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1 < IBX Change Log  version (2.3-4 Build 12019) Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:45:20 +0100
1 > IBX Change Log  version (2.6-4 Build 14153) Sat, 30 Dec 2023 16:01:23 +0000
2 >
3 > 1. TIBCustomDataSet.ApplyUpdates: ensure controls are not permanently disabled
4 >   if ApplyUpdates called before a cursor exists.
5 >
6 > 2. TIBCustomDataSet.CreateBlobStream: add check for empty dataset before
7 >   creating the blob.
8 >
9 > 3. TIBCustomDataset.Requery: The display buffer pool is now also reset avoiding
10 >   issues with left over pointers to invalid internal buffers.
11 >
12 > 4. TIBCustomDataset.PrimaryKeys when used in InternalRefresh. when more than one
13 >   primary key is used by the dataset then the list of primary keys is now
14 >   properly separated by a ';'.
15 >
16 > IBX Change Log  version (2.6-3 Build 14080) Sat, 21 Oct 2023 14:14:22 +0100
17 >
18 > 1. Update to calls to EInterbaseError to add default code page. Consequential
19 >   on change to fbintf.
20 >
21 > 2. Update some examples to replace test for null date with the NullDate constant
22 >   instead of zero. This is because Laz 3.0 changes the value of NullDate.
23 >
24 > IBX Change Log  version (2.6-2 Build 14016) Sat, 05 Aug 2023 11:54:55 +0100
25 >
26 > 1. Fixed repeated "type" keyword in IBBufferCursors. This may cause a compile error
27 >   with later versions of fpc - later than 3.2.2.
28 >
29 > 2. IBUpdateSQL. update internal queries if parent dataset database changed.
30 >
31 > 3. IBUpdateSQL: Do not prepare an empty internal query.
32 >
33 > 4. IBBufferedCursors: avoid range error when max field no. is > fields.count
34 >
35 > 5. IBBufferedCursors: avoid End of File error if refresh query returns and empty row count
36 >
37 > IBX Change Log  version (2.6-1 Build 13985) Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:16:41 +0100
38 >
39 > 1. Maintenance update of 2.6.0. This version is still at beta.
40 >
41 > 2. Reverse out changes to DrawCellText signature in IBArrayGrid and IBDynamic Grid.
42 >   See https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/lazarus/-/commit/53aaae9c5e2a5edac5b1d2f70739a8ef7b0a9623
43 >
44 > 3. ibxscript: When parsing a store procedure or function with a variable name
45 >   enclosed in doublequotes, the double quotes are no longer removed.
46 >
47 > IBX Change Log  version (2.6-0 Build 13976) Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:49:22 +0100
48 >
49 > NOTE: THIS VERSION RE-WRITES THE INTERNAL BUFFER MANAGER AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED
50 >      AS BETA SOFTWARE. EVEN THOUGH IT HAS PASSED ALL REGRESSION TESTS, IT CANNOT
51 >      BE ASSUMED TO BE PRODUCTION READY UNTIL WIDER USE. PLEASE REPORT ANY
52 >      ISSUES TO support@mwasoftware.co.uk
53 >
54 > 1. Complete rewrite of internal buffer management in order to improve performance
55 >   and maintainability. Highlights:
56 >
57 >   * Extending the size of the buffer pool no longer has to copy the entire record
58 >     cache. Instead, a new extent is simply added to the buffer pool.
59 >   * A memory to memory copy of each display buffer now is avoided when scolling the
60 >     dataset.
61 >   * A separate set of buffers is now used for calculated fields. This avoids
62 >     having to keep copies of calculated field values in the buffer cache.
63 >   * Compact bitmaps are used to record null status and need to refresh in each
64 >     buffer.
65 >   * Display buffer type changed from PChar to TRecordBuffer in line with change of
66 >     buffer type in FCL-DB.
67 >
68 > 2. TIBUpdateSQL: changes to SQL text will close linked dataset if open. This is
69 >   to ensure same behaviour as TIBDataset, TIBTable and TIBStoredProcedure.
70 >
71 > 3. TField Provider Flags: pfRefreshOnInsert and pfRefreshOnUpdate are now supported.
72 >   If either or both of these flags are set at design time (using the fields editor)
73 >   then this forces a row refresh on respectively insert or update, or both, when the
74 >   corresponding field is not present in an SQL RETURNING clause.
75 >
76 > 4. TIBCustomDataset.FieldDefsFromQuery moved to a helper class (TFieldDefsMaker) in order to improve
77 >   maintainability and readability and to add identification of primary key fields.
78 >
79 > 5. TIBQuery, TIBDataset and TIBTable. Traditionally, IBX has implemented the Refresh method
80 >   as a refresh of the current row. However, this is different behaviour to that described
81 >   in the FPC documentation for TDataset.Refresh which is described as "refetches the data in
82 >   the dataset from the underlying database, and attempts to reposition the cursor on
83 >   the same record as it was". IBX now complies with the FPC definition of Refresh.
84 >
85 > 6. A progammatic Row Refresh should no longer be required.
86 >   Use Insert/Update... returning to refresh any fields that may change following an
87 >   insert or update i.e. Identify fields on Insert only, Computed By, Blob and array fields
88 >   on both. If there are any other fields (e.g. updated by triggers) set the appropriate ProviderFlag
89 >   for the field at Design Time to force a row refresh if not in the returning clause.
90 >
91 > 7. It should now be possible to insert a row into an empty unidirectional dataset.
92 >
93 > 8. New TIBQuery, TIBDataSet and TIBTable property: BufferChunksInFirstBlock (default 50).
94 >   This gives the number of buffers in the initial block for the buffer pool in
95 >   bi-directional datasets. BufferChunks (default 1000) gives the number of buffers
96 >   in subsequent buffer pool blocks. This avoids large and mostly unused memory allocations
97 >   for small datasets.
98 >
99 > IBX Change Log  version (2.5-1 Build 13927) Tue, 6 Dec 2022 23:13:00 +0000
100 >
101 > 1. IBCustomDataset: avoid problem with additions to TFieldType by using a subset instead.
102 >
103 > 2. TIBDynamicGrid: change DrawCellText declaration to comply with laz 2.3.0
104 >
105 > 3. TIBArrayGrid: change DrawCellText declaration to comply with laz 2.3.0
106 >
107 > IBX Change Log  version (2.5-0 Build 13868) Fri, 29 Jul 2022 09:52:01 +0100
108 >
109 > 1. TIBTransaction: new properties
110 >    property TransactionID: integer read GetTransactionID;
111 >    property IsReadOnly: boolean read GetIsReadOnly;
112 >    {published}
113 >    property TransactionName: string read FTransactionName write SetTransactionName;
114 >
115 > 2. IBCustomDataset: per row blob and array buffer cached clear before processing
116 >   Insert or Update...Returning. This allows blobs and arrays to be returned
117 >   by the statement.
118 >
119 > 3. TSQLXMLReader moved from IBXScript to package fbintf unit IBUtils.
120 >
121 > 4. TransactionName initialised to a newly generated GUID if empty.
122 >
123 > 5. New unit: IBJournal. This provides the TIBJournal component which is a wrapper
124 >   for the fbintf package's journaling capability. TIBJournal is used to set the
125 >   file path and filename for the journal file and to Enabled (start journaling) and
126 >   disable (stop journaling). See fbintf/doc/README.ClientSideJournaling.pdf for
127 >   more information, and comments in IBJournal.pas.
128 >
129 > 6. TIBDatabase.InternalTransaction is now a read only transaction.
130 >
131 > 7. Bug fix: blob id no longer set to null on update when blob has not been
132 >   retrieved.
133 >
134 > 8. Row auto refreshed on update/insert if blob or array field updated and field
135 >   not in a returning clause.
136 >
137 > 9. ColumnCount moved from record buffer header to a single per dataset count. Reduces
138 >   buffer overhead and avoids problem when refresh query has a different column
139 >   count to select query i.e. incorrectly changing number of columns.
140 >
141 > 10. IBExtract: support added for UDR Functions, Procedure and Trigger declarations.
142 >
143 > 11. TIBDatabaseInfo. New property FirebirdVersion. This returns the current Firebird version
144 >    string. Note that the Version property returns an InterBase compatible version string.
145 >
146 > 12. IBExtract: ensure sql identifiers returned as a LIST are always quoted.
147 >
148 > IBX Change Log  version (2.5-0 Build 12933) Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:59:54 +0000
149 >
150 > 1. IBCustomDataset: Modify TISQL component now defaults to GoToFirstRecordOnExecute := true.
151 >   This is for compatibility with Firebird 5 where Update...Returning can return
152 >   a cursor.
153 >
154 > IBX Change Log  version (2.4-3 Build 12886) Sat, 23 Oct 2021 14:58:30 +0100
155 >
156 > 1. Add try-..except check when initially loading library in IDE. This should
157 > ensure that IDE continues to load even when a failure occurs in IBX load
158 > library.
159 >
160 > 2. IBXScript: now recognises a CASE...END block within a stored procedure and
161 >   hence will correctly detect end of the outer containing block when the block
162 >   contains a SELECT ... CASE ... END construct.
163 >
164 > 3. IBExtract: some further tidying up to remove extraneous white space.
165 >
166 > 4. IBCustomDataSet: DefaultFieldClasses array declaration updated to avoid compile time
167 >   errors when extra elements are added to DB.TFieldType.
168 >
169 > 5. IBUpdate: updated to reflect changes to ISQLParam.
170 >
171 > 6. IBXScript: now correctly parses a DECLARE statement which includes a quoted string.
172 >
173 > 7. IBExtract: for ODS >=13, increment generator value by one for ALTER SEQUENCE statement.
174 >
175 > 8. IBSQL: Support for scrollable cursors added (note: local databases only)
176 >
177 > IBX Change Log  version (2.4-2 Build 12773) Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:59:42 +0100
178 >
179 > 1. TIBDatabaseInfo: review and tidy-up of property types. Most widen to int64 with the
180 >   exception of those defined to be one byte wide e.g. DBImplementationNo.
181 >
182 > 2. TIBSQL: Batch Update/Insert support added.
183 >
184 > 3. TIBStoredProc: when generating the SQL, the value of the StoredProcName property
185 >   is no longer automatically converted to upper case when it is syntactically a
186 >   SQL Identifier. This is to support the use of stored procedures defined e.g.
187 >   as CREATE PROCEDURE "iCASE".
188 >
189 >   There could be a backwards compatibility issue when the StoredProcName was entered
190 >   manually at design time. That is not selected from the drop down list. If the
191 >   StoredProcName is entered in mixed case and the procedure was declared e.g. as
192 >   CREATE PROCEDURE iCASE, then the SQL generation will be incorrect. You should
193 >   ensure that the value of the StoredProcName is all upper case, unless it was
194 >   declared under dialect 3 and explicitly as mixed case (i.e. delimited by double
195 >   quotes).
196 >
197 >   Note that when a stored procedure name was declared delimited in double quotes,
198 >   as in the first example above, the value of the StoredProcName property must not
199 >   include the delimiters (double quotes).
200 >
201 > 4. IBXUpgradeConfFile: an exception is now raised if a patch file specified in
202 >   upgrade.conf was not found. This replaces silently ignoring the problem.
203 >
204 > 5. TIBLocalDBSupport: new property "SectionHeaderTemplate". This defaults to
205 >   'Version.%.3d' and is used to generate the section header names (for a given
206 >   version no.) in the upgrade.conf file.
207 >
208 > IBX Change Log  version (2.4-1 Build 12550) Wed, 23 Jun 2021 13:59:14 +0100
209 >
210 > 1. -c command line option added to fbsql example program. Used to set connection
211 >   character set.
212 >
213 > IBX Change Log  version (2.4-0 Build 12543) Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:00:08 +0000
214 >
215 > 1. Firebird 4 support added.
216 >
217 > 2. New FB4 data types TIME WITH TIME ZONE, TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE, DECFLOAT and
218 >   extended precision NUMERIC fields are supported.
219 >
220 > 3. TFmtBCDField is used to support access to DECFLOAT and extended precision NUMERIC fields.
221 >
222 > 4. TIBDateTimeField and TIBTimeField are introduced in support of TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE
223 >   and TIME WITH TIME ZONE fields. These inherit from TDateTimeField.
224 >
225 > 5. IBExtract now supports FB4 enhancements:
226 >   - new data types as above
227 >   - Identity column extensions
228 >   - Default user role
229 >   - SQL Security clause for Database, Tables, Procedures, Functions and Triggers
230 >   - Internal Functions
231 >
232 > 6. IBExtract: new event: OnExtractLines.
233 >
234 > 7. IBExtract: revert create trigger to legacy syntax see Firebird CORE-6243, CORE-5545 and DOC-145
235 >
236 > 8. IBXServices: Server version no. parsing now allows any letter before major version number
237 >   and is no longer restricted to 'V' e.g. "LI-T4.0.0.1436 Firebird 4.0 Beta 1"
238 >
239 > 9. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new property TZTextOption. Used to determine the default
240 >   format for rendering a time zone.
241 >
242 > 10. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new property DefaultTZDate. Used to provide the default date
243 >     to convert TIME WITH TIME ZONE data type values to and from GMT.
244 >
245 > 11. Unit name IBTypes changed to IBInternals. Internal interfaces TIBGUIInterface and TIBTimerInf renamed to
246 >    IIBGUIInterface and IIBTimerInf respectively.
247 >
248 > 12. Constants: DPBPrefix and TPBPrefix moved to IB unit. DPBConstantNames and TPBConstantNames
249 >    now accessible as properties of TIBDatabase and TIBTransaction respectively.
250 >
251 > 13. String Fields: when a fixed character with (CHAR) field is returned, it is now
252 >    truncated to its fixed character width rather than being right padded with
253 >    white space to the maximum data size.
254 >
255 > 14. TIBTable.Empty table. In additional to deleting all records in the underlying
256 >    table, the internal buffers are now also flushed ensuring that the TIBTable is
257 >    also empty.
258 >
259 > 15. TBatchSQLStatementReader: Line buffer is now cleared on call to reset.
260 >
261 > 16. TIBXControlService descendents: DatabaseName may now be set using a database
262 >    connect string. The database name is extracted from the connect string.
263 >
264 > 17. DBControlGrid: Minor bug fixes. avoid AV on form closure, avoid black panel
265 >
266 > 18. TIBExtract: Data type of COMPUTED By columns is no longer included in SQL.
267 >
268 > 19. Local database on Linux and with legacy API and FB 2.5 embedded server: fixed problem with password
269 >    not being present as required.
270 >
271 > 20. IBTreeView split into DBTreeView and IBTreeView. This former is an IBX indepedent
272 >    version that can be customised to work with other database drivers.
273 >
274 > 21. ISQLMonitor: use platform specific LineEnding to delimit messages. Avoids
275 >    unnecessary CR at end of line on Unix platforms.
276 >
277 > 22. ISQLMonitor: Unix: Default semaphore timeout increased from 1 second to 10
278 >    seconds in order to reduce risk of message loss.
279 >
280 > 23. ISQLMonitor: read and write count statistics now available via:
281 >      property TIBSQLMonitor.ReadCount;
282 >      IIBSQLMonitorHook.GetWriteCount: integer;
283 >
284 > 24. ISQLMonitor tidy up and unit split. IPC functions moved to new unit IBIPC.
285 >
286 > IBX Change Log  version (2.3-5 Build 12350) Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:11:02 +0100
287 >
288 > 1.  TIBStringField: when a string value is read from a dataset buffer, if the
289 >    number of UTF8 characters exceeds the string size then string is truncated
290 >    to the maximum string size. This is  usually a problem with fixed width columns
291 >    right padded with white space.
292 >
293 > 2.  SQLFiltered and SQLFilterParams added to TIBQuery, TIBTable and TIBDataset.
294 >    If SQLFiltered is set then when a dataset is opened, each line in the
295 >    SQLFilterParams property is assumed to be a SQL condition clause and
296 >    ANDed into the Where clause of the SQL Select statement provided as a
297 >    dataset property. Each such SQL condition thus acts as an additional filter
298 >    on the dataset.
299 >
300 > 3.  The Filtered property inherited from TDataset is no longer used for SQL (server
301 >    side filters).
302 >
303 > 4. IBLookupComboEditBox: Selection should no longer reset to start of text when
304 >   text matches complete entry.
305 >
306 > 5. TIBDataLink: Detail Dataset params not refreshed unless both master and detail
307 >   dataset are active (avoids risk of access violation if master is inactive)
308 >
309 > 6. TIBEvents: Registered property can now be set at design time even if database not open
310 >
311 > 7. TIBEvents: component now correctly re-initialised after call to UnregisterEvents.
312 >   This should prevent "spillover" of events between sessions.
313 >
314 > 8. TIBCustomDataset: GetNextRecord now called when reseting to first record of a unidirectional dataset.
315 >   This should ensure that the internal buffer is set up correctly and avoids
316 >   a duplicate initial row.
317 >
318 > 9. TIBStringField: DataSize now given as byte size of string less trailing any zero character.
319 >   That is, the DataSize should be the field size * character set width. The
320 >   value returned by DataSize is now the same as the Dataset buffer size reserved
321 >   for the field.
322 >
323 > 10. IBExtract: Tidyup of SQL generation. Avoid unnecessary double quotes.
324 >
325 > 11. TIBCustomDataset: Add checks on buffer sizes when copying data from row to field buffer
326 >    and vice-versa. This may result in an exception being raised (correctly) for
327 >    older programs when using dataset fields added to a form and the database has been
328 >    upgraded. For example, computed fields can change from 32-bit to 64-bit integers.
329 >    In such cases, the field needs to be deleted in the IDE fields editor and then
330 >    added back in.
331 >
332 > 12. IBCustomDataSet: CanInsert, CanEdit, CanDelete and CanRefresh updated to return
333 >    false if query contains only white space and not just empty.
334 >
335 > 12. IBCustomDataset: Blob data is now cleared when TDataSet.Cancel is called. This
336 >    should ensure that (e.g.) a TDBMemo is correctly refreshed after a dataset edit
337 >    is cancelled.
338 >
339 > 13. IBCustomDataset: SetArrayIntf should no longer cause an access violation if
340 >    called on a null field.
341 >
342 > 14. IBCustomDataSet: An access violation should no longer occur when calling CancelUpdates
343 >    results in an empty dataTC86                Client side Filtered Dataset    1       X
344 > set.
345 >
346 > 15. IBCustomDataSet: OnUpdateError should now be called in all circumstances when
347 >    a cached update is applied and an exception is raised.
348 >
349 > 16. IBCustomDataSet: Avoid access violation when SetBookmarkData called with nil pointer.
350 >
351 > 17. Console Mode Local Database support: backup/restore should now work correctly.
352 >
353 > 18. Local Database Support: if an upgrade fails, a downgrade is now performed if
354 >    possible and an exception raised.
355 >
356 > 19. MinimumVersionNo added to Local Database Support. Database will not open if
357 >    below this version no. and upgrade not possible.
358 >
359 > IBX Change Log  version (2.3-4 Build 12041) Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:00:32 +0100
360  
361   1.  TIBXDataSet and Generators: Generator Names that are not all upper case or
362      not SQL Identifiers are now supported.

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