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1 + IBX Change Log  version (2.6-1 Build 13985) Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:16:41 +0100
2 +
3 + 1. Maintenance update of 2.6.0. This version is still at beta.
4 +
5 + 2. Reverse out changes to DrawCellText signature in IBArrayGrid and IBDynamic Grid.
6 +   See https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/lazarus/-/commit/53aaae9c5e2a5edac5b1d2f70739a8ef7b0a9623
7 +
8 + 3. ibxscript: When parsing a store procedure or function with a variable name
9 +   enclosed in doublequotes, the double quotes are no longer removed.
10 +
11 + IBX Change Log  version (2.6-0 Build 13976) Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:49:22 +0100
12 +
13 + NOTE: THIS VERSION RE-WRITES THE INTERNAL BUFFER MANAGER AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED
14 +      AS BETA SOFTWARE. EVEN THOUGH IT HAS PASSED ALL REGRESSION TESTS, IT CANNOT
15 +      BE ASSUMED TO BE PRODUCTION READY UNTIL WIDER USE. PLEASE REPORT ANY
16 +      ISSUES TO support@mwasoftware.co.uk
17 +
18 + 1. Complete rewrite of internal buffer management in order to improve performance
19 +   and maintainability. Highlights:
20 +
21 +   * Extending the size of the buffer pool no longer has to copy the entire record
22 +     cache. Instead, a new extent is simply added to the buffer pool.
23 +   * A memory to memory copy of each display buffer now is avoided when scolling the
24 +     dataset.
25 +   * A separate set of buffers is now used for calculated fields. This avoids
26 +     having to keep copies of calculated field values in the buffer cache.
27 +   * Compact bitmaps are used to record null status and need to refresh in each
28 +     buffer.
29 +   * Display buffer type changed from PChar to TRecordBuffer in line with change of
30 +     buffer type in FCL-DB.
31 +
32 + 2. TIBUpdateSQL: changes to SQL text will close linked dataset if open. This is
33 +   to ensure same behaviour as TIBDataset, TIBTable and TIBStoredProcedure.
34 +
35 + 3. TField Provider Flags: pfRefreshOnInsert and pfRefreshOnUpdate are now supported.
36 +   If either or both of these flags are set at design time (using the fields editor)
37 +   then this forces a row refresh on respectively insert or update, or both, when the
38 +   corresponding field is not present in an SQL RETURNING clause.
39 +
40 + 4. TIBCustomDataset.FieldDefsFromQuery moved to a helper class (TFieldDefsMaker) in order to improve
41 +   maintainability and readability and to add identification of primary key fields.
42 +
43 + 5. TIBQuery, TIBDataset and TIBTable. Traditionally, IBX has implemented the Refresh method
44 +   as a refresh of the current row. However, this is different behaviour to that described
45 +   in the FPC documentation for TDataset.Refresh which is described as "refetches the data in
46 +   the dataset from the underlying database, and attempts to reposition the cursor on
47 +   the same record as it was". IBX now complies with the FPC definition of Refresh.
48 +
49 + 6. A progammatic Row Refresh should no longer be required.
50 +   Use Insert/Update... returning to refresh any fields that may change following an
51 +   insert or update i.e. Identify fields on Insert only, Computed By, Blob and array fields
52 +   on both. If there are any other fields (e.g. updated by triggers) set the appropriate ProviderFlag
53 +   for the field at Design Time to force a row refresh if not in the returning clause.
54 +
55 + 7. It should now be possible to insert a row into an empty unidirectional dataset.
56 +
57 + 8. New TIBQuery, TIBDataSet and TIBTable property: BufferChunksInFirstBlock (default 50).
58 +   This gives the number of buffers in the initial block for the buffer pool in
59 +   bi-directional datasets. BufferChunks (default 1000) gives the number of buffers
60 +   in subsequent buffer pool blocks. This avoids large and mostly unused memory allocations
61 +   for small datasets.
62 +
63 + IBX Change Log  version (2.5-1 Build 13927) Tue, 6 Dec 2022 23:13:00 +0000
64 +
65 + 1. IBCustomDataset: avoid problem with additions to TFieldType by using a subset instead.
66 +
67 + 2. TIBDynamicGrid: change DrawCellText declaration to comply with laz 2.3.0
68 +
69 + 3. TIBArrayGrid: change DrawCellText declaration to comply with laz 2.3.0
70 +
71 + IBX Change Log  version (2.5-0 Build 13868) Fri, 29 Jul 2022 09:52:01 +0100
72 +
73 + 1. TIBTransaction: new properties
74 +    property TransactionID: integer read GetTransactionID;
75 +    property IsReadOnly: boolean read GetIsReadOnly;
76 +    {published}
77 +    property TransactionName: string read FTransactionName write SetTransactionName;
78 +
79 + 2. IBCustomDataset: per row blob and array buffer cached clear before processing
80 +   Insert or Update...Returning. This allows blobs and arrays to be returned
81 +   by the statement.
82 +
83 + 3. TSQLXMLReader moved from IBXScript to package fbintf unit IBUtils.
84 +
85 + 4. TransactionName initialised to a newly generated GUID if empty.
86 +
87 + 5. New unit: IBJournal. This provides the TIBJournal component which is a wrapper
88 +   for the fbintf package's journaling capability. TIBJournal is used to set the
89 +   file path and filename for the journal file and to Enabled (start journaling) and
90 +   disable (stop journaling). See fbintf/doc/README.ClientSideJournaling.pdf for
91 +   more information, and comments in IBJournal.pas.
92 +
93 + 6. TIBDatabase.InternalTransaction is now a read only transaction.
94 +
95 + 7. Bug fix: blob id no longer set to null on update when blob has not been
96 +   retrieved.
97 +
98 + 8. Row auto refreshed on update/insert if blob or array field updated and field
99 +   not in a returning clause.
100 +
101 + 9. ColumnCount moved from record buffer header to a single per dataset count. Reduces
102 +   buffer overhead and avoids problem when refresh query has a different column
103 +   count to select query i.e. incorrectly changing number of columns.
104 +
105 + 10. IBExtract: support added for UDR Functions, Procedure and Trigger declarations.
106 +
107 + 11. TIBDatabaseInfo. New property FirebirdVersion. This returns the current Firebird version
108 +    string. Note that the Version property returns an InterBase compatible version string.
109 +
110 + 12. IBExtract: ensure sql identifiers returned as a LIST are always quoted.
111 +
112 + IBX Change Log  version (2.5-0 Build 12933) Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:59:54 +0000
113 +
114 + 1. IBCustomDataset: Modify TISQL component now defaults to GoToFirstRecordOnExecute := true.
115 +   This is for compatibility with Firebird 5 where Update...Returning can return
116 +   a cursor.
117 +
118 + IBX Change Log  version (2.4-3 Build 12886) Sat, 23 Oct 2021 14:58:30 +0100
119 +
120 + 1. Add try-..except check when initially loading library in IDE. This should
121 + ensure that IDE continues to load even when a failure occurs in IBX load
122 + library.
123 +
124 + 2. IBXScript: now recognises a CASE...END block within a stored procedure and
125 +   hence will correctly detect end of the outer containing block when the block
126 +   contains a SELECT ... CASE ... END construct.
127 +
128 + 3. IBExtract: some further tidying up to remove extraneous white space.
129 +
130 + 4. IBCustomDataSet: DefaultFieldClasses array declaration updated to avoid compile time
131 +   errors when extra elements are added to DB.TFieldType.
132 +
133 + 5. IBUpdate: updated to reflect changes to ISQLParam.
134 +
135 + 6. IBXScript: now correctly parses a DECLARE statement which includes a quoted string.
136 +
137 + 7. IBExtract: for ODS >=13, increment generator value by one for ALTER SEQUENCE statement.
138 +
139 + 8. IBSQL: Support for scrollable cursors added (note: local databases only)
140 +
141 + IBX Change Log  version (2.4-2 Build 12773) Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:59:42 +0100
142 +
143 + 1. TIBDatabaseInfo: review and tidy-up of property types. Most widen to int64 with the
144 +   exception of those defined to be one byte wide e.g. DBImplementationNo.
145 +
146 + 2. TIBSQL: Batch Update/Insert support added.
147 +
148 + 3. TIBStoredProc: when generating the SQL, the value of the StoredProcName property
149 +   is no longer automatically converted to upper case when it is syntactically a
150 +   SQL Identifier. This is to support the use of stored procedures defined e.g.
151 +   as CREATE PROCEDURE "iCASE".
152 +
153 +   There could be a backwards compatibility issue when the StoredProcName was entered
154 +   manually at design time. That is not selected from the drop down list. If the
155 +   StoredProcName is entered in mixed case and the procedure was declared e.g. as
156 +   CREATE PROCEDURE iCASE, then the SQL generation will be incorrect. You should
157 +   ensure that the value of the StoredProcName is all upper case, unless it was
158 +   declared under dialect 3 and explicitly as mixed case (i.e. delimited by double
159 +   quotes).
160 +
161 +   Note that when a stored procedure name was declared delimited in double quotes,
162 +   as in the first example above, the value of the StoredProcName property must not
163 +   include the delimiters (double quotes).
164 +
165 + 4. IBXUpgradeConfFile: an exception is now raised if a patch file specified in
166 +   upgrade.conf was not found. This replaces silently ignoring the problem.
167 +
168 + 5. TIBLocalDBSupport: new property "SectionHeaderTemplate". This defaults to
169 +   'Version.%.3d' and is used to generate the section header names (for a given
170 +   version no.) in the upgrade.conf file.
171 +
172 + IBX Change Log  version (2.4-1 Build 12550) Wed, 23 Jun 2021 13:59:14 +0100
173 +
174 + 1. -c command line option added to fbsql example program. Used to set connection
175 +   character set.
176 +
177   IBX Change Log  version (2.4-0 Build 12543) Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:00:08 +0000
178  
179   1. Firebird 4 support added.

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