 >
608 > NOTE: THE LOCATIONS OF SOME OF THE UNIT DIRECTORIES HAS CHANGED FROM IBX 2.1. THIS IS TO
609 > AVOID DUPLICATE PPU WARNINGS. PLEASE REMOVE EARLIER VERSIONS OF IBX BEFORE INSTALLING THIS
610 > RELEASE.
611 >
612 > NOTE: THE DBADMIN DEMO REQUIRES THAT THE MemDSLaz PACKAGE IS INSTALLED IN THE LAZARUS IDE.
613  
614   1. IBExtract: Identity columns - add additional check for null column for generator name.
615  
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626     a returning clause that updates one or more fields on the current row. A full row
627     refresh is only performed if (a) ForcedRefresh is true or (b) the query does not return any
628     field values and the select query contains read only fields. Use of Insert/update
629 <   returning should be significantly more efficient than excuting a refresh query.
629 >   returning should be significantly more efficient than executing a refresh query.
630  
631     This behaviour change is intended to be backwards compatible and there should be no need to change
632     existing programs, other than to improve performance by using the new capability.
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686   15. TIBXScript: turn off database login prompt when reconnecting - this avoids prompting
687      for password on reconnect.
688  
689 < 16. IBDatabase: use IAttachment for connection default character set id, code page
689 > 16. TIBDatabase: use IAttachment for connection default character set id, code page
690      and character set name.
691  
692   17. TIBDatabaseInfo: cache ODS Version information on first request in order to minimise
693      DB info lookups"
694  
695 < 18. IBExtract: now supports DDL Triggers.
695 > 18. IBExtract: now supports DDL Triggers and Grants to DDL objects.
696 >
697 > 19. Add a property Editor for TIBUpdate.RefreshSQL.
698 >
699 > 20. IBUpdate: Ignore non-data (e.g. calculated) fields when assembling list of input
700 >    parameters. This stops an exception being raised when the field cannot be
701 >    located in the record buffer.
702 >
703 > 21. Property Editors now automatically include System Tables when opened and when the query table
704 >    is a System Table.
705 >
706 > 22. IBServices: SQRB and SRB buffers are now reset when service query throws an exception.
707 >    This avoids errors due to a stale SQRB or SRB being used for the next query.
708 >
709 > 23. IBServices: Service attach parameters now include "expected_db". This is used to
710 >    add the SPB item isc_spb_expected_db. This names a database using
711 >    an alternative Security Database (FB3 onwards) and allows (e.g. backup/restore) using such a
712 >    database. examples/services re-written to illustrate use of "expected_db".
713 >
714 > 24. IBServices: TIBControlAndQueryService.WriteNextChunk no longer ignores isc_info_svc_timeout.
715 >    This avoids truncated backups when the server returns a timeout (busy) response.
716 >
717 > 25. TIBDatabase: isc_dpb_page_size now supported as a database parameter when using TIBDatabase.CreateDatabase.
718 >
719 > 26. TIBDatabase: DatabaseName property may now be prefixed by $TEMP$ or $DATADIR$ for local
720 >    databasenames. These are respectively expanded to the local system's temp directory
721 >    (including trailing delimiter) or to a prescribed data directory (including
722 >    trailing delimiter). Under Unix systems the data directory is a hidden directory
723 >    in the user's home directory. The hidden directory name is either the string returned
724 >    from the SysUtils "Vendor Name" or "IBX" if empty. In either case prefixed by a '.'.
725 >    Under Windows, the directory is the same as the Data Directory as decribed
726 >    above but instead prefixed by the User's application data path. These may be
727 >    used to improve application portability for Personal Databases.
728 >
729 > 27. TIBTable: FieldDefs property is no longer published. Due to the use of TIBFieldDef
730 >    this has not worked for a long time and is not useful either. FieldDefs should be
731 >    managed using the Fields Editor as with any other dataset. To access the fields
732 >    editor for a TIBTable component, double click on the component. The fields editor
733 >    is then displayed.
734 >
735 > 28. TIBDatabaseInfo: new properties/function
736 >     * DateDBCreated (returns date/time database created)
737 >     * TransactionCount (returns no. of active transactions)
738 >     * GetDatabasePage(PageNo: integer) (returns contents of specified database page - SYSDBA only).
739 >     * PagesFree (Firebird 3 or later)
740 >     * PagesUsed (Firebird 3 or later)
741 >     * Encrypted (returns true if database encrypted. (Firebird 3.0.3 or later only)
742 >     * EncryptionKeyName (returns the name of the encryption key if any (Firebird 3.0.3 or later only)
743 >
744 > 29. IBServices classes now provided the decoded release number in the (array) property ServerVersionNo.
745 >
746 > 30. TIBSecurityService now supports display/modification of the User Admin Role (Firebird 2.5 and later).
747 >
748 > 31. TIBConfigService now has a procedure SetAutoAdmin(Value: boolean) to enable/disable
749 >    the automtic mapping of privileged OS users to the RDB$ADMIN role (Firebird 2.5 and later).
750 >
751 > 32. TIBBackupService: New Option - NoDBTriggers equivalent to -nodbtriggers switch introduced
752 >    in the gbak utility at V.2.1 to prevent database-level and transaction-level triggers from
753 >    firing during backup and restore.
754 >
755 > 33. Both TIBBackupService and TIBRestoreService now support backup/restore statistics options
756 >    for verbose output using the new property "StatisticsRequested".
757 >    see https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/release_notes/html/en/2_5/rnfb25-util-gbak.html#rnfb25-util-gbakstats
758 >
759 > 34. TIBRestoreService: now supports new options RestoreMetaDataOnly (Firebird 2.5 and later).
760 >
761 > 35. TIBOnlineValidationService component added to the IBServices and the "Firebird Admin"
762 >    palette. This uses the online validation feature added in Firebird 2.5. The
763 >    services's properties enable inclusion/exclusion of tables and indexes using
764 >    regular expressions. See.
765 >    https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/release_notes/html/en/2_5/rnfb25-apiods-api.html#rnfb25-apiods-api-onlinevalidation
766 >
767 > 36. IBServices: procedure TIBConfigService.SetNoLinger added to set no linger
768 >    option on a database.
769 >
770 > 37. TIBCustomService: Assign method implemented to allow copying of service login
771 >    context between service API components. "Detach" method now only detaches
772 >    service when last reference to the service interface detaches. Tidy up of
773 >    code for SetActive and Attach methods including password hiding.
774 >
775 > 38. TIBDatabase: new properties: AuthenticationMethod and RemoteProtocol. Read only
776 >    and used to determine the auth method and protocol used for the connection.
777 >
778 > 39. TIBDatabase: ensure that SQLDialect setting is used when creating a database using
779 >    a Create Database Statement generated by IBX.
780 >
781 > 40. All IBServices now have an additional published property "PortNo". This may
782 >    be set to a non-standard port number when necessary. If zero then the default
783 >    port number is used.
784 >
785 > 41: TIBLookupComboeditBox: Ensure dataset updated when change selected with the keyboard
786 >    and not just the mouse.
787 >
788 > 42. TIBCustomDataset: reopen query if already active when a TIBControlLink is added.
789 >
790 > 43. TIBTreeview: new ImageIndexField and SelectedIndexField Property allows the
791 >    image index and selected image index for each node to be set from a database field.
792 >
793 > 44. TIBExtract: new extract type (etGrantsToUser) for use with eoDatabase. If included
794 >    then database schema includes grants to all users. If not present then the
795 >    only user grants included are those to User PUBLIC.
796 >
797 > 45. TIBTreeView: performance improvement. When expanding include both expanded node
798 >    and child nodes in dataset.
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