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+IBX Change Log  version    (2.3-0) Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:21:20 +0000
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+IBX Change Log  version (2.4-3 Build 12796) Mon, 06 Sep 2021 11:26:41 +0100
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+. Add try-..except check when initially loading library in IDE. This should
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+ensure that IDE continues to load even when a failure occurs in IBX load
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+library.
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+IBX Change Log  version (2.4-2 Build 12773) Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:59:42 +0100
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+. TIBDatabaseInfo: review and tidy-up of property types. Most widen to int64 with the
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+   exception of those defined to be one byte wide e.g. DBImplementationNo.
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+. TIBSQL: Batch Update/Insert support added.
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+. TIBStoredProc: when generating the SQL, the value of the StoredProcName property
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+   is no longer automatically converted to upper case when it is syntactically a
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+   SQL Identifier. This is to support the use of stored procedures defined e.g.
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+   as CREATE PROCEDURE "iCASE".
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+   There could be a backwards compatibility issue when the StoredProcName was entered
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+   manually at design time. That is not selected from the drop down list. If the
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+   StoredProcName is entered in mixed case and the procedure was declared e.g. as
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+   CREATE PROCEDURE iCASE, then the SQL generation will be incorrect. You should
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+   ensure that the value of the StoredProcName is all upper case, unless it was
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+   declared under dialect 3 and explicitly as mixed case (i.e. delimited by double
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+   quotes).
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+   Note that when a stored procedure name was declared delimited in double quotes,
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+   as in the first example above, the value of the StoredProcName property must not
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+   include the delimiters (double quotes).
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+. IBXUpgradeConfFile: an exception is now raised if a patch file specified in
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+   upgrade.conf was not found. This replaces silently ignoring the problem.
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+. TIBLocalDBSupport: new property "SectionHeaderTemplate". This defaults to
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+   'Version.%.3d' and is used to generate the section header names (for a given
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+   version no.) in the upgrade.conf file.
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+IBX Change Log  version (2.4-1 Build 12550) Wed, 23 Jun 2021 13:59:14 +0100
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+. -c command line option added to fbsql example program. Used to set connection
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+   character set.
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+IBX Change Log  version (2.4-0 Build 12543) Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:00:08 +0000
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+. Firebird 4 support added.
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+. New FB4 data types TIME WITH TIME ZONE, TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE, DECFLOAT and
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+   extended precision NUMERIC fields are supported.
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+. TFmtBCDField is used to support access to DECFLOAT and extended precision NUMERIC fields.
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+. TIBDateTimeField and TIBTimeField are introduced in support of TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE
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+   and TIME WITH TIME ZONE fields. These inherit from TDateTimeField.
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+. IBExtract now supports FB4 enhancements:
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+   - new data types as above
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+   - Identity column extensions
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+   - Default user role
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+   - SQL Security clause for Database, Tables, Procedures, Functions and Triggers
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+   - Internal Functions
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+. IBExtract: new event: OnExtractLines.
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+. IBExtract: revert create trigger to legacy syntax see Firebird CORE-6243, CORE-5545 and DOC-145
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+. IBXServices: Server version no. parsing now allows any letter before major version number
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+   and is no longer restricted to 'V' e.g. "LI-T4.0.0.1436 Firebird 4.0 Beta 1"
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+. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new property TZTextOption. Used to determine the default
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+   format for rendering a time zone.
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+. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new property DefaultTZDate. Used to provide the default date
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+     to convert TIME WITH TIME ZONE data type values to and from GMT.
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+. Unit name IBTypes changed to IBInternals. Internal interfaces TIBGUIInterface and TIBTimerInf renamed to
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+    IIBGUIInterface and IIBTimerInf respectively.
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+. Constants: DPBPrefix and TPBPrefix moved to IB unit. DPBConstantNames and TPBConstantNames
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+    now accessible as properties of TIBDatabase and TIBTransaction respectively.
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+. String Fields: when a fixed character with (CHAR) field is returned, it is now
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+    truncated to its fixed character width rather than being right padded with
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+    white space to the maximum data size.
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+. TIBTable.Empty table. In additional to deleting all records in the underlying
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+    table, the internal buffers are now also flushed ensuring that the TIBTable is
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+    also empty.
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+. TBatchSQLStatementReader: Line buffer is now cleared on call to reset.
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+. TIBXControlService descendents: DatabaseName may now be set using a database
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+    connect string. The database name is extracted from the connect string.
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+. DBControlGrid: Minor bug fixes. avoid AV on form closure, avoid black panel
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+. TIBExtract: Data type of COMPUTED By columns is no longer included in SQL.
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+. Local database on Linux and with legacy API and FB 2.5 embedded server: fixed problem with password
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+    not being present as required.
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+. IBTreeView split into DBTreeView and IBTreeView. This former is an IBX indepedent
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+    version that can be customised to work with other database drivers.
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+. ISQLMonitor: use platform specific LineEnding to delimit messages. Avoids
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+    unnecessary CR at end of line on Unix platforms.
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+. ISQLMonitor: Unix: Default semaphore timeout increased from 1 second to 10
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+    seconds in order to reduce risk of message loss.
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+. ISQLMonitor: read and write count statistics now available via:
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+      property TIBSQLMonitor.ReadCount;
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+      IIBSQLMonitorHook.GetWriteCount: integer;
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+. ISQLMonitor tidy up and unit split. IPC functions moved to new unit IBIPC.
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+IBX Change Log  version (2.3-5 Build 12350) Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:11:02 +0100
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+.  TIBStringField: when a string value is read from a dataset buffer, if the
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+    number of UTF8 characters exceeds the string size then string is truncated
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+    to the maximum string size. This is  usually a problem with fixed width columns
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+    right padded with white space.
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+.  SQLFiltered and SQLFilterParams added to TIBQuery, TIBTable and TIBDataset.
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+    If SQLFiltered is set then when a dataset is opened, each line in the
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+    SQLFilterParams property is assumed to be a SQL condition clause and
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+    ANDed into the Where clause of the SQL Select statement provided as a
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+    dataset property. Each such SQL condition thus acts as an additional filter
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+    on the dataset.
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+.  The Filtered property inherited from TDataset is no longer used for SQL (server
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+    side filters).
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+. IBLookupComboEditBox: Selection should no longer reset to start of text when
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+   text matches complete entry.
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+. TIBDataLink: Detail Dataset params not refreshed unless both master and detail
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+   dataset are active (avoids risk of access violation if master is inactive)
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+. TIBEvents: Registered property can now be set at design time even if database not open
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+. TIBEvents: component now correctly re-initialised after call to UnregisterEvents.
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+   This should prevent "spillover" of events between sessions.
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+. TIBCustomDataset: GetNextRecord now called when reseting to first record of a unidirectional dataset.
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+   This should ensure that the internal buffer is set up correctly and avoids
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+   a duplicate initial row.
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+. TIBStringField: DataSize now given as byte size of string less trailing any zero character.
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+   That is, the DataSize should be the field size * character set width. The
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+   value returned by DataSize is now the same as the Dataset buffer size reserved
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+   for the field.
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+. IBExtract: Tidyup of SQL generation. Avoid unnecessary double quotes.
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+. TIBCustomDataset: Add checks on buffer sizes when copying data from row to field buffer
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+    and vice-versa. This may result in an exception being raised (correctly) for
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+    older programs when using dataset fields added to a form and the database has been
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+    upgraded. For example, computed fields can change from 32-bit to 64-bit integers.
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+    In such cases, the field needs to be deleted in the IDE fields editor and then
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+    added back in.
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+. IBCustomDataSet: CanInsert, CanEdit, CanDelete and CanRefresh updated to return
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+    false if query contains only white space and not just empty.
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+. IBCustomDataset: Blob data is now cleared when TDataSet.Cancel is called. This
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+    should ensure that (e.g.) a TDBMemo is correctly refreshed after a dataset edit
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+    is cancelled.
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+. IBCustomDataset: SetArrayIntf should no longer cause an access violation if
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+    called on a null field.
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+. IBCustomDataSet: An access violation should no longer occur when calling CancelUpdates
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+    results in an empty dataTC86                Client side Filtered Dataset    1       X
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+set.
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+. IBCustomDataSet: OnUpdateError should now be called in all circumstances when
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+    a cached update is applied and an exception is raised.
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+. IBCustomDataSet: Avoid access violation when SetBookmarkData called with nil pointer.
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+. Console Mode Local Database support: backup/restore should now work correctly.
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+. Local Database Support: if an upgrade fails, a downgrade is now performed if
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+    possible and an exception raised.
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+. MinimumVersionNo added to Local Database Support. Database will not open if
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+    below this version no. and upgrade not possible.
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+IBX Change Log  version (2.3-4 Build 12041) Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:00:32 +0100
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+.  TIBXDataSet and Generators: Generator Names that are not all upper case or
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+    not SQL Identifiers are now supported.
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+.  TIBXScript: Set Generator is no longer rejected as unrecognised SQL and is
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+    passed to the Firebird engine for execution.
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+.  TIBDataSet: Unidirectional datasets now give an error message if an attempt
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+    is made to scroll back.
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+.  New unit: IBMessages.pas. Contains only messages used by IBX and not FBIntf
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+. TIBLookupComboEditBox: When generating auto-complete SQL, the ListField is now
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+   only enclosed in double quotes in SQL dialect 3 and when it needs to be.
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+. TIBLookupComboEditBox: when the list source opens, the ListField name is now
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+   validated. If no match is found in the list of field names and the database has
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+   been opened in SQL Dialect 3, then the ListField Name is converted to upper case
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+   if it then matches a field name. Otherwise, a Listfield not valid exception occurs.
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+. IBGeneratoreditor.pas: Add missing parenthesis around "IS" statement for compliance
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+   with fpc 3.2.
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+IBX Change Log  version (2.3-3 Build 11512) Fri, 28 Dec 2018 10:04:17 +0000
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+. New property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This is "ConfigOverrides"
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+   and is used to override the default settings in the client side "firebird.conf" This
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+   includes "WireCompression" and "WireCrypt". The value of this property is a "TStrings".
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+   Each line of the string list should be a setting in the same format as "firebird.conf".
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+   For example "WireCompression = true" in order to request wire compression on the client side.
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+   Note: explicit settings in the client side "firebird.conf" appear to take precedence
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+   over settings given in TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. Many client side settings
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+   also require a compatible setting in the server side "firebird.conf". For example
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+   "WireCompression = true" must also be set in the server's "firebird.conf" for wire
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+   compression to be used.
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+   Whether or not WireCompression or WireCrypt are in use can be checked using the information
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+   returned with the Client/Server protocol version. See ibx/examples/dbadmin and
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+   ibx/examples/dbinfo for examples of how to display this information.
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+. New property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection: "WireCompression". This
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+   is a "convenience" property. If set the "WireCompression=true" is added to the
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+   ConfigOverrides. If unchecked then this setting is removed.
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+. TIBExtract: 64-bit integer types are now correctly extracted as "BIGINT" and
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+   not "INT64".
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+. New published properties for TIBCSVDataOut, TIBInsertStmtsOut and TIBBlockFormatOut
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+   These are:
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+    property TimestampFormat: string;
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+    property DateFormat: string;
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+    property TimeFormat: string;
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+   Respectively, these provide the date time format templates for SQL types: TIMESTAMP,
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+   DATETIME and TIME. The format strings use the standard FPC date/time format
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+   characters (see https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/formatchars.html).
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+   If any of the above properties are set to an empty string, then the locale default
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+   is used. This uses the ShortDateFormat and the LongTimeFormat. In timestamp, the
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+   locale default is extended by appending '.zzz' to include milliseconds.
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+   TIBCSVDataOut by default sets these properties to the empty string, while the other
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+   two use: 'yyyy.mm.dd hh:nn:ss.zzz', 'yyyy.mm.dd' and 'hh:nn:ss.zzz' respectively.
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+. New published property for TIBCSVDataOut:
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+     property QuoteStrings: boolean (default true)
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+   If false then strings are unquoted, otherwise, the QuoteChar property value is
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+   used to delimit each and every string in the output.
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+. New published properties for TIBCSVDataOut:
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+    property FieldSeparator: string;
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+    property HeaderSeparator: string;
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+   Respectively, these provide the separator character(s) used to separate fields
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+   in data and header rows. Both default to ','.
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+. New published properties for TIBCSVDataOut and TIBBlockFormatOut:
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+    TOnFormatTextString = procedure(sender: TObject; var TextString: string) of object;
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+    property OnFormatTextString;
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+   This event handler can be used to process text strings before they are included
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+   in the output e.g. to replace unprintable characters with alternative strings.
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+   This only applies to columns with an SQL Type of SQL_VARYING and SQL_TEXT.
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+. TIBDataSet now raises an exception when ParamByName called with an invalid parameter name.
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+   Uses "FindParam" if in order to find out if a parameter with a given name exists
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+   and without raising and exception if it does not.
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+. TIBQuery now uses IBX SQL Parser instead of the TParams SQL parser in order to ensure
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+   consistency with SQL queries.
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+. CaseSensitiveParameterNames property added to TIBSQL, TIBDataSet and TIBQuery.
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+    When true, SQL statement parameter names are parsed case sensitive. Note for
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+    TIBDataSet only applies to Select query.
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+. IBEvents: removing a TIBEvent component from a form should no longer result in
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+    an IDE exception.
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+. LocalDBSupport: initial database creation should now work correctly
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+    when the schema source is an sql file.
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+. TIBCMLocalDBSupport: new event handler "property OnProgressEvent: TOnProgressEvent"
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+    when defined, this handler will be called by the internal TIBXScript during
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+    initial database creation when the schema source is an sql file and may be used
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+    to provide a visual indication of progress in console mode.
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+. TCustomIBLocalDBSupport: new public property "InOnCreateDB: boolean". This is set
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+    to true while a new local database is being created and its schema populated.
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+    Useful in (e.g.) TIBDatabase.OnAfterConnect handler to suppress actions
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+    when the database is disconnected/connected during the create DB procedure.
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+. TIBXScript: any User/password parameters found in a CREATE DATABASE statement
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+    are now always ignored and replaced by the user name and password provided as
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+    the login parameters for the TIBDatabase referenced from the TIBXScript. The
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+    IgnoreCreateDatabase property still applies and the CREATE DATABASE statement is
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+    completely ignored if this property is true.
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+. Code tidyup in IBTreeView: Node properties initialisation moved from TIBTreeView.AddNodes
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+    to TIBTreeView.Added. An OnAddition event handler is no longer needed to initialise
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+    ImageIndex and SelectImageIndex values on AddNode.
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+. TIBDatabase.Attachment and TIBXServicesConnection.ServicesIntf properties are now
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+    read/write. This should enabled (e.g.) multiple instances of TIBDatabase to share
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+    the same database connection.
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+. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery now support the TDataSet "Filter" property.
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+    if provided, this should be an conditional SQL expression suitable for
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+    including in an SQL Select statement "where" clause. If non-empty and the
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+    "Filtered" property is true then the SQL expression provided as the value of
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+    the "Filter" property is "ANDed" with any existing condition statement
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+    in the SQL statement's "Where" clause.
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+    If the "Filter" property is set at run time, the "Filtered" property is true
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+    and the dataset is already open, then the dataset is closed and re-opened automatically.
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+    The "Filter" condition may include IBX style parameters. In which case, their
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+    value must be set by the dataset's "OnBeforeOpen" event handler.
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+    This is a public property for TIBDataSet and TIBQuery query and intended for
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+    use at run time.
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+    Note: The property is a published property of TIBTable. The TIBTable functionality
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+    is unaffected by this change.
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+IBX Change Log  version (2.3-2) Wed, 05 Dec 2018 12:19:23 +0000
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+. Remove need to check for IsMultiThread by providing access to GUI timers via
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+   IBGUIInterface. Note: master/detail delay timer does not apply to console
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+   mode apps.
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+. TIBCustomDataSet: SQLParser ignored if it does not contain a valid select
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+   statement. This avoids problems if "Execute Block" is used as the Query.
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+. IBSQLParser now uses the common SQL tokeniser from fbintf. This replaces the
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+   internal SQL tokeniser routines.
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+. IBSQLParser: new property NotaSelectStmt. Set to true if SQL fails to parse
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+   as a select statement, with or without CTEs.
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+. IBSQLParser: parser now recognises the "ROWS" clause.
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+. TIBXScript now uses the common SQL tokeniser from fbintf. This replaces the
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+   internal SQL tokeniser routines.
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+.  Fix error in TIBXScript processing of "set" statements. This avoids exceptions
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+    being raised for valid set statements processed by a data formatter.
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+. New published property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This is
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+   FirebirdLibraryPathName: string. If not empty it is used to explicitly specify
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+   the path of the Firebird Library used by the database/services connection.
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+. New read only public property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This
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+   is FirebirdAPI and returns the IFirebirdAPI interface used by the database/
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+   services connection.
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+.SQL Property editors now quote parameter names if "Quote identifier" is selected
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+   or param name is not a valid SQL identifier.
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+. IBLookupComboEditBox: In Lazarus 2.0, TDBLookupComboBox takes a more restrictive
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+    view of whether the text box should be editable when no DataSource is specified.
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+    TIBLookupComboEditBox has been updated to workaround this problem. As long as
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+    ReadOnly is false, the text box is editable when no DataSource is specified.
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+. AllowUseOfFBLIB is now set to "true" at design time. This is to allow use of
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+    the FBLIB environment variable. If you do not want to permit this then you
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+    must modify the Register procedure in the design/IBDBReg.pas unit to remove
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+    this setting.
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+IBX Change Log  version                 (2.3-1) Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:39:45 +0100
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+. IBCustomDataset: replace deprecated function ValidUTF8String with call to
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+   Utf8EscapeControlChars
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+IBX Change Log  version                (2.3-0) Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:48:06 +0100
+IMPORTANT: the source code tree has been re-organised for IBX 2.3. Please remove
+all previous copies of the IBX source code tree before installing this release.
+    with Extract Option eoDatabase.
+. TIBLookupComboEditBox: Workaround added for https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=33428
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+    When a deLaoutChanged event is reported on the ListSource dataset, the
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+    When a deLayoutChanged event is reported on the ListSource dataset, the
+    combobox text is updated. This allows a listsource (detail) to be in a Master/Detail
+    relationship with the control's datasource (master).
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+. TIBExtract: Full BigInt value range now supported for Generators/Sequences.
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+. TIBExtract: Select Procedures (Procedure type 1) now include "SUSPEND;" clause in their
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+    stubs. Pedantic fix really, as procedures output in dependency order anyway.
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+. TIBExtract: Package Headers and Package Bodies are now included in the extracted
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+    DDL (Firebird 3 and later only).
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+. TIBLookupComboBox Autocomplete Fixes:
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+    i. Only appended text is now selected after autocomplete.
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+    ii. Uppercase keys no longer ignored for autocomplete.
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+    iii. Retain Prefix case is now honoured correctly.
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+    iv. When a DataSource is assigned, typing after autocomplete now extends prefix
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+        before autocomplete performed. i.e. behaviour now the same as when
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+        no DataSource assigned.
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+. TIBXScript: Single Line Comments starting with '--' are now ignored when occurring
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+    between SQL statements.
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+. TIBExtract: New published property CaseSensitiveObjectNames. If false (default) then
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+    ObjectNames are converted to upper case before matching against metadata object
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+    names, unless the objectname is delimited by double quotes, in which case, the
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+    double quotes are removed and the remaining string is used (unmodified) to match
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+    against the metadata object name.
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+    If true then the ObjectName is used as is without modification and matched
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+    against the metadata object name. No attempt is made to remove double quotes.
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+. TIBExtract: New Extract Types: etDatabaseTriggers and etDDLTriggers. When used
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+    with eoTrigger, these extract types can be used to select only Database Triggers,
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+    or DDL Triggers or both. Ignored when etTable or etTrigger included in Extract Types.
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+. TIBXScript: If an exception occurs during the processing of a statement, the
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+    statement separate character is now reset to the default (';').
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+. TIBDatabase: Reconnect method added and used by TIBXScript for reconnect.
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+. TIBXScript: Transaction is no longer automatically reactivated immediately processing
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+    a commit or reconnect statement and instead activated only when next SQL statement
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+    is executed.
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+. TIBSQL.HasField should no longer generate and exception when the field does not exist.
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+. TIBXScript: case insensitive regex now used when matching statements instead of
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+    converting statement to upper case.
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+. TIBExtract: metadata comments now supported. New published property
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+    IncludeMetaDataComments (default true). If true then metadata comments included
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+    in extracted DDL. New Extract Object member eoComments. This may be used with
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+    ExtractObject method to list all metadata comments.
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+. TIBExtract: ListObjectNames method added.
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+. Updated Database component editor to support additional connection string
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+    types.
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+IBX Change Log  version  (2.2-0) Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:57:45 +0000
+NOTE: THE LOCATIONS OF SOME OF THE UNIT DIRECTORIES HAS CHANGED FROM IBX 2.1. THIS IS TO

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