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1 < IBX Change Log  version (2.3-3 Build 11336) Fri, 28 Dec 2018 10:04:17 +0000
1 > IBX Change Log  version (2.5-0 Build 12933) Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:59:54 +0000
2 >
3 > 1. IBCustomDataset: Modify TISQL component now defaults to GoToFirstRecordOnExecute := true.
4 >   This is for compatibility with Firebird 5 where Update...Returning can return
5 >   a cursor.
6 >
7 > IBX Change Log  version (2.4-3 Build 12886) Sat, 23 Oct 2021 14:58:30 +0100
8 >
9 > 1. Add try-..except check when initially loading library in IDE. This should
10 > ensure that IDE continues to load even when a failure occurs in IBX load
11 > library.
12 >
13 > 2. IBXScript: now recognises a CASE...END block within a stored procedure and
14 >   hence will correctly detect end of the outer containing block when the block
15 >   contains a SELECT ... CASE ... END construct.
16 >
17 > 3. IBExtract: some further tidying up to remove extraneous white space.
18 >
19 > 4. IBCustomDataSet: DefaultFieldClasses array declaration updated to avoid compile time
20 >   errors when extra elements are added to DB.TFieldType.
21 >
22 > 5. IBUpdate: updated to reflect changes to ISQLParam.
23 >
24 > 6. IBXScript: now correctly parses a DECLARE statement which includes a quoted string.
25 >
26 > 7. IBExtract: for ODS >=13, increment generator value by one for ALTER SEQUENCE statement.
27 >
28 > 8. IBSQL: Support for scrollable cursors added (note: local databases only)
29 >
30 > IBX Change Log  version (2.4-2 Build 12773) Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:59:42 +0100
31 >
32 > 1. TIBDatabaseInfo: review and tidy-up of property types. Most widen to int64 with the
33 >   exception of those defined to be one byte wide e.g. DBImplementationNo.
34 >
35 > 2. TIBSQL: Batch Update/Insert support added.
36 >
37 > 3. TIBStoredProc: when generating the SQL, the value of the StoredProcName property
38 >   is no longer automatically converted to upper case when it is syntactically a
39 >   SQL Identifier. This is to support the use of stored procedures defined e.g.
40 >   as CREATE PROCEDURE "iCASE".
41 >
42 >   There could be a backwards compatibility issue when the StoredProcName was entered
43 >   manually at design time. That is not selected from the drop down list. If the
44 >   StoredProcName is entered in mixed case and the procedure was declared e.g. as
45 >   CREATE PROCEDURE iCASE, then the SQL generation will be incorrect. You should
46 >   ensure that the value of the StoredProcName is all upper case, unless it was
47 >   declared under dialect 3 and explicitly as mixed case (i.e. delimited by double
48 >   quotes).
49 >
50 >   Note that when a stored procedure name was declared delimited in double quotes,
51 >   as in the first example above, the value of the StoredProcName property must not
52 >   include the delimiters (double quotes).
53 >
54 > 4. IBXUpgradeConfFile: an exception is now raised if a patch file specified in
55 >   upgrade.conf was not found. This replaces silently ignoring the problem.
56 >
57 > 5. TIBLocalDBSupport: new property "SectionHeaderTemplate". This defaults to
58 >   'Version.%.3d' and is used to generate the section header names (for a given
59 >   version no.) in the upgrade.conf file.
60 >
61 > IBX Change Log  version (2.4-1 Build 12550) Wed, 23 Jun 2021 13:59:14 +0100
62 >
63 > 1. -c command line option added to fbsql example program. Used to set connection
64 >   character set.
65 >
66 > IBX Change Log  version (2.4-0 Build 12543) Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:00:08 +0000
67 >
68 > 1. Firebird 4 support added.
69 >
70 > 2. New FB4 data types TIME WITH TIME ZONE, TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE, DECFLOAT and
71 >   extended precision NUMERIC fields are supported.
72 >
73 > 3. TFmtBCDField is used to support access to DECFLOAT and extended precision NUMERIC fields.
74 >
75 > 4. TIBDateTimeField and TIBTimeField are introduced in support of TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE
76 >   and TIME WITH TIME ZONE fields. These inherit from TDateTimeField.
77 >
78 > 5. IBExtract now supports FB4 enhancements:
79 >   - new data types as above
80 >   - Identity column extensions
81 >   - Default user role
82 >   - SQL Security clause for Database, Tables, Procedures, Functions and Triggers
83 >   - Internal Functions
84 >
85 > 6. IBExtract: new event: OnExtractLines.
86 >
87 > 7. IBExtract: revert create trigger to legacy syntax see Firebird CORE-6243, CORE-5545 and DOC-145
88 >
89 > 8. IBXServices: Server version no. parsing now allows any letter before major version number
90 >   and is no longer restricted to 'V' e.g. "LI-T4.0.0.1436 Firebird 4.0 Beta 1"
91 >
92 > 9. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new property TZTextOption. Used to determine the default
93 >   format for rendering a time zone.
94 >
95 > 10. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new property DefaultTZDate. Used to provide the default date
96 >     to convert TIME WITH TIME ZONE data type values to and from GMT.
97 >
98 > 11. Unit name IBTypes changed to IBInternals. Internal interfaces TIBGUIInterface and TIBTimerInf renamed to
99 >    IIBGUIInterface and IIBTimerInf respectively.
100 >
101 > 12. Constants: DPBPrefix and TPBPrefix moved to IB unit. DPBConstantNames and TPBConstantNames
102 >    now accessible as properties of TIBDatabase and TIBTransaction respectively.
103 >
104 > 13. String Fields: when a fixed character with (CHAR) field is returned, it is now
105 >    truncated to its fixed character width rather than being right padded with
106 >    white space to the maximum data size.
107 >
108 > 14. TIBTable.Empty table. In additional to deleting all records in the underlying
109 >    table, the internal buffers are now also flushed ensuring that the TIBTable is
110 >    also empty.
111 >
112 > 15. TBatchSQLStatementReader: Line buffer is now cleared on call to reset.
113 >
114 > 16. TIBXControlService descendents: DatabaseName may now be set using a database
115 >    connect string. The database name is extracted from the connect string.
116 >
117 > 17. DBControlGrid: Minor bug fixes. avoid AV on form closure, avoid black panel
118 >
119 > 18. TIBExtract: Data type of COMPUTED By columns is no longer included in SQL.
120 >
121 > 19. Local database on Linux and with legacy API and FB 2.5 embedded server: fixed problem with password
122 >    not being present as required.
123 >
124 > 20. IBTreeView split into DBTreeView and IBTreeView. This former is an IBX indepedent
125 >    version that can be customised to work with other database drivers.
126 >
127 > 21. ISQLMonitor: use platform specific LineEnding to delimit messages. Avoids
128 >    unnecessary CR at end of line on Unix platforms.
129 >
130 > 22. ISQLMonitor: Unix: Default semaphore timeout increased from 1 second to 10
131 >    seconds in order to reduce risk of message loss.
132 >
133 > 23. ISQLMonitor: read and write count statistics now available via:
134 >      property TIBSQLMonitor.ReadCount;
135 >      IIBSQLMonitorHook.GetWriteCount: integer;
136 >
137 > 24. ISQLMonitor tidy up and unit split. IPC functions moved to new unit IBIPC.
138 >
139 > IBX Change Log  version (2.3-5 Build 12350) Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:11:02 +0100
140 >
141 > 1.  TIBStringField: when a string value is read from a dataset buffer, if the
142 >    number of UTF8 characters exceeds the string size then string is truncated
143 >    to the maximum string size. This is  usually a problem with fixed width columns
144 >    right padded with white space.
145 >
146 > 2.  SQLFiltered and SQLFilterParams added to TIBQuery, TIBTable and TIBDataset.
147 >    If SQLFiltered is set then when a dataset is opened, each line in the
148 >    SQLFilterParams property is assumed to be a SQL condition clause and
149 >    ANDed into the Where clause of the SQL Select statement provided as a
150 >    dataset property. Each such SQL condition thus acts as an additional filter
151 >    on the dataset.
152 >
153 > 3.  The Filtered property inherited from TDataset is no longer used for SQL (server
154 >    side filters).
155 >
156 > 4. IBLookupComboEditBox: Selection should no longer reset to start of text when
157 >   text matches complete entry.
158 >
159 > 5. TIBDataLink: Detail Dataset params not refreshed unless both master and detail
160 >   dataset are active (avoids risk of access violation if master is inactive)
161 >
162 > 6. TIBEvents: Registered property can now be set at design time even if database not open
163 >
164 > 7. TIBEvents: component now correctly re-initialised after call to UnregisterEvents.
165 >   This should prevent "spillover" of events between sessions.
166 >
167 > 8. TIBCustomDataset: GetNextRecord now called when reseting to first record of a unidirectional dataset.
168 >   This should ensure that the internal buffer is set up correctly and avoids
169 >   a duplicate initial row.
170 >
171 > 9. TIBStringField: DataSize now given as byte size of string less trailing any zero character.
172 >   That is, the DataSize should be the field size * character set width. The
173 >   value returned by DataSize is now the same as the Dataset buffer size reserved
174 >   for the field.
175 >
176 > 10. IBExtract: Tidyup of SQL generation. Avoid unnecessary double quotes.
177 >
178 > 11. TIBCustomDataset: Add checks on buffer sizes when copying data from row to field buffer
179 >    and vice-versa. This may result in an exception being raised (correctly) for
180 >    older programs when using dataset fields added to a form and the database has been
181 >    upgraded. For example, computed fields can change from 32-bit to 64-bit integers.
182 >    In such cases, the field needs to be deleted in the IDE fields editor and then
183 >    added back in.
184 >
185 > 12. IBCustomDataSet: CanInsert, CanEdit, CanDelete and CanRefresh updated to return
186 >    false if query contains only white space and not just empty.
187 >
188 > 12. IBCustomDataset: Blob data is now cleared when TDataSet.Cancel is called. This
189 >    should ensure that (e.g.) a TDBMemo is correctly refreshed after a dataset edit
190 >    is cancelled.
191 >
192 > 13. IBCustomDataset: SetArrayIntf should no longer cause an access violation if
193 >    called on a null field.
194 >
195 > 14. IBCustomDataSet: An access violation should no longer occur when calling CancelUpdates
196 >    results in an empty dataTC86                Client side Filtered Dataset    1       X
197 > set.
198 >
199 > 15. IBCustomDataSet: OnUpdateError should now be called in all circumstances when
200 >    a cached update is applied and an exception is raised.
201 >
202 > 16. IBCustomDataSet: Avoid access violation when SetBookmarkData called with nil pointer.
203 >
204 > 17. Console Mode Local Database support: backup/restore should now work correctly.
205 >
206 > 18. Local Database Support: if an upgrade fails, a downgrade is now performed if
207 >    possible and an exception raised.
208 >
209 > 19. MinimumVersionNo added to Local Database Support. Database will not open if
210 >    below this version no. and upgrade not possible.
211 >
212 > IBX Change Log  version (2.3-4 Build 12041) Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:00:32 +0100
213 >
214 > 1.  TIBXDataSet and Generators: Generator Names that are not all upper case or
215 >    not SQL Identifiers are now supported.
216 >
217 > 2.  TIBXScript: Set Generator is no longer rejected as unrecognised SQL and is
218 >    passed to the Firebird engine for execution.
219 >
220 > 3.  TIBDataSet: Unidirectional datasets now give an error message if an attempt
221 >    is made to scroll back.
222 >
223 > 4.  New unit: IBMessages.pas. Contains only messages used by IBX and not FBIntf
224 >
225 > 5. TIBLookupComboEditBox: When generating auto-complete SQL, the ListField is now
226 >   only enclosed in double quotes in SQL dialect 3 and when it needs to be.
227 >
228 > 6. TIBLookupComboEditBox: when the list source opens, the ListField name is now
229 >   validated. If no match is found in the list of field names and the database has
230 >   been opened in SQL Dialect 3, then the ListField Name is converted to upper case
231 >   if it then matches a field name. Otherwise, a Listfield not valid exception occurs.
232 >
233 > 7. IBGeneratoreditor.pas: Add missing parenthesis around "IS" statement for compliance
234 >   with fpc 3.2.
235 >
236 > IBX Change Log  version (2.3-3 Build 11512) Fri, 28 Dec 2018 10:04:17 +0000
237 >
238  
239   1. New property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This is "ConfigOverrides"
240     and is used to override the default settings in the client side "firebird.conf" This
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298     This only applies to columns with an SQL Type of SQL_VARYING and SQL_TEXT.
299  
300   8. TIBDataSet now raises an exception when ParamByName called with an invalid parameter name.
301 +   Uses "FindParam" if in order to find out if a parameter with a given name exists
302 +   and without raising and exception if it does not.
303  
304 < 9. TIBQuery now uses IBX SQL Parser instead of TParams SQL parser in order to ensure
304 > 9. TIBQuery now uses IBX SQL Parser instead of the TParams SQL parser in order to ensure
305     consistency with SQL queries.
306  
307   10. CaseSensitiveParameterNames property added to TIBSQL, TIBDataSet and TIBQuery.
308      When true, SQL statement parameter names are parsed case sensitive. Note for
309      TIBDataSet only applies to Select query.
310  
311 + 11. IBEvents: removing a TIBEvent component from a form should no longer result in
312 +    an IDE exception.
313 +
314 + 12. LocalDBSupport: initial database creation should now work correctly
315 +    when the schema source is an sql file.
316 +
317 + 13. TIBCMLocalDBSupport: new event handler "property OnProgressEvent: TOnProgressEvent"
318 +    when defined, this handler will be called by the internal TIBXScript during
319 +    initial database creation when the schema source is an sql file and may be used
320 +    to provide a visual indication of progress in console mode.
321 +
322 + 14. TCustomIBLocalDBSupport: new public property "InOnCreateDB: boolean". This is set
323 +    to true while a new local database is being created and its schema populated.
324 +    Useful in (e.g.) TIBDatabase.OnAfterConnect handler to suppress actions
325 +    when the database is disconnected/connected during the create DB procedure.
326 +
327 + 15. TIBXScript: any User/password parameters found in a CREATE DATABASE statement
328 +    are now always ignored and replaced by the user name and password provided as
329 +    the login parameters for the TIBDatabase referenced from the TIBXScript. The
330 +    IgnoreCreateDatabase property still applies and the CREATE DATABASE statement is
331 +    completely ignored if this property is true.
332 +
333 + 16. Code tidyup in IBTreeView: Node properties initialisation moved from TIBTreeView.AddNodes
334 +    to TIBTreeView.Added. An OnAddition event handler is no longer needed to initialise
335 +    ImageIndex and SelectImageIndex values on AddNode.
336 +
337 + 17. TIBDatabase.Attachment and TIBXServicesConnection.ServicesIntf properties are now
338 +    read/write. This should enabled (e.g.) multiple instances of TIBDatabase to share
339 +    the same database connection.
340 +
341 + 18. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery now support the TDataSet "Filter" property.
342 +    if provided, this should be an conditional SQL expression suitable for
343 +    including in an SQL Select statement "where" clause. If non-empty and the
344 +    "Filtered" property is true then the SQL expression provided as the value of
345 +    the "Filter" property is "ANDed" with any existing condition statement
346 +    in the SQL statement's "Where" clause.
347 +
348 +    If the "Filter" property is set at run time, the "Filtered" property is true
349 +    and the dataset is already open, then the dataset is closed and re-opened automatically.
350 +
351 +    The "Filter" condition may include IBX style parameters. In which case, their
352 +    value must be set by the dataset's "OnBeforeOpen" event handler.
353 +
354 +    This is a public property for TIBDataSet and TIBQuery query and intended for
355 +    use at run time.
356 +
357 +    Note: The property is a published property of TIBTable. The TIBTable functionality
358 +    is unaffected by this change.
359 +
360   IBX Change Log  version (2.3-2) Wed, 05 Dec 2018 12:19:23 +0000
361  
362   1. Remove need to check for IsMultiThread by providing access to GUI timers via

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