ViewVC Help
View File | Revision Log | Show Annotations | Download File | View Changeset | Root Listing
root/public/ibx/trunk/changelog
(Generate patch)

Comparing ibx/trunk/changelog (file contents):
Revision 9 by tony, Sun Aug 5 19:00:07 2012 UTC vs.
Revision 417 by tony, Mon Jul 24 08:43:20 2023 UTC

# Line 1 | Line 1
1 + IBX Change Log  version (2.6-2 Build 13992) Mon, 24 Jul 2023 09:26:32 +0100
2 +
3 + 1. Fixed repeated "type" keyword in IBBufferCursors. This may cause a compile error
4 +   with later versions of fpc - later than 3.2.2.
5 +
6 + IBX Change Log  version (2.6-1 Build 13985) Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:16:41 +0100
7 +
8 + 1. Maintenance update of 2.6.0. This version is still at beta.
9 +
10 + 2. Reverse out changes to DrawCellText signature in IBArrayGrid and IBDynamic Grid.
11 +   See https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/lazarus/-/commit/53aaae9c5e2a5edac5b1d2f70739a8ef7b0a9623
12 +
13 + 3. ibxscript: When parsing a store procedure or function with a variable name
14 +   enclosed in doublequotes, the double quotes are no longer removed.
15 +
16 + IBX Change Log  version (2.6-0 Build 13976) Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:49:22 +0100
17 +
18 + NOTE: THIS VERSION RE-WRITES THE INTERNAL BUFFER MANAGER AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED
19 +      AS BETA SOFTWARE. EVEN THOUGH IT HAS PASSED ALL REGRESSION TESTS, IT CANNOT
20 +      BE ASSUMED TO BE PRODUCTION READY UNTIL WIDER USE. PLEASE REPORT ANY
21 +      ISSUES TO support@mwasoftware.co.uk
22 +
23 + 1. Complete rewrite of internal buffer management in order to improve performance
24 +   and maintainability. Highlights:
25 +
26 +   * Extending the size of the buffer pool no longer has to copy the entire record
27 +     cache. Instead, a new extent is simply added to the buffer pool.
28 +   * A memory to memory copy of each display buffer now is avoided when scolling the
29 +     dataset.
30 +   * A separate set of buffers is now used for calculated fields. This avoids
31 +     having to keep copies of calculated field values in the buffer cache.
32 +   * Compact bitmaps are used to record null status and need to refresh in each
33 +     buffer.
34 +   * Display buffer type changed from PChar to TRecordBuffer in line with change of
35 +     buffer type in FCL-DB.
36 +
37 + 2. TIBUpdateSQL: changes to SQL text will close linked dataset if open. This is
38 +   to ensure same behaviour as TIBDataset, TIBTable and TIBStoredProcedure.
39 +
40 + 3. TField Provider Flags: pfRefreshOnInsert and pfRefreshOnUpdate are now supported.
41 +   If either or both of these flags are set at design time (using the fields editor)
42 +   then this forces a row refresh on respectively insert or update, or both, when the
43 +   corresponding field is not present in an SQL RETURNING clause.
44 +
45 + 4. TIBCustomDataset.FieldDefsFromQuery moved to a helper class (TFieldDefsMaker) in order to improve
46 +   maintainability and readability and to add identification of primary key fields.
47 +
48 + 5. TIBQuery, TIBDataset and TIBTable. Traditionally, IBX has implemented the Refresh method
49 +   as a refresh of the current row. However, this is different behaviour to that described
50 +   in the FPC documentation for TDataset.Refresh which is described as "refetches the data in
51 +   the dataset from the underlying database, and attempts to reposition the cursor on
52 +   the same record as it was". IBX now complies with the FPC definition of Refresh.
53 +
54 + 6. A progammatic Row Refresh should no longer be required.
55 +   Use Insert/Update... returning to refresh any fields that may change following an
56 +   insert or update i.e. Identify fields on Insert only, Computed By, Blob and array fields
57 +   on both. If there are any other fields (e.g. updated by triggers) set the appropriate ProviderFlag
58 +   for the field at Design Time to force a row refresh if not in the returning clause.
59 +
60 + 7. It should now be possible to insert a row into an empty unidirectional dataset.
61 +
62 + 8. New TIBQuery, TIBDataSet and TIBTable property: BufferChunksInFirstBlock (default 50).
63 +   This gives the number of buffers in the initial block for the buffer pool in
64 +   bi-directional datasets. BufferChunks (default 1000) gives the number of buffers
65 +   in subsequent buffer pool blocks. This avoids large and mostly unused memory allocations
66 +   for small datasets.
67 +
68 + IBX Change Log  version (2.5-1 Build 13927) Tue, 6 Dec 2022 23:13:00 +0000
69 +
70 + 1. IBCustomDataset: avoid problem with additions to TFieldType by using a subset instead.
71 +
72 + 2. TIBDynamicGrid: change DrawCellText declaration to comply with laz 2.3.0
73 +
74 + 3. TIBArrayGrid: change DrawCellText declaration to comply with laz 2.3.0
75 +
76 + IBX Change Log  version (2.5-0 Build 13868) Fri, 29 Jul 2022 09:52:01 +0100
77 +
78 + 1. TIBTransaction: new properties
79 +    property TransactionID: integer read GetTransactionID;
80 +    property IsReadOnly: boolean read GetIsReadOnly;
81 +    {published}
82 +    property TransactionName: string read FTransactionName write SetTransactionName;
83 +
84 + 2. IBCustomDataset: per row blob and array buffer cached clear before processing
85 +   Insert or Update...Returning. This allows blobs and arrays to be returned
86 +   by the statement.
87 +
88 + 3. TSQLXMLReader moved from IBXScript to package fbintf unit IBUtils.
89 +
90 + 4. TransactionName initialised to a newly generated GUID if empty.
91 +
92 + 5. New unit: IBJournal. This provides the TIBJournal component which is a wrapper
93 +   for the fbintf package's journaling capability. TIBJournal is used to set the
94 +   file path and filename for the journal file and to Enabled (start journaling) and
95 +   disable (stop journaling). See fbintf/doc/README.ClientSideJournaling.pdf for
96 +   more information, and comments in IBJournal.pas.
97 +
98 + 6. TIBDatabase.InternalTransaction is now a read only transaction.
99 +
100 + 7. Bug fix: blob id no longer set to null on update when blob has not been
101 +   retrieved.
102 +
103 + 8. Row auto refreshed on update/insert if blob or array field updated and field
104 +   not in a returning clause.
105 +
106 + 9. ColumnCount moved from record buffer header to a single per dataset count. Reduces
107 +   buffer overhead and avoids problem when refresh query has a different column
108 +   count to select query i.e. incorrectly changing number of columns.
109 +
110 + 10. IBExtract: support added for UDR Functions, Procedure and Trigger declarations.
111 +
112 + 11. TIBDatabaseInfo. New property FirebirdVersion. This returns the current Firebird version
113 +    string. Note that the Version property returns an InterBase compatible version string.
114 +
115 + 12. IBExtract: ensure sql identifiers returned as a LIST are always quoted.
116 +
117 + IBX Change Log  version (2.5-0 Build 12933) Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:59:54 +0000
118 +
119 + 1. IBCustomDataset: Modify TISQL component now defaults to GoToFirstRecordOnExecute := true.
120 +   This is for compatibility with Firebird 5 where Update...Returning can return
121 +   a cursor.
122 +
123 + IBX Change Log  version (2.4-3 Build 12886) Sat, 23 Oct 2021 14:58:30 +0100
124 +
125 + 1. Add try-..except check when initially loading library in IDE. This should
126 + ensure that IDE continues to load even when a failure occurs in IBX load
127 + library.
128 +
129 + 2. IBXScript: now recognises a CASE...END block within a stored procedure and
130 +   hence will correctly detect end of the outer containing block when the block
131 +   contains a SELECT ... CASE ... END construct.
132 +
133 + 3. IBExtract: some further tidying up to remove extraneous white space.
134 +
135 + 4. IBCustomDataSet: DefaultFieldClasses array declaration updated to avoid compile time
136 +   errors when extra elements are added to DB.TFieldType.
137 +
138 + 5. IBUpdate: updated to reflect changes to ISQLParam.
139 +
140 + 6. IBXScript: now correctly parses a DECLARE statement which includes a quoted string.
141 +
142 + 7. IBExtract: for ODS >=13, increment generator value by one for ALTER SEQUENCE statement.
143 +
144 + 8. IBSQL: Support for scrollable cursors added (note: local databases only)
145 +
146 + IBX Change Log  version (2.4-2 Build 12773) Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:59:42 +0100
147 +
148 + 1. TIBDatabaseInfo: review and tidy-up of property types. Most widen to int64 with the
149 +   exception of those defined to be one byte wide e.g. DBImplementationNo.
150 +
151 + 2. TIBSQL: Batch Update/Insert support added.
152 +
153 + 3. TIBStoredProc: when generating the SQL, the value of the StoredProcName property
154 +   is no longer automatically converted to upper case when it is syntactically a
155 +   SQL Identifier. This is to support the use of stored procedures defined e.g.
156 +   as CREATE PROCEDURE "iCASE".
157 +
158 +   There could be a backwards compatibility issue when the StoredProcName was entered
159 +   manually at design time. That is not selected from the drop down list. If the
160 +   StoredProcName is entered in mixed case and the procedure was declared e.g. as
161 +   CREATE PROCEDURE iCASE, then the SQL generation will be incorrect. You should
162 +   ensure that the value of the StoredProcName is all upper case, unless it was
163 +   declared under dialect 3 and explicitly as mixed case (i.e. delimited by double
164 +   quotes).
165 +
166 +   Note that when a stored procedure name was declared delimited in double quotes,
167 +   as in the first example above, the value of the StoredProcName property must not
168 +   include the delimiters (double quotes).
169 +
170 + 4. IBXUpgradeConfFile: an exception is now raised if a patch file specified in
171 +   upgrade.conf was not found. This replaces silently ignoring the problem.
172 +
173 + 5. TIBLocalDBSupport: new property "SectionHeaderTemplate". This defaults to
174 +   'Version.%.3d' and is used to generate the section header names (for a given
175 +   version no.) in the upgrade.conf file.
176 +
177 + IBX Change Log  version (2.4-1 Build 12550) Wed, 23 Jun 2021 13:59:14 +0100
178 +
179 + 1. -c command line option added to fbsql example program. Used to set connection
180 +   character set.
181 +
182 + IBX Change Log  version (2.4-0 Build 12543) Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:00:08 +0000
183 +
184 + 1. Firebird 4 support added.
185 +
186 + 2. New FB4 data types TIME WITH TIME ZONE, TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE, DECFLOAT and
187 +   extended precision NUMERIC fields are supported.
188 +
189 + 3. TFmtBCDField is used to support access to DECFLOAT and extended precision NUMERIC fields.
190 +
191 + 4. TIBDateTimeField and TIBTimeField are introduced in support of TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE
192 +   and TIME WITH TIME ZONE fields. These inherit from TDateTimeField.
193 +
194 + 5. IBExtract now supports FB4 enhancements:
195 +   - new data types as above
196 +   - Identity column extensions
197 +   - Default user role
198 +   - SQL Security clause for Database, Tables, Procedures, Functions and Triggers
199 +   - Internal Functions
200 +
201 + 6. IBExtract: new event: OnExtractLines.
202 +
203 + 7. IBExtract: revert create trigger to legacy syntax see Firebird CORE-6243, CORE-5545 and DOC-145
204 +
205 + 8. IBXServices: Server version no. parsing now allows any letter before major version number
206 +   and is no longer restricted to 'V' e.g. "LI-T4.0.0.1436 Firebird 4.0 Beta 1"
207 +
208 + 9. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new property TZTextOption. Used to determine the default
209 +   format for rendering a time zone.
210 +
211 + 10. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new property DefaultTZDate. Used to provide the default date
212 +     to convert TIME WITH TIME ZONE data type values to and from GMT.
213 +
214 + 11. Unit name IBTypes changed to IBInternals. Internal interfaces TIBGUIInterface and TIBTimerInf renamed to
215 +    IIBGUIInterface and IIBTimerInf respectively.
216 +
217 + 12. Constants: DPBPrefix and TPBPrefix moved to IB unit. DPBConstantNames and TPBConstantNames
218 +    now accessible as properties of TIBDatabase and TIBTransaction respectively.
219 +
220 + 13. String Fields: when a fixed character with (CHAR) field is returned, it is now
221 +    truncated to its fixed character width rather than being right padded with
222 +    white space to the maximum data size.
223 +
224 + 14. TIBTable.Empty table. In additional to deleting all records in the underlying
225 +    table, the internal buffers are now also flushed ensuring that the TIBTable is
226 +    also empty.
227 +
228 + 15. TBatchSQLStatementReader: Line buffer is now cleared on call to reset.
229 +
230 + 16. TIBXControlService descendents: DatabaseName may now be set using a database
231 +    connect string. The database name is extracted from the connect string.
232 +
233 + 17. DBControlGrid: Minor bug fixes. avoid AV on form closure, avoid black panel
234 +
235 + 18. TIBExtract: Data type of COMPUTED By columns is no longer included in SQL.
236 +
237 + 19. Local database on Linux and with legacy API and FB 2.5 embedded server: fixed problem with password
238 +    not being present as required.
239 +
240 + 20. IBTreeView split into DBTreeView and IBTreeView. This former is an IBX indepedent
241 +    version that can be customised to work with other database drivers.
242 +
243 + 21. ISQLMonitor: use platform specific LineEnding to delimit messages. Avoids
244 +    unnecessary CR at end of line on Unix platforms.
245 +
246 + 22. ISQLMonitor: Unix: Default semaphore timeout increased from 1 second to 10
247 +    seconds in order to reduce risk of message loss.
248 +
249 + 23. ISQLMonitor: read and write count statistics now available via:
250 +      property TIBSQLMonitor.ReadCount;
251 +      IIBSQLMonitorHook.GetWriteCount: integer;
252 +
253 + 24. ISQLMonitor tidy up and unit split. IPC functions moved to new unit IBIPC.
254 +
255 + IBX Change Log  version (2.3-5 Build 12350) Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:11:02 +0100
256 +
257 + 1.  TIBStringField: when a string value is read from a dataset buffer, if the
258 +    number of UTF8 characters exceeds the string size then string is truncated
259 +    to the maximum string size. This is  usually a problem with fixed width columns
260 +    right padded with white space.
261 +
262 + 2.  SQLFiltered and SQLFilterParams added to TIBQuery, TIBTable and TIBDataset.
263 +    If SQLFiltered is set then when a dataset is opened, each line in the
264 +    SQLFilterParams property is assumed to be a SQL condition clause and
265 +    ANDed into the Where clause of the SQL Select statement provided as a
266 +    dataset property. Each such SQL condition thus acts as an additional filter
267 +    on the dataset.
268 +
269 + 3.  The Filtered property inherited from TDataset is no longer used for SQL (server
270 +    side filters).
271 +
272 + 4. IBLookupComboEditBox: Selection should no longer reset to start of text when
273 +   text matches complete entry.
274 +
275 + 5. TIBDataLink: Detail Dataset params not refreshed unless both master and detail
276 +   dataset are active (avoids risk of access violation if master is inactive)
277 +
278 + 6. TIBEvents: Registered property can now be set at design time even if database not open
279 +
280 + 7. TIBEvents: component now correctly re-initialised after call to UnregisterEvents.
281 +   This should prevent "spillover" of events between sessions.
282 +
283 + 8. TIBCustomDataset: GetNextRecord now called when reseting to first record of a unidirectional dataset.
284 +   This should ensure that the internal buffer is set up correctly and avoids
285 +   a duplicate initial row.
286 +
287 + 9. TIBStringField: DataSize now given as byte size of string less trailing any zero character.
288 +   That is, the DataSize should be the field size * character set width. The
289 +   value returned by DataSize is now the same as the Dataset buffer size reserved
290 +   for the field.
291 +
292 + 10. IBExtract: Tidyup of SQL generation. Avoid unnecessary double quotes.
293 +
294 + 11. TIBCustomDataset: Add checks on buffer sizes when copying data from row to field buffer
295 +    and vice-versa. This may result in an exception being raised (correctly) for
296 +    older programs when using dataset fields added to a form and the database has been
297 +    upgraded. For example, computed fields can change from 32-bit to 64-bit integers.
298 +    In such cases, the field needs to be deleted in the IDE fields editor and then
299 +    added back in.
300 +
301 + 12. IBCustomDataSet: CanInsert, CanEdit, CanDelete and CanRefresh updated to return
302 +    false if query contains only white space and not just empty.
303 +
304 + 12. IBCustomDataset: Blob data is now cleared when TDataSet.Cancel is called. This
305 +    should ensure that (e.g.) a TDBMemo is correctly refreshed after a dataset edit
306 +    is cancelled.
307 +
308 + 13. IBCustomDataset: SetArrayIntf should no longer cause an access violation if
309 +    called on a null field.
310 +
311 + 14. IBCustomDataSet: An access violation should no longer occur when calling CancelUpdates
312 +    results in an empty dataTC86                Client side Filtered Dataset    1       X
313 + set.
314 +
315 + 15. IBCustomDataSet: OnUpdateError should now be called in all circumstances when
316 +    a cached update is applied and an exception is raised.
317 +
318 + 16. IBCustomDataSet: Avoid access violation when SetBookmarkData called with nil pointer.
319 +
320 + 17. Console Mode Local Database support: backup/restore should now work correctly.
321 +
322 + 18. Local Database Support: if an upgrade fails, a downgrade is now performed if
323 +    possible and an exception raised.
324 +
325 + 19. MinimumVersionNo added to Local Database Support. Database will not open if
326 +    below this version no. and upgrade not possible.
327 +
328 + IBX Change Log  version (2.3-4 Build 12041) Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:00:32 +0100
329 +
330 + 1.  TIBXDataSet and Generators: Generator Names that are not all upper case or
331 +    not SQL Identifiers are now supported.
332 +
333 + 2.  TIBXScript: Set Generator is no longer rejected as unrecognised SQL and is
334 +    passed to the Firebird engine for execution.
335 +
336 + 3.  TIBDataSet: Unidirectional datasets now give an error message if an attempt
337 +    is made to scroll back.
338 +
339 + 4.  New unit: IBMessages.pas. Contains only messages used by IBX and not FBIntf
340 +
341 + 5. TIBLookupComboEditBox: When generating auto-complete SQL, the ListField is now
342 +   only enclosed in double quotes in SQL dialect 3 and when it needs to be.
343 +
344 + 6. TIBLookupComboEditBox: when the list source opens, the ListField name is now
345 +   validated. If no match is found in the list of field names and the database has
346 +   been opened in SQL Dialect 3, then the ListField Name is converted to upper case
347 +   if it then matches a field name. Otherwise, a Listfield not valid exception occurs.
348 +
349 + 7. IBGeneratoreditor.pas: Add missing parenthesis around "IS" statement for compliance
350 +   with fpc 3.2.
351 +
352 + IBX Change Log  version (2.3-3 Build 11512) Fri, 28 Dec 2018 10:04:17 +0000
353 +
354 +
355 + 1. New property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This is "ConfigOverrides"
356 +   and is used to override the default settings in the client side "firebird.conf" This
357 +   includes "WireCompression" and "WireCrypt". The value of this property is a "TStrings".
358 +   Each line of the string list should be a setting in the same format as "firebird.conf".
359 +   For example "WireCompression = true" in order to request wire compression on the client side.
360 +
361 +   Note: explicit settings in the client side "firebird.conf" appear to take precedence
362 +   over settings given in TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. Many client side settings
363 +   also require a compatible setting in the server side "firebird.conf". For example
364 +   "WireCompression = true" must also be set in the server's "firebird.conf" for wire
365 +   compression to be used.
366 +
367 +   Whether or not WireCompression or WireCrypt are in use can be checked using the information
368 +   returned with the Client/Server protocol version. See ibx/examples/dbadmin and
369 +   ibx/examples/dbinfo for examples of how to display this information.
370 +
371 + 2. New property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection: "WireCompression". This
372 +   is a "convenience" property. If set the "WireCompression=true" is added to the
373 +   ConfigOverrides. If unchecked then this setting is removed.
374 +
375 + 3. TIBExtract: 64-bit integer types are now correctly extracted as "BIGINT" and
376 +   not "INT64".
377 +
378 + 4. New published properties for TIBCSVDataOut, TIBInsertStmtsOut and TIBBlockFormatOut
379 +   These are:
380 +    property TimestampFormat: string;
381 +    property DateFormat: string;
382 +    property TimeFormat: string;
383 +
384 +   Respectively, these provide the date time format templates for SQL types: TIMESTAMP,
385 +   DATETIME and TIME. The format strings use the standard FPC date/time format
386 +   characters (see https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/formatchars.html).
387 +
388 +   If any of the above properties are set to an empty string, then the locale default
389 +   is used. This uses the ShortDateFormat and the LongTimeFormat. In timestamp, the
390 +   locale default is extended by appending '.zzz' to include milliseconds.
391 +
392 +   TIBCSVDataOut by default sets these properties to the empty string, while the other
393 +   two use: 'yyyy.mm.dd hh:nn:ss.zzz', 'yyyy.mm.dd' and 'hh:nn:ss.zzz' respectively.
394 +
395 + 5. New published property for TIBCSVDataOut:
396 +     property QuoteStrings: boolean (default true)
397 +
398 +   If false then strings are unquoted, otherwise, the QuoteChar property value is
399 +   used to delimit each and every string in the output.
400 +
401 + 6. New published properties for TIBCSVDataOut:
402 +    property FieldSeparator: string;
403 +    property HeaderSeparator: string;
404 +
405 +   Respectively, these provide the separator character(s) used to separate fields
406 +   in data and header rows. Both default to ','.
407 +
408 + 7. New published properties for TIBCSVDataOut and TIBBlockFormatOut:
409 +    TOnFormatTextString = procedure(sender: TObject; var TextString: string) of object;
410 +    property OnFormatTextString;
411 +
412 +   This event handler can be used to process text strings before they are included
413 +   in the output e.g. to replace unprintable characters with alternative strings.
414 +   This only applies to columns with an SQL Type of SQL_VARYING and SQL_TEXT.
415 +
416 + 8. TIBDataSet now raises an exception when ParamByName called with an invalid parameter name.
417 +   Uses "FindParam" if in order to find out if a parameter with a given name exists
418 +   and without raising and exception if it does not.
419 +
420 + 9. TIBQuery now uses IBX SQL Parser instead of the TParams SQL parser in order to ensure
421 +   consistency with SQL queries.
422 +
423 + 10. CaseSensitiveParameterNames property added to TIBSQL, TIBDataSet and TIBQuery.
424 +    When true, SQL statement parameter names are parsed case sensitive. Note for
425 +    TIBDataSet only applies to Select query.
426 +
427 + 11. IBEvents: removing a TIBEvent component from a form should no longer result in
428 +    an IDE exception.
429 +
430 + 12. LocalDBSupport: initial database creation should now work correctly
431 +    when the schema source is an sql file.
432 +
433 + 13. TIBCMLocalDBSupport: new event handler "property OnProgressEvent: TOnProgressEvent"
434 +    when defined, this handler will be called by the internal TIBXScript during
435 +    initial database creation when the schema source is an sql file and may be used
436 +    to provide a visual indication of progress in console mode.
437 +
438 + 14. TCustomIBLocalDBSupport: new public property "InOnCreateDB: boolean". This is set
439 +    to true while a new local database is being created and its schema populated.
440 +    Useful in (e.g.) TIBDatabase.OnAfterConnect handler to suppress actions
441 +    when the database is disconnected/connected during the create DB procedure.
442 +
443 + 15. TIBXScript: any User/password parameters found in a CREATE DATABASE statement
444 +    are now always ignored and replaced by the user name and password provided as
445 +    the login parameters for the TIBDatabase referenced from the TIBXScript. The
446 +    IgnoreCreateDatabase property still applies and the CREATE DATABASE statement is
447 +    completely ignored if this property is true.
448 +
449 + 16. Code tidyup in IBTreeView: Node properties initialisation moved from TIBTreeView.AddNodes
450 +    to TIBTreeView.Added. An OnAddition event handler is no longer needed to initialise
451 +    ImageIndex and SelectImageIndex values on AddNode.
452 +
453 + 17. TIBDatabase.Attachment and TIBXServicesConnection.ServicesIntf properties are now
454 +    read/write. This should enabled (e.g.) multiple instances of TIBDatabase to share
455 +    the same database connection.
456 +
457 + 18. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery now support the TDataSet "Filter" property.
458 +    if provided, this should be an conditional SQL expression suitable for
459 +    including in an SQL Select statement "where" clause. If non-empty and the
460 +    "Filtered" property is true then the SQL expression provided as the value of
461 +    the "Filter" property is "ANDed" with any existing condition statement
462 +    in the SQL statement's "Where" clause.
463 +
464 +    If the "Filter" property is set at run time, the "Filtered" property is true
465 +    and the dataset is already open, then the dataset is closed and re-opened automatically.
466 +
467 +    The "Filter" condition may include IBX style parameters. In which case, their
468 +    value must be set by the dataset's "OnBeforeOpen" event handler.
469 +
470 +    This is a public property for TIBDataSet and TIBQuery query and intended for
471 +    use at run time.
472 +
473 +    Note: The property is a published property of TIBTable. The TIBTable functionality
474 +    is unaffected by this change.
475 +
476 + IBX Change Log  version (2.3-2) Wed, 05 Dec 2018 12:19:23 +0000
477 +
478 + 1. Remove need to check for IsMultiThread by providing access to GUI timers via
479 +   IBGUIInterface. Note: master/detail delay timer does not apply to console
480 +   mode apps.
481 +
482 + 2. TIBCustomDataSet: SQLParser ignored if it does not contain a valid select
483 +   statement. This avoids problems if "Execute Block" is used as the Query.
484 +
485 + 3. IBSQLParser now uses the common SQL tokeniser from fbintf. This replaces the
486 +   internal SQL tokeniser routines.
487 +
488 + 4. IBSQLParser: new property NotaSelectStmt. Set to true if SQL fails to parse
489 +   as a select statement, with or without CTEs.
490 +
491 + 5. IBSQLParser: parser now recognises the "ROWS" clause.
492 +
493 + 6. TIBXScript now uses the common SQL tokeniser from fbintf. This replaces the
494 +   internal SQL tokeniser routines.
495 +
496 + 7.  Fix error in TIBXScript processing of "set" statements. This avoids exceptions
497 +    being raised for valid set statements processed by a data formatter.
498 +
499 + 8. New published property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This is
500 +   FirebirdLibraryPathName: string. If not empty it is used to explicitly specify
501 +   the path of the Firebird Library used by the database/services connection.
502 +
503 + 9. New read only public property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This
504 +   is FirebirdAPI and returns the IFirebirdAPI interface used by the database/
505 +   services connection.
506 +
507 + 10.SQL Property editors now quote parameter names if "Quote identifier" is selected
508 +   or param name is not a valid SQL identifier.
509 +
510 + 11. IBLookupComboEditBox: In Lazarus 2.0, TDBLookupComboBox takes a more restrictive
511 +    view of whether the text box should be editable when no DataSource is specified.
512 +    TIBLookupComboEditBox has been updated to workaround this problem. As long as
513 +    ReadOnly is false, the text box is editable when no DataSource is specified.
514 +
515 + 12. AllowUseOfFBLIB is now set to "true" at design time. This is to allow use of
516 +    the FBLIB environment variable. If you do not want to permit this then you
517 +    must modify the Register procedure in the design/IBDBReg.pas unit to remove
518 +    this setting.
519 +
520 + IBX Change Log  version                 (2.3-1) Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:39:45 +0100
521 +
522 + 1. IBCustomDataset: replace deprecated function ValidUTF8String with call to
523 +   Utf8EscapeControlChars
524 +
525 + IBX Change Log  version                (2.3-0) Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:48:06 +0100
526 +
527 + IMPORTANT: the source code tree has been re-organised for IBX 2.3. Please remove
528 + all previous copies of the IBX source code tree before installing this release.
529 +
530 + The IBX packages used by most users have not changed, with one exception. The
531 + IBServices unit has been moved to the package iblegacyServices.lpk. To continue
532 + to use the IBServices unit in your applications, please add the iblegacyServices
533 + to the list of dependencies. To do this, open the Project Inspector and select
534 + Add->New Requirement and select "ibLegacyServices" from the list of available
535 + packages.
536 +
537 + 1. New unit IBXServices. The IBXServices unit is a re-architectured update of
538 +   the IBServices unit providing what is intended to be a clearer and easier to
539 +   use set of IB Services components. See Chapter 10 of the IBX User Guide for
540 +   more information and the guide to "Firebird Service Management Using IBX".
541 +   As indicated above, the legacy services components are still available and
542 +   provided in a separate package. There is no need to update working applications
543 +   using the older versions except for an additional package dependency.
544 +
545 + 2. The IBX packages and source code tree have been re-organised in an attempt to
546 +   finally get rid of the "duplicate ppu" warnings. This re-organisation should
547 +   not affect existing users. Section 2.3 of the IBX User Guide describes the
548 +   new set of IBX packages.
549 +
550 + 3. The ibx/examples/DBAdmin and the ibx/examples/services example have been
551 +   updated to use the new Services API components.
552 +
553 + 4. The iblocal package has been updated to use the new Services API components.
554 +
555 + 5. procedure SetAutoAdmin; in the new IBX Services this method is now a member of
556 +   TIBXSecurityService. It had been wrongly classified in the previous version
557 +   as a per database configuration item. It is global to a server and hence
558 +   correctly positioned as part of the Security Package. In the DBAdmin example,
559 +   the setting has moved to the mappings page.
560 +
561 + 6. TIBXScript: IgnoreCreateDatabase added. If true then CREATE DATABASE statements
562 +   are ignored.
563 +
564 + 7. TIBDatabase: DropDatabase now ensures that all transactions have been properly
565 +   closed before the database is dropped. Before and After Disconnect event handlers
566 +   are also fired.
567 +
568 + 8. TIBTransaction: OnStartTransaction event now fires every time the transaction
569 +   is started and not just the first time.
570 +
571 + 9. IBDataOutput: Use FormatFloat for all performance statistics to avoid platform
572 +   depenendency with comp type.
573 +
574 + 10. IBDataOutput: select query data output is now sent to stdout instead of stderr.
575 +
576 + 11. TIBDatabase: Remove regression. If a user login dialog changes the DatabaseName
577 +    then this is recognised and not ignored.
578 +
579 + 12. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery, TIBTable: additions:
580 +    function GetRowsAffected(var SelectCount, InsertCount, UpdateCount, DeleteCount: integer): boolean;
581 +    function GetPerfStatistics(var stats: TPerfCounters): boolean;
582 +    property EnableStatistics: boolean read FEnableStatistics write SetEnableStatistics;
583 +
584 +    GetRowsAffected returns the affected row counts from the last insert/update/delete
585 +    if EnableStatistics = true then GetPerfStatistics returns the current stats
586 +    counters for the select query. Note: stats accumulate after each fetch from
587 +    the database. To get total query cost after open, call the "Last" method
588 +    and then GetPerfStatistics.
589 +
590 +    See ibx/examples/consolemode for an example of the use of GetPerfStatistics
591 +
592 + 13. TIBExtract: Identity columns DDL. "Start with clause" now correctly encapsulated
593 +    in parenthesises.
594 +
595 + 14. TIBExtract: new published property "AlwaysQuoteIdentifiers". If true then in dialect 3
596 +    SQL identifiers are always delimited by double quotes. If false, then they are
597 +    only delimited if the identifier is a reserved word, contains lower case or special
598 +    characters. Set this property to true to retain previous behaviour.
599 +
600 + 15. Insert SQL Property Editor. In Insert Returning Clause, Identity column names
601 +    are now inserted in double quotes if not Reserved Words or valid SQL Identifiers.
602 +
603 + 16. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery, TIBTable: addition:
604 +       property MasterDetailDelay: integer {defaults to zero}
605 +
606 +    When non-zero and the dataset is a detail table referencing a master table
607 +    through either a MasterSource (TIBTable) or a DataSource (TIBDataSet, TIBQuery)
608 +    then a synchronisation delay is added (in milliseconds) between the master
609 +    row changing and the detail dataset being re-opened. If the master dataset
610 +    is scrolled before the delay expires then the delay is reset. This can be used
611 +    to avoid performance overheads when scrolling through a large master dataset.
612 +
613 +    Note: uses fptimer and hence requires a thread manager. Under Linux the
614 +    chreads unit must be included in your project. TTimer is not used in order
615 +    to avoid an LCL dependency. Requires FPC 3.0.2 or later.
616 +
617 + 17. TIBExtract: User role grants now excluded when etGrantsToUser not specified
618 +    with Extract Option eoDatabase.
619 +
620 + 18. TIBLookupComboEditBox: Workaround added for https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=33428
621 +    When a deLayoutChanged event is reported on the ListSource dataset, the
622 +    combobox text is updated. This allows a listsource (detail) to be in a Master/Detail
623 +    relationship with the control's datasource (master).
624 +
625 + 19. TIBExtract: Full BigInt value range now supported for Generators/Sequences.
626 +
627 + 20. TIBExtract: Select Procedures (Procedure type 1) now include "SUSPEND;" clause in their
628 +    stubs. Pedantic fix really, as procedures output in dependency order anyway.
629 +
630 + 21. TIBExtract: Package Headers and Package Bodies are now included in the extracted
631 +    DDL (Firebird 3 and later only).
632 +
633 + 22. TIBLookupComboBox Autocomplete Fixes:
634 +    i. Only appended text is now selected after autocomplete.
635 +    ii. Uppercase keys no longer ignored for autocomplete.
636 +    iii. Retain Prefix case is now honoured correctly.
637 +    iv. When a DataSource is assigned, typing after autocomplete now extends prefix
638 +        before autocomplete performed. i.e. behaviour now the same as when
639 +        no DataSource assigned.
640 +
641 + 23. TIBXScript: Single Line Comments starting with '--' are now ignored when occurring
642 +    between SQL statements.
643 +
644 + 24. TIBExtract: New published property CaseSensitiveObjectNames. If false (default) then
645 +    ObjectNames are converted to upper case before matching against metadata object
646 +    names, unless the objectname is delimited by double quotes, in which case, the
647 +    double quotes are removed and the remaining string is used (unmodified) to match
648 +    against the metadata object name.
649 +
650 +    If true then the ObjectName is used as is without modification and matched
651 +    against the metadata object name. No attempt is made to remove double quotes.
652 +
653 + 25. TIBExtract: New Extract Types: etDatabaseTriggers and etDDLTriggers. When used
654 +    with eoTrigger, these extract types can be used to select only Database Triggers,
655 +    or DDL Triggers or both. Ignored when etTable or etTrigger included in Extract Types.
656 +
657 + 26. TIBXScript: If an exception occurs during the processing of a statement, the
658 +    statement separate character is now reset to the default (';').
659 +
660 + 27. TIBDatabase: Reconnect method added and used by TIBXScript for reconnect.
661 +
662 + 28. TIBXScript: Transaction is no longer automatically reactivated immediately processing
663 +    a commit or reconnect statement and instead activated only when next SQL statement
664 +    is executed.
665 +
666 + 29. TIBSQL.HasField should no longer generate and exception when the field does not exist.
667 +
668 + 30. TIBXScript: case insensitive regex now used when matching statements instead of
669 +    converting statement to upper case.
670 +
671 + 31. TIBExtract: metadata comments now supported. New published property
672 +    IncludeMetaDataComments (default true). If true then metadata comments included
673 +    in extracted DDL. New Extract Object member eoComments. This may be used with
674 +    ExtractObject method to list all metadata comments.
675 +
676 + 32. TIBExtract: ListObjectNames method added.
677 +
678 + 33. Updated Database component editor to support additional connection string
679 +    types.
680 +
681 + IBX Change Log  version  (2.2-0) Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:57:45 +0000
682 +
683 + NOTE: THE LOCATIONS OF SOME OF THE UNIT DIRECTORIES HAS CHANGED FROM IBX 2.1. THIS IS TO
684 + AVOID DUPLICATE PPU WARNINGS. PLEASE REMOVE EARLIER VERSIONS OF IBX BEFORE INSTALLING THIS
685 + RELEASE.
686 +
687 + NOTE: THE DBADMIN DEMO REQUIRES THAT THE MemDSLaz PACKAGE IS INSTALLED IN THE LAZARUS IDE.
688 +
689 + 1. IBExtract: Identity columns - add additional check for null column for generator name.
690 +
691 + 2. IBCustomDataSet: Insert and Modify (Update) queries now recognise and process SQL RETURNING clauses.
692 +   The main use for this is for Firebird 3 Identity columns (see IBXDocumentation 6.6.8 for further
693 +   information). However, this is also a very useful mechanism for returning updated computed by
694 +   column values. Values returned as a result of executing an Insert or Update statement
695 +   replace existing values in the current row for each corresponding column.
696 +
697 +   Previously, if a dataset's select query included read only (computed by) fields then
698 +   an automatic row refresh was performed after an insert or update query had been processed,
699 +   irrespective of the setting of the "ForcedUpdates" property. This has changed such
700 +   that an automatic refresh is no longer performed if an insert or update query contains
701 +   a returning clause that updates one or more fields on the current row. A full row
702 +   refresh is only performed if (a) ForcedRefresh is true or (b) the query does not return any
703 +   field values and the select query contains read only fields. Use of Insert/update
704 +   returning should be significantly more efficient than executing a refresh query.
705 +
706 +   This behaviour change is intended to be backwards compatible and there should be no need to change
707 +   existing programs, other than to improve performance by using the new capability.
708 +
709 + 3. IBCustomDataSet: DELETE...RETURNING queries are now also recognised. However, as
710 +   they are called when the dataset row is being deleted, there is no value in
711 +   updating the current record from the query result. Instead, a new event handler
712 +   "OnDeleteReturning" is provided. If a DELETE...RETURNING query is execute and
713 +   an OnDeleteReturning event handler is provided then it is called with the IResults returned
714 +   by the query. The event handler can then interrogate the query results and
715 +   perform whatever action is necessary. For example to confirm, to the user,
716 +   the deletion of a row with the returned values.
717 +
718 + 4. TIBTable: generated Insert and Update SQL now include a RETURNING clause for
719 +   any Computed By or Identity Columns. The IBTables example has been updated to
720 +   illustrate the computation of the employee Full Name on update.
721 +
722 + 5. TIBTable: The GeneratorField property is now published.
723 +
724 + 6. The InsertSQL property editor now shows Firebird 3 Identity columns separate from the Field List.
725 +   When InsertSQL is generated, the Identity columns are not included in the list of values to
726 +   be inserted. A RETURNING clause is added to the insert statement to return the value of
727 +   each Identity column after the insert is executed.
728 +
729 + 7. The Modify Property Editor now generates Update SQL with Computed By fields in Update..Returning clause.
730 +   Similarly Insert Property Editor now generates Insert SQL with Computed By fields in
731 +   Insert..Returning clause.
732 +
733 + 8. TIBGenerator: small performance improvement by not preparing query each time
734 +   a new value is generated.
735 +
736 + 9. TIBSQL: Free resources when transaction changed - ensures new transaction is used.
737 +
738 + 10. Property editors will now sync table name to a System Table when "Include System
739 +    Tables" is selected and the query is for a System Table.
740 +
741 + 11. Minor Performance improvement to handling of Date/Time types in IBX datasets. Field
742 +    values are no longer converted to milliseconds from TDateTime and then back again
743 +    to TDateTime (the conversion to milliseconds is the default TDataset approach).
744 +
745 + 12. Property Editors handling of Stored Procedures.
746 +    * Select and Refresh: only show a list of stored procedures that return multiple rows (proc type 1) and
747 +      which have a non-empty list of output parameters (i.e. stored procedures that may be used in a select
748 +      query).
749 +    * Modify and Insert: only show a list of stored procedures that return at most a singleton row (proc type 2).
750 +
751 + 13. IBStoredProc: Now supports Firebird 3 Package Names. A new published property PackageName
752 +    can be used to select a package. If non-empty, the stored procedure name is
753 +    expected to be a stored procedure defined in the specified package and the
754 +    generated SQL will be as required for a stored procedure located in a package.
755 +
756 + 14. Select, Refresh, Insert, Modify, Delete and TIBSQL SQL Property Editors now include
757 +    a "Package Name" drop down box to allow selection of a Firebird 3 Package from
758 +    which a stored procedure can be selected. With no package name selected, non-package
759 +    stored procedures are listed.
760 +
761 + 15. TIBXScript: turn off database login prompt when reconnecting - this avoids prompting
762 +    for password on reconnect.
763 +
764 + 16. TIBDatabase: use IAttachment for connection default character set id, code page
765 +    and character set name.
766 +
767 + 17. TIBDatabaseInfo: cache ODS Version information on first request in order to minimise
768 +    DB info lookups"
769 +
770 + 18. IBExtract: now supports DDL Triggers and Grants to DDL objects.
771 +
772 + 19. Add a property Editor for TIBUpdate.RefreshSQL.
773 +
774 + 20. IBUpdate: Ignore non-data (e.g. calculated) fields when assembling list of input
775 +    parameters. This stops an exception being raised when the field cannot be
776 +    located in the record buffer.
777 +
778 + 21. Property Editors now automatically include System Tables when opened and when the query table
779 +    is a System Table.
780 +
781 + 22. IBServices: SQRB and SRB buffers are now reset when service query throws an exception.
782 +    This avoids errors due to a stale SQRB or SRB being used for the next query.
783 +
784 + 23. IBServices: Service attach parameters now include "expected_db". This is used to
785 +    add the SPB item isc_spb_expected_db. This names a database using
786 +    an alternative Security Database (FB3 onwards) and allows (e.g. backup/restore) using such a
787 +    database. examples/services re-written to illustrate use of "expected_db".
788 +
789 + 24. IBServices: TIBControlAndQueryService.WriteNextChunk no longer ignores isc_info_svc_timeout.
790 +    This avoids truncated backups when the server returns a timeout (busy) response.
791 +
792 + 25. TIBDatabase: isc_dpb_page_size now supported as a database parameter when using TIBDatabase.CreateDatabase.
793 +
794 + 26. TIBDatabase: DatabaseName property may now be prefixed by $TEMP$ or $DATADIR$ for local
795 +    databasenames. These are respectively expanded to the local system's temp directory
796 +    (including trailing delimiter) or to a prescribed data directory (including
797 +    trailing delimiter). Under Unix systems the data directory is a hidden directory
798 +    in the user's home directory. The hidden directory name is either the string returned
799 +    from the SysUtils "Vendor Name" or "IBX" if empty. In either case prefixed by a '.'.
800 +    Under Windows, the directory is the same as the Data Directory as decribed
801 +    above but instead prefixed by the User's application data path. These may be
802 +    used to improve application portability for Personal Databases.
803 +
804 + 27. TIBTable: FieldDefs property is no longer published. Due to the use of TIBFieldDef
805 +    this has not worked for a long time and is not useful either. FieldDefs should be
806 +    managed using the Fields Editor as with any other dataset. To access the fields
807 +    editor for a TIBTable component, double click on the component. The fields editor
808 +    is then displayed.
809 +
810 + 28. TIBDatabaseInfo: new properties/function
811 +     * DateDBCreated (returns date/time database created)
812 +     * TransactionCount (returns no. of active transactions)
813 +     * GetDatabasePage(PageNo: integer) (returns contents of specified database page - SYSDBA only).
814 +     * PagesFree (Firebird 3 or later)
815 +     * PagesUsed (Firebird 3 or later)
816 +     * Encrypted (returns true if database encrypted. (Firebird 3.0.3 or later only)
817 +     * EncryptionKeyName (returns the name of the encryption key if any (Firebird 3.0.3 or later only)
818 +
819 + 29. IBServices classes now provided the decoded release number in the (array) property ServerVersionNo.
820 +
821 + 30. TIBSecurityService now supports display/modification of the User Admin Role (Firebird 2.5 and later).
822 +
823 + 31. TIBConfigService now has a procedure SetAutoAdmin(Value: boolean) to enable/disable
824 +    the automtic mapping of privileged OS users to the RDB$ADMIN role (Firebird 2.5 and later).
825 +
826 + 32. TIBBackupService: New Option - NoDBTriggers equivalent to -nodbtriggers switch introduced
827 +    in the gbak utility at V.2.1 to prevent database-level and transaction-level triggers from
828 +    firing during backup and restore.
829 +
830 + 33. Both TIBBackupService and TIBRestoreService now support backup/restore statistics options
831 +    for verbose output using the new property "StatisticsRequested".
832 +    see https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/release_notes/html/en/2_5/rnfb25-util-gbak.html#rnfb25-util-gbakstats
833 +
834 + 34. TIBRestoreService: now supports new options RestoreMetaDataOnly (Firebird 2.5 and later).
835 +
836 + 35. TIBOnlineValidationService component added to the IBServices and the "Firebird Admin"
837 +    palette. This uses the online validation feature added in Firebird 2.5. The
838 +    services's properties enable inclusion/exclusion of tables and indexes using
839 +    regular expressions. See.
840 +    https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/release_notes/html/en/2_5/rnfb25-apiods-api.html#rnfb25-apiods-api-onlinevalidation
841 +
842 + 36. IBServices: procedure TIBConfigService.SetNoLinger added to set no linger
843 +    option on a database.
844 +
845 + 37. TIBCustomService: Assign method implemented to allow copying of service login
846 +    context between service API components. "Detach" method now only detaches
847 +    service when last reference to the service interface detaches. Tidy up of
848 +    code for SetActive and Attach methods including password hiding.
849 +
850 + 38. TIBDatabase: new properties: AuthenticationMethod and RemoteProtocol. Read only
851 +    and used to determine the auth method and protocol used for the connection.
852 +
853 + 39. TIBDatabase: ensure that SQLDialect setting is used when creating a database using
854 +    a Create Database Statement generated by IBX.
855 +
856 + 40. All IBServices now have an additional published property "PortNo". This may
857 +    be set to a non-standard port number when necessary. If zero then the default
858 +    port number is used.
859 +
860 + 41: TIBLookupComboeditBox: Ensure dataset updated when change selected with the keyboard
861 +    and not just the mouse.
862 +
863 + 42. TIBCustomDataset: reopen query if already active when a TIBControlLink is added.
864 +
865 + 43. TIBTreeview: new ImageIndexField and SelectedIndexField Property allows the
866 +    image index and selected image index for each node to be set from a database field.
867 +
868 + 44. TIBExtract: new extract type (etGrantsToUser) for use with eoDatabase. If included
869 +    then database schema includes grants to all users. If not present then the
870 +    only user grants included are those to User PUBLIC.
871 +
872 + 45. TIBTreeView: performance improvement. When expanding include both expanded node
873 +    and child nodes in dataset.
874 +
875 +
876 + IBX Change Log  version                            (2.1-0) Fri, 15 Dec 2017 12:20:11 +0000
877 +
878 + 1. IBCustomDataset: Minor change of PChar to PByte for compatibility with fbintf
879 +   changes.
880 +
881 + 2. IBCustomDataset: Fixed use of incorrect datasize in TIBStringField.SetAsString.
882 +   Bug could result in truncated multi-byte character set values.
883 +
884 + 3. Changes consequential on moving fbintf character set utility functions from
885 +   IFirebirdAPI to IAttachment.
886 +
887 + 4. Avoid "Object is nil" error when opening a database with DefaultSystemCodePage = true
888 +
889 + 5. IBLookupComboEditBox: avoid race condition when autocompleting text that occasionally
890 +   results in autocomplete ignoring prefix text.
891 +
892 + 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: Ensure that cursor is not reset to start of text when
893 +   entering a new name into the text box.
894 +
895 + 7. IBCustomDataset: ensure that TIBStringField uses the field size reported by
896 +   Firebird rather than recomputing it.
897 +
898 + 8. Property Editor positioning tidy up: All IBX Property editors should now be
899 +   screen centre. Previously some were "poDesigned" which may be inappropriate
900 +   for multi monitor desktops.
901 +
902 + 10. TIBTreeView.FindNode: protect against error if zero length path or empty tree node.
903 +
904 + 11. TIBTransaction: On Force Disconnect do not raise an exception when problem ending
905 +    a transaction and always reset the object.
906 +
907 + 12. TIBQuery tidyup: remove unnecessary call to GetAffectedRows.
908 +
909 + 13. TIBXScript: Allow for override of database filename in Create Database statements.
910 +
911 + 14. IBLocaldb: Support initialisation of the database from an SQL script in addition
912 +    to a gbak format archive.
913 +
914 + 15. IBLocaldb: fix problem that stopped the OnSharedDataDir event from being recognised.
915 +
916 + 16. IBLocaldb: Drop database if error creating an empty database.
917 +
918 + 17. TIBTreeView: improve performance when selecting node - avoid refreshing dataset
919 +    unless selected node not in current dataset.
920 +
921 + 18. IBServices: SetDBParams method moved from TCustomIBLocalDBSupport (in IBLocalDB package)
922 +    to TIBCustomService, and IBlocalDB code tidy up.
923 +
924 + 19. IBTreeView: Initialise TIBTreeNode KeyValue to null to avoid unpredictable
925 +    behaviour due to uninitialised variable.
926 +
927 + 20. IBServices: Correct encoding of isc_spb_prp_write_mode in TIBConfigService from
928 +    integer to byte. Ditto isc_spb_prp_reserve_space and isc_spb_prp_access_mode.
929 +
930 + 21. IBSQL: When Database changed ensure that all resources are freed.
931 +
932 + 22. IBCustomDataset: When database changed ensure that queries an unprepared.
933 +
934 + 23. SQL Property Editors now use SynEdit with SQL Highlighter. New features include:
935 +    * Line Wrap on SQL Token boundaries (on user command)
936 +    * auto-complete table names in drop down list of table names
937 +    * Double click on tablename or field name adds to SQL text
938 +
939 + 24. IBDataOutput: print statistics using float (%f) format instead of decimal (%d).
940 +
941 + 25. IBTreeView: Call to FindNode: param type change from "array of Variant" to
942 +    TVariantArray. Seems to avoid memory corruption in Windows (probably a
943 +    workaround for a problem in fpc 3.0.4 win64).
944 +
945 + 26. IBDatabaseInfo: Code tidy up. Add check for database not assigned or not open.
946 +
947 + 27. IBDatabaseInfo: Remove memory leak when accessing database operation counts.
948 +
949 + IBX Change Log  version                   (2.0-2) Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:17:53 +0000
950 +
951 + 1. TIBDatabase.CreateDatabase: extract full DB Name from SQL using reg ex in order to
952 +   include remote system name.
953 +
954 + 2. TIBExtract: No longer include comment header and COMMIT statement for empty
955 +   tables when data included in output.
956 +
957 + 3. Profiling: IBSQL now has conditional compilation flags to enable query performance
958 +   and timing information to be written to stdout. This may be used to locate
959 +   performance bottlenecks.
960 +
961 + 4. SQLParser: only call "OnChanging" event handler when value is different.
962 +
963 + 5. IBDynamicGrid: Update handling of navigation keys for a TDateEdit
964 +
965 + 6. IBCustomDataset: Set internalunprepared flag when transaction ends. This ensures
966 +   that BindFields is called when the query is next activated. Avoids FieldName
967 +   not found error.
968 +
969 + 7. IBUpdate: This is a new IBX component similar to TIBUpdateSQL. It is more general
970 +   purpose and allows the programmer to define any action they want for Update, Insert
971 +   or Delete. This may be complex SQL (similar to a Trigger), application specific
972 +   filtering of updates, or use of statements such as Grant or Revoke instead of
973 +   normal DML. See User Manual for more information.
974 +
975 + IBX Change Log  version                  (2.0-1) Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:31:49 +0000
976 +
977 + 1. TIBEvents: Fix uninitialised variable that could result in lost events.
978 +
979 + 2. TIBExtract: Added support for FB3 "USAGE" privilege.
980 +
981 + 3. TIBExtract: data formatted as Charset set "octets" is now output using
982 +   hexadecimal notation.
983 +
984 + 4. TIBExtract: Binary Blobs and array data can now be embedded in INSERT statements
985 +   using a simple XML format.
986 +
987 + 5. TIBExtract: extract of individual Triggers and Stored Procedures can now include
988 +   grants to these objects.
989 +
990 + 6. TIBExtract: Stored Procedures and Views output in dependency order to avoid
991 +   dependency problems restoring complex databases.
992 +
993 + 7. TIBXScript: This component has been restructured to allow for the processing of
994 +   embedded XML in INSERT statements and to support interactive sources in addition
995 +   to non-interactive data sources such as files.
996 +
997 + 8. TIBXScript: CREATE DATABASE, DROP DATABASE, CONNECT statements are now supported.
998 +
999 + 9. TIBXScript: ISQL compatiable Set statements are now supported:
1000 +   SET SQL DIALECT
1001 +   SET TERM
1002 +   SET AUTODDL
1003 +   SET BAIL
1004 +   SET ECHO
1005 +   SET COUNT
1006 +   SET STATS
1007 +   SET NAMES <character set>
1008 +
1009 + 10. IBVersion unit added to hold current IBX Version Number information.
1010 +
1011 + 11. TIBExtract: Use character rather than byte length for VarChar procedure arguments.,
1012 +    and domain definitions.
1013 +
1014 + 12. TIBExtract: Triggers now use SQL2003 syntax and database and transaction triggers
1015 +    fully supported.
1016 +
1017 + 13. TIBExtract: when a database dump includes data, the generator values are now also set.
1018 +
1019 + 14: IBSQLEdit: Unit LCLPlatformDef added to uses clauses for lazarus 1.7 and later.
1020 +
1021 + IBX Change Log  version     (2.0-0) Tue, 06 Dec 2016 10:33:44 +0000
1022 +
1023 + See also doc/IBX4LazarusGuide.pdf for important information on
1024 + upgrading to IBX2.
1025 +
1026 + 1. Size property of TIBStringField is now the width in characters of the field
1027 +   and not the byte length. This applies only to multi-byte character sets such
1028 +   as UTF8. The original approach aligned with TStringField. However, the TStringField
1029 +   code is not recognised as a bug and hence this change to align the behaviour.
1030 +   The TStringField change is expected in fpc 3.2.0.
1031 +
1032 + 2. A new property AutoFieldSize: boolean has been added to TIBStringField. When
1033 +   true (default) then Size property value saved in the lfm is ignored. Size is
1034 +   always set from the dynamic information read from the database. It is unclear
1035 +   why anyone would want to override this and set Size to false.
1036 +
1037 + 3. ibxscript: should now handle correctly a Case..End statement within a procedure
1038 +   block.
1039 +
1040 + 4. IBDatabase: new property - CreateIfNotExists. If true and database does not
1041 +   exist when an attempt is made to connect to it (run time only) then an attempt
1042 +   is made to create the database.
1043 +
1044 + 5. IBDatabase: new event - OnCreateDatabase. This event is called after a database
1045 +   has been successfully created as a result of a call to CreateDatabase or when
1046 +   creating a database after it was found not to exist.
1047 +
1048 + 6.  DBControlGrid: a race condition could result in the wrong row image being
1049 +    written to the cache. This has been avoided by a trip round the message
1050 +    loop before rendering the row image.
1051 +
1052 + 7.  DBControlGrid: It is strongly recommended not to open the source DataSet for
1053 +    a DBControlGrid during a Form's "OnShow" event handler. Under GTK2 this is
1054 +    known to risk corrupt rendering of row images when the control is first
1055 +    displayed. If necessary use "Application.QueueAsyncCall" to delay opening
1056 +    of the dataset (see DBControlGrid examples) until the Form's Window has been created.
1057 +
1058 + 8.  DBControlGrid & IBDynamicGrid: Navigation keys should now work correctly with
1059 +    a TDateEdit control located on an editor panel.
1060 +
1061 + 9.  TIBExtract: brought up-to-date plus many bug fixes.
1062 +
1063 + 10. DBControlGrid: Removed memory leak when updating rows.
1064 +
1065 + 11. TIBCMLocalDBSupport: fixed invalid free on upgrade.
1066 +
1067 + IBX Change Log  version                                           (1.4-3) Thu, 22 Sep 2016 18:10:15 +0100
1068 +
1069 + 1. IBCustomDataset: When calling SetCodePage, no longer request transliteration
1070 +   when target codepage is CP_NONE. This is a workaround for
1071 +   http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=30622.
1072 +
1073 + 2. DBLog option removed from TIBStatisticalService - not supported by server
1074 +   since Firebird 1.5.
1075 +
1076 + 3. ibxscript: An error is no longer generated for "on commit preserve rows" or
1077 +   similar.
1078 +
1079 + 4. IBCodePage: updated mapping between codepages and character id.
1080 +
1081 + 5. ftWideString and ftWideMemo withdrawn. There is no UTF16 character set in
1082 +   Firebird. Character sets with a char width of two are not UTF16.
1083 +
1084 + 6. Strings received from the database are now always transliterated into UTF8
1085 +   regardless of the database character set or connection character set. This
1086 +   is for compatibility with the LCL.
1087 +
1088 + IBX Change Log  version  (1.4-2) Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:25:27 +0100
1089 +
1090 + 1. IBBlob: Defer reading of blob until read method called. This avoids having to
1091 +   read in an entire blob just to get the size of the blob. General performance
1092 +   improvement when opening datasets containing blobs.
1093 +
1094 + 2. Clearing a  Blob now sets the corresponding field's modified flag.
1095 +
1096 + 3. IBLookupCombo: When not performing auto-complete, original query sort order
1097 +   is now used.
1098 +
1099 + 4. IBDynamicGrid: Add OnSelectEditor event. Allows editor panel to be dynamically
1100 +   determined.
1101 +
1102 + 5. IBDynamicGrid: Recompute column widths after dataset closed and re-opened.
1103 +
1104 + 6. IBLookupCombo: LazUTF8 added to uses clause to avoid compilation problems post
1105 +   lazarus 1.6.0
1106 +
1107 + 7. IBControls. Removed "runtime" from list of paths to avoid "multiple packages"
1108 +   compilation error.
1109 +
1110 + IBX Change Log  version                                 (1.4-1) Tue, 17 May 2016 09:14:51 +0100
1111 +
1112 + 1. No character set specified for connection: when a text blob is retrieved, the
1113 +  character set is determined by looking up the native character set using then
1114 +  Firebird API. Otherwise a text mode blob is assumed to have the same character
1115 +  set as the connection.
1116 +
1117 + 2. TIBGUIInterface: this is an internal interface. Minor type changes to allow
1118 +   for Login Dialog returing a change to the database path.
1119 +
1120 + 3. Design Time Database and Server login Dialogs now allow the Database Name/Server Name
1121 +   to be changed from that given in the TIBDatabase/TIBServer component and for the
1122 +   entered value to be saved on a project specific basis (design time only).
1123 +
1124 + 4. IBDynamicGrid: TDBLookupCellEditor now compares its DataFieldName with the
1125 +   column fieldname. If they are the same then it is acts as a look up for the KeyValue
1126 +   Otherwise, it sets the column text to the selected ListField Value.
1127 +
1128 + 5. IBDynamicGrid: Only visible columns are now taken into account When recalculating
1129 +   column width.
1130 +
1131 + 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: Fix error with autocomplete query when a RelationName is given
1132 +   and a case insensitive search is requested.
1133 +
1134 + 7. IBDynamicGrid: No longer ignores notifications removing Column Totals controls
1135 +   or column ListSource.
1136 +
1137 + 8. IBQuery: no longer performs unnecessary refresh of SQL Text (and hence avoids an
1138 +   unprepare) when closing and the text has not changed.
1139 +
1140 + 9. IBSQL: Base the cursor name on a GUID instead of a hexstr version of the class pointer.
1141 +   Less likely to cause a cursor re-use error on Windows.
1142 +
1143 + 10.SV5IPC: include workaround for OSX. FPC 3.0.0 has broken ipc module for darwin.
1144 +   Expected to be fixed in 3.0.2. Hence workaround only applies to 3.0.0.
1145 +
1146 + 11. TIBTreeView: Guard against nil destination on record changed
1147 +
1148 + 12. AnsiString Code page support: TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString now return a
1149 +    string type with the code page set to reflect the returned field encoding after
1150 +    Firebird driver transliteration, if any.  FPC 3.0.0 onwards only. Behaviour unchanged for
1151 +    earlier versions.
1152 +
1153 + 13. AnsiString Code page support: Assigning to TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString
1154 +    will now result in transliteration to the code page specified for the Firebird driver
1155 +    if the assigned string has a different code page. FPC 3.0.0 onwards only.
1156 +
1157 + 14. TIBDatabase: new property UseDefaultSystemCodePage. When set any lc_ctype parameter
1158 +    is ignored and the lc_ctype value, when the database is opened, is set to align with
1159 +    the DefaultSystemCodePage (FPC 3.0.0 onwards). Normally, this is what you want and should ensure
1160 +    platform independence. Note: this applies to FPC 3.0.0 and earlier versions. Pre FPC
1161 +    3.0.0, when this property is true, the lc_ctype is UTF8 except under windows when
1162 +    the GETACP is used to determine the Windows code page.
1163 +
1164 + 15. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCharSetName. This is the Firebird character set
1165 +    name used as the lc_ctype when the database was opened. Only valid while the
1166 +    Database is connected.
1167 +
1168 + 16. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCodePage (FPC >=3.0.0 only). This is the codepage
1169 +    id that corresponds to the DefaultCharSetName.
1170 +
1171 + IBX Change Log  version                          (1.4-0) Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:44:24 +0000
1172 +
1173 + 1. Unix: If Firebird Embedded Server shared object is loaded and a local database
1174 +   path is given and database attach fails due to access permission issues on the
1175 +   temp directory or security database, then the attach is retried with "localhost:"
1176 +   prefixing the databasename. This should avoid problems when the database has to
1177 +   be accessed by a local (e.g. classic) server and libfbembed is used.
1178 +
1179 + 2. Windows: revised search order for Firebird DLL:
1180 +     i.   The Firebird Embedded Server in the application Directory.
1181 +     ii.  If the FIREBIRD environment variable is set then the directory this
1182 +          points to is searched for the FB Client DLL and then then underlying
1183 +          "bin" directory.
1184 +     iii. Registry Key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Firebird Project\Firebird Server\Instances
1185 +          is used to locate the Firebird installation directory and the underlying
1186 +          "bin" directory is searched for the FB Client DLL.
1187 +     iv.  The Default installation directories C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_2_x
1188 +          are searched for the FB Client DLL.
1189 +     v.   The PATH Environment variable is used to search for the FB Client DLL.
1190 +     vi.  Finally the  PATH Environment variable is used to search for IBASE.DLL.
1191 +
1192 + 3. New Component: TIBXScript. This is an ISQL compatible SQL script execution engine.
1193 +   See doc/readme.scriptengine and example applications.
1194 +
1195 + 4. New Component: TIBlocalDBSupport. This is a TIBDatabase support component intended to
1196 +   simplify the use of the embedded firebird server on both Linux and Windows platforms.
1197 +   See dpc/readme.localdatabase and example applications.
1198 +
1199 + 5. IBDynamicGrid: Reordering on column header click should now also work for
1200 +   dynamic columns.
1201 +
1202 + 6. ISQLMonitor: (Windows only). Mutex added to TMultilockGate to avoid race condition
1203 +   between incrementing/decrementing the lock count and signalling the event.
1204 +
1205 + IBX Change Log  version           (1.3-2) Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:39:54 +0000
1206 +
1207 + 1.3.2 was never formally released and only made available as beta copies.
1208 +
1209 + 1. DBControlGrid,IBDynamicGrid: Ignore down arrow and up arrow in TCustomMemo
1210 +
1211 + 2. IBDynamicGrid: Now deals correctly with a single column grid which has no indicator and autosize column
1212 +
1213 + 3. IBLookupComboEditBox: reset timer on each key press - avoids timer going off too early
1214 +
1215 + 4. IBDynamicGrid: Call event OnUpdateSortOrder even when aliasname not found in dataset
1216 +   i.e. when it is a calculated field
1217 +
1218 + 5. IBDynamicGrid: Fix problem selecting a different row when expanded row at end of grid.
1219 +   This problem was due to a race condition between recalculating row heights and
1220 +   determining which row was selected by the mouse click. The row height calculation
1221 +   is now deferred by an extra trip round the message loop allowing the row to
1222 +   be always calculated on the current grid layout rather than risking it being
1223 +   calculated on the grid layout after the expanded row has been shrunk.
1224 +
1225 + 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: avoid race condition between cm_killfocus and cm_exit on
1226 +   Windows.
1227 +
1228 + 7. TIBStringField: Now has two new public properties: CharacterSetName: string and CharacterSetSize: integer;
1229 +   These properties allow the (Firebird) character set name for the field and the max number of bytes per character
1230 +   to be determined at runtime. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
1231 +
1232 + 8. TIBWideStringField: This is a new field type with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
1233 +   TWideStringField. This field type is used with the character size reported by Firebird is two. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
1234 +
1235 + 9. TIBMemoField and TIBWideMemoField: new field types with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
1236 +   TMemoField and TWideMemoField respectively. These field types are used with Blob subtype 1 and a characterset size of
1237 +   1, 3 or 4 (TIBMemoField) or 2 (TIBWideMemoField). See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
1238 +
1239 +   Both also have a new published property "DisplayTextAsClassName". If false (default) the displaytext is generated
1240 +   from the blob text by truncating the string to the displaywidth (in characters not bytes). A displaywidth of zero
1241 +   implies no truncation.
1242 +
1243 + 10. IBLookupComboEditBox: Force autocomplete when EditingDone called and timer active.
1244 +
1245 + 11. IBDynamicGrid: Call DataSet.Append when entering edit mode and dataset empty and not in insert state
1246 +   (avoids "Not in Edit Mode" error).
1247 +
1248 + 12. IBDynamicGrid: Correctly resize grid when one column width plus indicator.
1249 +
1250 + 13. IBDynamicGrid: Ensure Editor Panel has focus when shown - avoids Windows API calling
1251 +    DBGrid.DoExit on subsequent mouse click (e.g. on child control such as a tabbed page control.
1252 +
1253 + 14. IBDynamicGrid: ignore up, down tab and return when editorpanel open and focus in a TCustomGrid descendent.
1254 +
1255 + 15. DBControlGrid: Stop flashing grid when dataset closed and then re-opened while DisabledControls
1256 +
1257 + 16. IBQuery: Bug fixed that prevented SQL being set programmatically once the Parser had been invoked.
1258 +
1259 + 17. IBCustomDataSet: On close, parser is now freed and Select SQL reverts to value before DataSet Opened.
1260 +
1261 + IBX Change Log  version        (1.3-1) Sat, 18 Jul 2015 13:30:50 +0100
1262 +
1263 + 1.   OnCloseUp Event Handler added to TDBLookupProperties
1264 +
1265 + 2.   IBDynamicGrid: Call to OnEditorPanelHide is now last editor hide action - avoids
1266 +     problem with row size when exception is called.
1267 +
1268 + 3.   IBLookupComboEditBox: Force pending autocomplete on combobox exit.
1269 +
1270 + 4.   IBDynamicGrid and DBControlGrid: Keyhandler now ignores up, down, escape and return keys if
1271 +     in a TCustomComboBox and ignores return key if in a TCustomMemo
1272 +
1273 + 5.   IBLookupComboEditBox: Ensure that KeyValue is set correctly when full text
1274 +     keyed in i.e. when autocomplete not performed
1275 +
1276 + 6.   Cleanup of "Uses" clauses and add console mode support. IBX should now support
1277 +     console mode applications with all LCL required functions (builtin dialogs and
1278 +     cursor management) centralised in the  IBDialogs unit. As long as "IBDialogs" is
1279 +     not included in your project, IBX should compile and link with a console mode program.
1280 +     See consolemode example and its "readme"for further guidence. DO NOT add the ibexpress package to a
1281 +     console mode application or the IDE will automatically assume that your
1282 +     application is GUI based. Instead, you should include the ibexpressconsolemode package.
1283 +
1284 +     IMPORTANT NOTE: IBDialogs must be included in GUI applications in order
1285 +     to use the built in dialogs and cursor management. IBDialogs is
1286 +     included by default if "ibexpress" is in your project source's "uses" clause.
1287 +     This should be the case for all projects created through the IDE. This is why
1288 +     you do not want to add the ibexpress package to console mode applications. The
1289 +     ibexpressconsolemode package has been created to allow console mode programs
1290 +     to avoid adding LCL dependencies when using IBX, while still having the
1291 +     unit search paths set up correctly.
1292 +
1293 +     Existing users should check to ensure that the "ibexpress" unit is included in
1294 +     each project's source file (*.lpr).
1295 +
1296 +     You may find that in order for the IDE to recognise that ibexpressconsolemode
1297 +     exists, you have to first open the package in the IDE and then close it. This
1298 +     adds it to the most recently accessed packages list. To make it permanently
1299 +     available, add the package name to lazarus' staticpackages.inc file.
1300 +
1301 +         Thanks to Julio Jiménez for suggesting support of console mode.
1302 +
1303 + 7.   SQL Parser can now accept quoted strings that include new lines
1304 +
1305 + 8.   IBDynamicGrid: Lookup Cell Editor - the cursor is now positioned at end
1306 +     of text on start of edit. This is particularly useful when tabbing to a
1307 +     column and then inserting text.
1308 +
1309 + 9.   New Examples provided for IB Services and ISQLMonitor.
1310 +
1311 + 10. Fix error when writing to blob streams that recorded only the last buffer
1312 +    write in the blob stream. In most cases, this did not cause a problem as the
1313 +    IB Blob Stream is written in a single write. However, with the TDBImage, write
1314 +    of a graphic type prefix was lost which caused a problem when the image could
1315 +        not be automatically recognised.
1316 +
1317 + 11. Improve generation of random cursor names in TIBSQL - avoid risk of "cursor
1318 +    already open" errors due to random numbers used for the cursor name being identical.
1319 +
1320 + 12. IBTable: corrected error that could result in an "Index out of bounds" error
1321 +    when opening the table and the Primary Key is the last or only column in the
1322 +    table. Thanks to Rick Hoover for the fix.
1323 +
1324 + 13. Fix TIBDatabase initialisation of lc_ctype under unix. Set to "UTF8" instead
1325 +    of "UTF-8", and update list of available database character sets. Existing
1326 +    users should check the current lc_ctype setting in their applications.
1327 +
1328 + IBX Change Log  version  (1.2-4) Sat, 09 May 2015 12:38:29 +0100
1329 +
1330 + 1.  Firebird Services: avoid List Index error when opening a service with an
1331 +    empty Params property.
1332 +
1333 + 2.  IBControls: Fix problem with new link mechanism introduced in 1.2.3.
1334 +    Link now set up in Loaded method - avoids occasional failure to apply
1335 +    SQL markup on initial open.
1336 +
1337 + 3.  "Employees" example performance improvements when scrolling.
1338 +
1339 + 4.  DBControlGrid: Correctly handle edit panel removal when panel is child control of a
1340 +    TFrame. Force recaching of selected frame to avoid GTK race (results in a
1341 +    random image cached).
1342 +
1343 + 5.  DBControlGrid: Should now react to changes in panel height at run time.
1344 +
1345 + 6.  IBDynamicGrid: Redraws rows below on panel editor hide - avoids blank space at end of grid  
1346 +    even when further rows exist.
1347 +
1348 + 7.  DBControlGrid: DefaultRowHeight is no longer a published property as it should
1349 +    always be derived from panel height and setting this property can cause confusion.
1350 +    Note for existing projects: to avoid a missing property error at run time,
1351 +    each form using the DBControlGrid must be opened, updated and saved in the IDE
1352 +    in order to remove the property value from the lfm.
1353 +
1354 +
1355 + IBX Change Log  version (1.2-3) Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:11:17 +0100
1356 +
1357 + 1.  TIBStoredProc. Prepare now called by ParamByName to avoid need to always
1358 +    call Prepare before setting parameter values.
1359 +
1360 + 2.  Error message on ParamByName (all cases) not found now includes name of missing parameter.
1361 +
1362 + 3.  Code tidyup and more robust handling of dsql information result vector.
1363 +
1364 + 4.  Support for centralised handling of transaction status changes. TIBTransaction
1365 +    has been given additional events "AfterEdit", "AfterInsert", "AfterDelete", "AfterPost"
1366 +    and "AfterExecQuery". The first three are called after the same event is called
1367 +    for an IBCustomDataSet descendent using the Transaction. The fourth is called
1368 +    after a call to TIBSQL.ExecQuery, again using this transaction. These new events
1369 +    enable monitoring of transaction status changes for a given transaction to be
1370 +    handled in a single place. For example, when a change to the dataset occurs
1371 +    an indicator can be set that shows the user that in order to save changes,
1372 +    the transaction should be committed.  Rather than doing this per dataset, this
1373 +    can now be done per transaction.
1374 +
1375 + 5.  TDataSet.CheckBrowseMode automatically posts changes to the current row when
1376 +    the dataset is scrolled. However, any changes to the current row are, by default,
1377 +    discarded when the dataset is closed. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery and TIBTable now
1378 +    have a new property "DataSetCloseAction" that adds automatic posting of changes
1379 +    on dataset close. If this property is set to dcDiscardChanges (default) then the
1380 +    behaviour is unchanged from previous versions. if the value is set to dcSaveChanges
1381 +    then IBX will attempt to post any unsaved changes before the dataset is closed
1382 +    (and after the BeforeClose event handler is called). The exception is when the
1383 +    dataset is being closed as a result of a transaction rollback. In this case,
1384 +    no action is taken and any unsaved  changes are discarded. This avoids both
1385 +    unnecessary overhead and the risk that a validation error may occur in the Post
1386 +    raising an exception and thereby preventing a rollback.
1387 +
1388 + 6.  String Field sizes and Display Widths should now be correct for multi-byte character sets.
1389 +    In earlier versions, the Display Width was set to the maximum byte width rather than the character
1390 +    width. Display Widths are now corrected by dividing by the max byte width per character.
1391 +    For UTF8 character sets, the byte width is four and hence the Display Width will be
1392 +    the byte width divided by 4. The byte width of each character set is determined
1393 +    dynamically when the database connection is estabished from the RDB$CHARACTER_SETS
1394 +    system table. (see also http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=27766).
1395 +
1396 + 7.  SQLParser will now correctly parse SQL Text which contains ':' within quoted string.
1397 +
1398 + 8.  IBLookupComboEditBox: List should now always be restored to full list when the
1399 +    control loses focus. Default Key press default interval reduced to 200ms.
1400 +
1401 + 9.  DBControlGrid: Ensure that selection is changed to newly appended row, even
1402 +    when dataset rows are less than visible rows.
1403 +
1404 + 10. IBDynamicGrid: Editor Panel is not shown on indicator click if Datasource
1405 +    does not exist or DataSet is empty. More responsive on dataset open. New event
1406 +    OnRestorePosition. Column sort disabled if no header row.
1407 +
1408 + 11. IBTreeView: improved handling of response to "Add Node". Avoid scrolling dataset
1409 +    while dataset state is dsInsert. Avoids posting errors.
1410 +
1411 + 12. IBControls: New mechanism for distributing UpdateSQL and UpdateParams events. This is to
1412 +    avoid conflict with DisableControls/EnableControls with Master/Detail linked tables.
1413 +
1414 + 13. IBLookupComboEditBox: Now avoids SQL Errors when combo box text contains single quotes.
1415 +
1416 + 14. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new Event - OnValidatePost. This event has been introduced
1417 +    to solve a specific problem. That is when the dataset cursor is moved (e.g. by
1418 +    a grid mouse click and the current row is being edited or inserted. In this case, TDataset
1419 +    always "posts" the current record regardless or whether or not it may be more appropriate
1420 +    to cancel any changes; the post occurs before the "BeforeScroll" event fires due to the way the
1421 +    "MoveBy" function is implemented by TDataSet. The OnValidatePost event is called
1422 +    as the first action of the "Post" method and allows the handler to convert the Post
1423 +    into a Cancel if that is the appropriate action on moving to a different row. This is
1424 +    achieved by returning with "CancelPost" argument set to true. Note that an exception could be
1425 +    raised here, but it may still be more appropriate to validate a post and signal
1426 +    a problem in the "BeforePost" event handler. See readme.automaticposts.xhtml)
1427 +
1428 + 15. On Unix derived systems, the Firebird library name can now be given as a colon
1429 +    separated list. Each library name on the list is tried in turn, in left to right
1430 +    order with the first found being used as the firebird library. By default, on Linux,
1431 +    the library name list is 'libfbembed.so.2.5:libfbembed.so.2.1:libfbclient.so.2'. This can be
1432 +    overidden by the FBLIB environment variable or the OnGetLibraryName function.
1433 +
1434 +    Note: when using the libfbembed.so, if you prefix the database name with "localhost:"
1435 +    then it will still attempt to access the database via the Firebird Server and will
1436 +    require a username and password. If only the pathname is given, then the username
1437 +    and password should be omitted and the unix file permissions are used to grant
1438 +    access.
1439 +
1440 + IBX Change Log  version  (1.2-2) Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:35:04 +0000
1441 +
1442 + 1.  A new IBControl - TDBControlGrid has been added. TDBControlGrid a lookalike
1443 +    rather than a clone for the Delphi TDBCrtlGrid. TDBControlGrid is a single column grid
1444 +    that replicates a TWinControl - typically a TPanel or a TFrame in each row. Each row
1445 +    corresponds to a row of the linked DataSource. Any data aware control on the
1446 +    replicated (e.g.) TPanel will then appear to have the appropriate value for the row.
1447 +
1448 + 2. As suggested by Julio Jiménez, a new property "SQLHourGlass" has been added to TIBDatabase.
1449 +   When set to false (default true), the Hour Glass cursor is supcpressed and no cursor change
1450 +   takes place during database access. This may be useful when there are performance issues with
1451 +   the change of cursor. Setting the property to false suppresses the change of cursor.
1452 +
1453 + 3. As suggested by Julio Jiménez, a new property "AutoCommit" has been added to TIBDataSet, TIBQuery
1454 +   and TIBTable. When set to acCommitRetaining (Default: acDisabled), a call is made to
1455 +   Transaction.CommitRetaining immediately after every Post or Delete. This has the effect of
1456 +   making all changes permanent immediately rather than when the transaction is explicitly
1457 +   committed.
1458 +
1459 + 4. Experimental support for the Firebird 3 SQL_BOOLEAN type has been added while still
1460 +   using the legacy Firebird API. Thanks to Gabor Boros for helping to test this feature.
1461 +
1462 + IBX Change Log  version      (1.2-1) Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:14:15 +0000
1463 +
1464 + Development version only.
1465 +
1466 + IBX Change Log  version   (1.2-0) Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:34:04 +0000
1467 +
1468 + 1. An internal select SQL Parser is now available for TIBCustomDataset descendents.
1469 +   This is typically used during an "OnBeforeOpen" event handler to manipulate the
1470 +   "Where" and "Having" clauses to implement user specified filters of arbitrary
1471 +   complexity.
1472 +
1473 + 2. A new Component Palette entry "Firebird Data Controls" is now available. This has
1474 +   three new data aware controls dependent on IBX and which make use of the SQL Parser.
1475 +   These are:
1476 +
1477 +   - TIBLookupComboEditBox
1478 +   - TIBDynamicGrid
1479 +   - TIBTreeview
1480 +
1481 +   TIBLookupComboEditBox is a TDBLookupComboBox descendent that implements "autocomplete"
1482 +   of typed in text and "autoinsert" of new entries. Autocomplete uses SQL manipulation
1483 +   to revise the available list and restrict it to items that are prefixed by the
1484 +   typed text (either case sensitive or case insensitive). Autoinsert allows a
1485 +   newly typed entry to be added to the list dataset and included in the available
1486 +   list items.
1487 +
1488 +   TIBDynamicGrid is a TDBGrid descendent that provides for:
1489 +   - automatic resizing of selected columns to fill the available row length
1490 +   - automatic positioning and sizing of a "totals" control, typically at the
1491 +     column footer, on a per column basis.
1492 +   - DataSet resorting on header row click, sorting the dataset by the selected column.
1493 +     A second click on the same header cell reversed the sort order.
1494 +   - Support for a "Panel Editor". That is on clicking the indicator column, the row
1495 +     is automatically expanded and a panel superimposed on it. The panel can have any
1496 +     number of child controls, typically data aware controls with the same datasource
1497 +     as the grid allowing for editing of additional fields and more complex editors.
1498 +   - Reselection of the same row following resorting.
1499 +   - A new cell editor that provides the same functionality as TIBLookupComboEditBox.
1500 +     Its properties are specified on a per column basis and allows for one or more
1501 +     columns to have their values selected from a list provided by a dataset.
1502 +     Autocomplete and autoinsert are also available. The existing picklist editor
1503 +     is unaffected by the extension.
1504 +
1505 +   TIBTreeView is a data aware TCustomTreeView.
1506 +
1507 + 3. When getting a field value using FieldByName.AsVariant, an SQL_INT64 with a
1508 +   zero scale will no longer return an error. An Int64 will be returned instead.
1509 +
1510 + 4. TIBTransaction now has events for Before and After Transaction End and a new function
1511 +   "GetEndAction" allowing the EndAction to be accessed by these event handlers.
1512 +
1513 + 5. TIBQuery can now handle correctly queries which contain the same keyword parameter
1514 +   repeated multiple times.
1515 +
1516 + 6. TIBUpdateSQL will no longer return an error when "RowsAffected" is <> 1. This error
1517 +   check used to get in the way of using Stored Procedures, and "Update or Insert"
1518 +   statements.
1519 +
1520 + 7. Insert, Modify and Delete property Editors now support Query Generation from
1521 +   Stored Procedures.
1522 +
1523 + 8. Three new examples illustrate the use of the new IB Controls
1524 +
1525 +
1526 + IBX Change Log  version  (1.1-0) Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:01:07 +0100
1527 +
1528 + 1. TIBXSQLVAR code clean up and optimisation to improve client side "prepare" and parameter
1529 +   setting performance. See "readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.(Thanks to
1530 +   Gabor Boros for reporting this problem and for testing the improvements).
1531 +
1532 + 2. IBX can now support dialect 3 quoted column names that contain spaces and which differ only in their case.
1533 +   See readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.
1534 +
1535 + 3. IBX SQL Editors will now automatically add double quotes around column names when the database
1536 +   dialect is "3" and the column name contains spaces or is a Firebird 2.5 SQL Reserved Word.
1537 +
1538 + 4. Param Type LargeInt now supported in TIBQuery and TIBStoredProc
1539 +
1540 + 5. TIBSQL.ExecQuery retry on failure removed to avoid problems with "at most once"
1541 +   actions.
1542 +
1543 + 6. TIBTransaction.SetDefaultDatabase uses SetObjectProp instead of mis-using SetOrdProp (with
1544 +   thanks to Yuriy Kopnin for pointing this out).
1545 +
1546 + 7. GenerateParamName is now a published property of TIBSQL, TIBQuery and TIBDataSet.
1547 +
1548 + 8. varWord, varShortInt and varInt64 added to TIBXSQLVAR.SetAsVariant and hence now available as variant types
1549 +   for both fields and parameter setting.
1550 +
1551 + 9. Changes to the Select SQL in an IBCustomDataset descendent should now be
1552 +   visible in the Fields Editor immediately afterwards - rather than only after cycling the "active" property.
1553 +
1554 + 10. TIBSQL SQL editor will operate correctly and not report an SQL syntax error on SQL test,
1555 +    when DSQL ('?') parameter placeholders are used and the TIBSQL.GenerateParamNames property is set to true.
1556 +
1557 + 11. TIBTable now has a property editor for "MasterFields"
1558 +
1559 + 12. SQL Property Editors now include a checkbox "Allow DSQL Placeholder". This corresponds to the
1560 +    GenerateParamNames property and should be set when using DSQL (i.e. '?') style parameters.
1561 +
1562 + 13. The IBTransaction editor now has a radio button ("Unspecified") which is set when the combination
1563 +    of settings is unrecognised. Selecting this radio button has no effect on the settings.
1564 +  
1565 +
1566 + IBX Change Log  version                 (1.0-5) Sat, 28 Dec 2013 19:22:23 +0000
1567 +
1568 + 1. TBookmark change conditional compile changed to >= 2.7.0 to match revised availability of change.
1569 +
1570 + IBX Change Log  version          (1.0-4) Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:56:13 +0000
1571 +
1572 + 1. In a TIBCustomDataset descendent, a generator now only sets the value when
1573 +   it is null. This allows for alternative user defined setting of the generator
1574 +
1575 +   Many thanks to Julio Jiménez for this fix
1576 +
1577 + 2. An Error Dialog is now displayed in the Lazarus IDE if IBX cannot find the Firebird Library
1578 +   and suggests that the user may have forgotten to install it.
1579 +
1580 + IBX Change Log  version         (1.0-3) Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:53:39 +0000
1581 +
1582 + 1. Conditional compilation used to limit registration of TIntegerField to
1583 +   Lazarus versions less than 1.1
1584 +
1585 + 2. When a database connection is created, character set is now by default set
1586 +   to UTF8 (Unix) or to the current Windows code page (Windows) if in the range
1587 +   1250 to 1254.
1588 +
1589 +
1590 + IBX Change Log  version     (1.0-2) Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:10:30 +0100
1591 +
1592 + 1. TBookmark change conditional compile changed to > 2.6.2 to match expected availability of change.
1593 +
1594 +
1595   IBX Change Log  version    (1.0-1) Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:00:04 +0100
1596  
1597   1. In IBCustomDataset. Changed CurBookmark from string to TBookmark for compiler versions > 2.6.0

Comparing ibx/trunk/changelog (property svn:eol-style):
Revision 9 by tony, Sun Aug 5 19:00:07 2012 UTC vs.
Revision 417 by tony, Mon Jul 24 08:43:20 2023 UTC

# Line 0 | Line 1
1 + native

Diff Legend

Removed lines
+ Added lines
< Changed lines
> Changed lines