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1 IBX Change Log version (2.3-3) Wed, 26 Dec 2018 18:20:57 +0000
2
3 This is rc1 for 2.2.3.
4
5 1. New property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This is "WireCompression".
6 If this property is set to true then the Client will request WireCompression for
7 the connection. Note: "WireCompression = true" must be set in the server's
8 "firebird.conf". This property is overridden if "WireCompression = true" is set
9 in the client "firebird.conf" when wire compression is always requested by the client.
10
11 IBX Change Log version (2.3-2) Wed, 05 Dec 2018 12:19:23 +0000
12
13 1. Remove need to check for IsMultiThread by providing access to GUI timers via
14 IBGUIInterface. Note: master/detail delay timer does not apply to console
15 mode apps.
16
17 2. TIBCustomDataSet: SQLParser ignored if it does not contain a valid select
18 statement. This avoids problems if "Execute Block" is used as the Query.
19
20 3. IBSQLParser now uses the common SQL tokeniser from fbintf. This replaces the
21 internal SQL tokeniser routines.
22
23 4. IBSQLParser: new property NotaSelectStmt. Set to true if SQL fails to parse
24 as a select statement, with or without CTEs.
25
26 5. IBSQLParser: parser now recognises the "ROWS" clause.
27
28 6. TIBXScript now uses the common SQL tokeniser from fbintf. This replaces the
29 internal SQL tokeniser routines.
30
31 7. Fix error in TIBXScript processing of "set" statements. This avoids exceptions
32 being raised for valid set statements processed by a data formatter.
33
34 8. New published property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This is
35 FirebirdLibraryPathName: string. If not empty it is used to explicitly specify
36 the path of the Firebird Library used by the database/services connection.
37
38 9. New read only public property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This
39 is FirebirdAPI and returns the IFirebirdAPI interface used by the database/
40 services connection.
41
42 10.SQL Property editors now quote parameter names if "Quote identifier" is selected
43 or param name is not a valid SQL identifier.
44
45 11. IBLookupComboEditBox: In Lazarus 2.0, TDBLookupComboBox takes a more restrictive
46 view of whether the text box should be editable when no DataSource is specified.
47 TIBLookupComboEditBox has been updated to workaround this problem. As long as
48 ReadOnly is false, the text box is editable when no DataSource is specified.
49
50 12. AllowUseOfFBLIB is now set to "true" at design time. This is to allow use of
51 the FBLIB environment variable. If you do not want to permit this then you
52 must modify the Register procedure in the design/IBDBReg.pas unit to remove
53 this setting.
54
55 IBX Change Log version (2.3-1) Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:39:45 +0100
56
57 1. IBCustomDataset: replace deprecated function ValidUTF8String with call to
58 Utf8EscapeControlChars
59
60 IBX Change Log version (2.3-0) Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:48:06 +0100
61
62 IMPORTANT: the source code tree has been re-organised for IBX 2.3. Please remove
63 all previous copies of the IBX source code tree before installing this release.
64
65 The IBX packages used by most users have not changed, with one exception. The
66 IBServices unit has been moved to the package iblegacyServices.lpk. To continue
67 to use the IBServices unit in your applications, please add the iblegacyServices
68 to the list of dependencies. To do this, open the Project Inspector and select
69 Add->New Requirement and select "ibLegacyServices" from the list of available
70 packages.
71
72 1. New unit IBXServices. The IBXServices unit is a re-architectured update of
73 the IBServices unit providing what is intended to be a clearer and easier to
74 use set of IB Services components. See Chapter 10 of the IBX User Guide for
75 more information and the guide to "Firebird Service Management Using IBX".
76 As indicated above, the legacy services components are still available and
77 provided in a separate package. There is no need to update working applications
78 using the older versions except for an additional package dependency.
79
80 2. The IBX packages and source code tree have been re-organised in an attempt to
81 finally get rid of the "duplicate ppu" warnings. This re-organisation should
82 not affect existing users. Section 2.3 of the IBX User Guide describes the
83 new set of IBX packages.
84
85 3. The ibx/examples/DBAdmin and the ibx/examples/services example have been
86 updated to use the new Services API components.
87
88 4. The iblocal package has been updated to use the new Services API components.
89
90 5. procedure SetAutoAdmin; in the new IBX Services this method is now a member of
91 TIBXSecurityService. It had been wrongly classified in the previous version
92 as a per database configuration item. It is global to a server and hence
93 correctly positioned as part of the Security Package. In the DBAdmin example,
94 the setting has moved to the mappings page.
95
96 6. TIBXScript: IgnoreCreateDatabase added. If true then CREATE DATABASE statements
97 are ignored.
98
99 7. TIBDatabase: DropDatabase now ensures that all transactions have been properly
100 closed before the database is dropped. Before and After Disconnect event handlers
101 are also fired.
102
103 8. TIBTransaction: OnStartTransaction event now fires every time the transaction
104 is started and not just the first time.
105
106 9. IBDataOutput: Use FormatFloat for all performance statistics to avoid platform
107 depenendency with comp type.
108
109 10. IBDataOutput: select query data output is now sent to stdout instead of stderr.
110
111 11. TIBDatabase: Remove regression. If a user login dialog changes the DatabaseName
112 then this is recognised and not ignored.
113
114 12. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery, TIBTable: additions:
115 function GetRowsAffected(var SelectCount, InsertCount, UpdateCount, DeleteCount: integer): boolean;
116 function GetPerfStatistics(var stats: TPerfCounters): boolean;
117 property EnableStatistics: boolean read FEnableStatistics write SetEnableStatistics;
118
119 GetRowsAffected returns the affected row counts from the last insert/update/delete
120 if EnableStatistics = true then GetPerfStatistics returns the current stats
121 counters for the select query. Note: stats accumulate after each fetch from
122 the database. To get total query cost after open, call the "Last" method
123 and then GetPerfStatistics.
124
125 See ibx/examples/consolemode for an example of the use of GetPerfStatistics
126
127 13. TIBExtract: Identity columns DDL. "Start with clause" now correctly encapsulated
128 in parenthesises.
129
130 14. TIBExtract: new published property "AlwaysQuoteIdentifiers". If true then in dialect 3
131 SQL identifiers are always delimited by double quotes. If false, then they are
132 only delimited if the identifier is a reserved word, contains lower case or special
133 characters. Set this property to true to retain previous behaviour.
134
135 15. Insert SQL Property Editor. In Insert Returning Clause, Identity column names
136 are now inserted in double quotes if not Reserved Words or valid SQL Identifiers.
137
138 16. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery, TIBTable: addition:
139 property MasterDetailDelay: integer {defaults to zero}
140
141 When non-zero and the dataset is a detail table referencing a master table
142 through either a MasterSource (TIBTable) or a DataSource (TIBDataSet, TIBQuery)
143 then a synchronisation delay is added (in milliseconds) between the master
144 row changing and the detail dataset being re-opened. If the master dataset
145 is scrolled before the delay expires then the delay is reset. This can be used
146 to avoid performance overheads when scrolling through a large master dataset.
147
148 Note: uses fptimer and hence requires a thread manager. Under Linux the
149 chreads unit must be included in your project. TTimer is not used in order
150 to avoid an LCL dependency. Requires FPC 3.0.2 or later.
151
152 17. TIBExtract: User role grants now excluded when etGrantsToUser not specified
153 with Extract Option eoDatabase.
154
155 18. TIBLookupComboEditBox: Workaround added for https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=33428
156 When a deLayoutChanged event is reported on the ListSource dataset, the
157 combobox text is updated. This allows a listsource (detail) to be in a Master/Detail
158 relationship with the control's datasource (master).
159
160 19. TIBExtract: Full BigInt value range now supported for Generators/Sequences.
161
162 20. TIBExtract: Select Procedures (Procedure type 1) now include "SUSPEND;" clause in their
163 stubs. Pedantic fix really, as procedures output in dependency order anyway.
164
165 21. TIBExtract: Package Headers and Package Bodies are now included in the extracted
166 DDL (Firebird 3 and later only).
167
168 22. TIBLookupComboBox Autocomplete Fixes:
169 i. Only appended text is now selected after autocomplete.
170 ii. Uppercase keys no longer ignored for autocomplete.
171 iii. Retain Prefix case is now honoured correctly.
172 iv. When a DataSource is assigned, typing after autocomplete now extends prefix
173 before autocomplete performed. i.e. behaviour now the same as when
174 no DataSource assigned.
175
176 23. TIBXScript: Single Line Comments starting with '--' are now ignored when occurring
177 between SQL statements.
178
179 24. TIBExtract: New published property CaseSensitiveObjectNames. If false (default) then
180 ObjectNames are converted to upper case before matching against metadata object
181 names, unless the objectname is delimited by double quotes, in which case, the
182 double quotes are removed and the remaining string is used (unmodified) to match
183 against the metadata object name.
184
185 If true then the ObjectName is used as is without modification and matched
186 against the metadata object name. No attempt is made to remove double quotes.
187
188 25. TIBExtract: New Extract Types: etDatabaseTriggers and etDDLTriggers. When used
189 with eoTrigger, these extract types can be used to select only Database Triggers,
190 or DDL Triggers or both. Ignored when etTable or etTrigger included in Extract Types.
191
192 26. TIBXScript: If an exception occurs during the processing of a statement, the
193 statement separate character is now reset to the default (';').
194
195 27. TIBDatabase: Reconnect method added and used by TIBXScript for reconnect.
196
197 28. TIBXScript: Transaction is no longer automatically reactivated immediately processing
198 a commit or reconnect statement and instead activated only when next SQL statement
199 is executed.
200
201 29. TIBSQL.HasField should no longer generate and exception when the field does not exist.
202
203 30. TIBXScript: case insensitive regex now used when matching statements instead of
204 converting statement to upper case.
205
206 31. TIBExtract: metadata comments now supported. New published property
207 IncludeMetaDataComments (default true). If true then metadata comments included
208 in extracted DDL. New Extract Object member eoComments. This may be used with
209 ExtractObject method to list all metadata comments.
210
211 32. TIBExtract: ListObjectNames method added.
212
213 33. Updated Database component editor to support additional connection string
214 types.
215
216 IBX Change Log version (2.2-0) Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:57:45 +0000
217
218 NOTE: THE LOCATIONS OF SOME OF THE UNIT DIRECTORIES HAS CHANGED FROM IBX 2.1. THIS IS TO
219 AVOID DUPLICATE PPU WARNINGS. PLEASE REMOVE EARLIER VERSIONS OF IBX BEFORE INSTALLING THIS
220 RELEASE.
221
222 NOTE: THE DBADMIN DEMO REQUIRES THAT THE MemDSLaz PACKAGE IS INSTALLED IN THE LAZARUS IDE.
223
224 1. IBExtract: Identity columns - add additional check for null column for generator name.
225
226 2. IBCustomDataSet: Insert and Modify (Update) queries now recognise and process SQL RETURNING clauses.
227 The main use for this is for Firebird 3 Identity columns (see IBXDocumentation 6.6.8 for further
228 information). However, this is also a very useful mechanism for returning updated computed by
229 column values. Values returned as a result of executing an Insert or Update statement
230 replace existing values in the current row for each corresponding column.
231
232 Previously, if a dataset's select query included read only (computed by) fields then
233 an automatic row refresh was performed after an insert or update query had been processed,
234 irrespective of the setting of the "ForcedUpdates" property. This has changed such
235 that an automatic refresh is no longer performed if an insert or update query contains
236 a returning clause that updates one or more fields on the current row. A full row
237 refresh is only performed if (a) ForcedRefresh is true or (b) the query does not return any
238 field values and the select query contains read only fields. Use of Insert/update
239 returning should be significantly more efficient than executing a refresh query.
240
241 This behaviour change is intended to be backwards compatible and there should be no need to change
242 existing programs, other than to improve performance by using the new capability.
243
244 3. IBCustomDataSet: DELETE...RETURNING queries are now also recognised. However, as
245 they are called when the dataset row is being deleted, there is no value in
246 updating the current record from the query result. Instead, a new event handler
247 "OnDeleteReturning" is provided. If a DELETE...RETURNING query is execute and
248 an OnDeleteReturning event handler is provided then it is called with the IResults returned
249 by the query. The event handler can then interrogate the query results and
250 perform whatever action is necessary. For example to confirm, to the user,
251 the deletion of a row with the returned values.
252
253 4. TIBTable: generated Insert and Update SQL now include a RETURNING clause for
254 any Computed By or Identity Columns. The IBTables example has been updated to
255 illustrate the computation of the employee Full Name on update.
256
257 5. TIBTable: The GeneratorField property is now published.
258
259 6. The InsertSQL property editor now shows Firebird 3 Identity columns separate from the Field List.
260 When InsertSQL is generated, the Identity columns are not included in the list of values to
261 be inserted. A RETURNING clause is added to the insert statement to return the value of
262 each Identity column after the insert is executed.
263
264 7. The Modify Property Editor now generates Update SQL with Computed By fields in Update..Returning clause.
265 Similarly Insert Property Editor now generates Insert SQL with Computed By fields in
266 Insert..Returning clause.
267
268 8. TIBGenerator: small performance improvement by not preparing query each time
269 a new value is generated.
270
271 9. TIBSQL: Free resources when transaction changed - ensures new transaction is used.
272
273 10. Property editors will now sync table name to a System Table when "Include System
274 Tables" is selected and the query is for a System Table.
275
276 11. Minor Performance improvement to handling of Date/Time types in IBX datasets. Field
277 values are no longer converted to milliseconds from TDateTime and then back again
278 to TDateTime (the conversion to milliseconds is the default TDataset approach).
279
280 12. Property Editors handling of Stored Procedures.
281 * Select and Refresh: only show a list of stored procedures that return multiple rows (proc type 1) and
282 which have a non-empty list of output parameters (i.e. stored procedures that may be used in a select
283 query).
284 * Modify and Insert: only show a list of stored procedures that return at most a singleton row (proc type 2).
285
286 13. IBStoredProc: Now supports Firebird 3 Package Names. A new published property PackageName
287 can be used to select a package. If non-empty, the stored procedure name is
288 expected to be a stored procedure defined in the specified package and the
289 generated SQL will be as required for a stored procedure located in a package.
290
291 14. Select, Refresh, Insert, Modify, Delete and TIBSQL SQL Property Editors now include
292 a "Package Name" drop down box to allow selection of a Firebird 3 Package from
293 which a stored procedure can be selected. With no package name selected, non-package
294 stored procedures are listed.
295
296 15. TIBXScript: turn off database login prompt when reconnecting - this avoids prompting
297 for password on reconnect.
298
299 16. TIBDatabase: use IAttachment for connection default character set id, code page
300 and character set name.
301
302 17. TIBDatabaseInfo: cache ODS Version information on first request in order to minimise
303 DB info lookups"
304
305 18. IBExtract: now supports DDL Triggers and Grants to DDL objects.
306
307 19. Add a property Editor for TIBUpdate.RefreshSQL.
308
309 20. IBUpdate: Ignore non-data (e.g. calculated) fields when assembling list of input
310 parameters. This stops an exception being raised when the field cannot be
311 located in the record buffer.
312
313 21. Property Editors now automatically include System Tables when opened and when the query table
314 is a System Table.
315
316 22. IBServices: SQRB and SRB buffers are now reset when service query throws an exception.
317 This avoids errors due to a stale SQRB or SRB being used for the next query.
318
319 23. IBServices: Service attach parameters now include "expected_db". This is used to
320 add the SPB item isc_spb_expected_db. This names a database using
321 an alternative Security Database (FB3 onwards) and allows (e.g. backup/restore) using such a
322 database. examples/services re-written to illustrate use of "expected_db".
323
324 24. IBServices: TIBControlAndQueryService.WriteNextChunk no longer ignores isc_info_svc_timeout.
325 This avoids truncated backups when the server returns a timeout (busy) response.
326
327 25. TIBDatabase: isc_dpb_page_size now supported as a database parameter when using TIBDatabase.CreateDatabase.
328
329 26. TIBDatabase: DatabaseName property may now be prefixed by $TEMP$ or $DATADIR$ for local
330 databasenames. These are respectively expanded to the local system's temp directory
331 (including trailing delimiter) or to a prescribed data directory (including
332 trailing delimiter). Under Unix systems the data directory is a hidden directory
333 in the user's home directory. The hidden directory name is either the string returned
334 from the SysUtils "Vendor Name" or "IBX" if empty. In either case prefixed by a '.'.
335 Under Windows, the directory is the same as the Data Directory as decribed
336 above but instead prefixed by the User's application data path. These may be
337 used to improve application portability for Personal Databases.
338
339 27. TIBTable: FieldDefs property is no longer published. Due to the use of TIBFieldDef
340 this has not worked for a long time and is not useful either. FieldDefs should be
341 managed using the Fields Editor as with any other dataset. To access the fields
342 editor for a TIBTable component, double click on the component. The fields editor
343 is then displayed.
344
345 28. TIBDatabaseInfo: new properties/function
346 * DateDBCreated (returns date/time database created)
347 * TransactionCount (returns no. of active transactions)
348 * GetDatabasePage(PageNo: integer) (returns contents of specified database page - SYSDBA only).
349 * PagesFree (Firebird 3 or later)
350 * PagesUsed (Firebird 3 or later)
351 * Encrypted (returns true if database encrypted. (Firebird 3.0.3 or later only)
352 * EncryptionKeyName (returns the name of the encryption key if any (Firebird 3.0.3 or later only)
353
354 29. IBServices classes now provided the decoded release number in the (array) property ServerVersionNo.
355
356 30. TIBSecurityService now supports display/modification of the User Admin Role (Firebird 2.5 and later).
357
358 31. TIBConfigService now has a procedure SetAutoAdmin(Value: boolean) to enable/disable
359 the automtic mapping of privileged OS users to the RDB$ADMIN role (Firebird 2.5 and later).
360
361 32. TIBBackupService: New Option - NoDBTriggers equivalent to -nodbtriggers switch introduced
362 in the gbak utility at V.2.1 to prevent database-level and transaction-level triggers from
363 firing during backup and restore.
364
365 33. Both TIBBackupService and TIBRestoreService now support backup/restore statistics options
366 for verbose output using the new property "StatisticsRequested".
367 see https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/release_notes/html/en/2_5/rnfb25-util-gbak.html#rnfb25-util-gbakstats
368
369 34. TIBRestoreService: now supports new options RestoreMetaDataOnly (Firebird 2.5 and later).
370
371 35. TIBOnlineValidationService component added to the IBServices and the "Firebird Admin"
372 palette. This uses the online validation feature added in Firebird 2.5. The
373 services's properties enable inclusion/exclusion of tables and indexes using
374 regular expressions. See.
375 https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/release_notes/html/en/2_5/rnfb25-apiods-api.html#rnfb25-apiods-api-onlinevalidation
376
377 36. IBServices: procedure TIBConfigService.SetNoLinger added to set no linger
378 option on a database.
379
380 37. TIBCustomService: Assign method implemented to allow copying of service login
381 context between service API components. "Detach" method now only detaches
382 service when last reference to the service interface detaches. Tidy up of
383 code for SetActive and Attach methods including password hiding.
384
385 38. TIBDatabase: new properties: AuthenticationMethod and RemoteProtocol. Read only
386 and used to determine the auth method and protocol used for the connection.
387
388 39. TIBDatabase: ensure that SQLDialect setting is used when creating a database using
389 a Create Database Statement generated by IBX.
390
391 40. All IBServices now have an additional published property "PortNo". This may
392 be set to a non-standard port number when necessary. If zero then the default
393 port number is used.
394
395 41: TIBLookupComboeditBox: Ensure dataset updated when change selected with the keyboard
396 and not just the mouse.
397
398 42. TIBCustomDataset: reopen query if already active when a TIBControlLink is added.
399
400 43. TIBTreeview: new ImageIndexField and SelectedIndexField Property allows the
401 image index and selected image index for each node to be set from a database field.
402
403 44. TIBExtract: new extract type (etGrantsToUser) for use with eoDatabase. If included
404 then database schema includes grants to all users. If not present then the
405 only user grants included are those to User PUBLIC.
406
407 45. TIBTreeView: performance improvement. When expanding include both expanded node
408 and child nodes in dataset.
409
410
411 IBX Change Log version (2.1-0) Fri, 15 Dec 2017 12:20:11 +0000
412
413 1. IBCustomDataset: Minor change of PChar to PByte for compatibility with fbintf
414 changes.
415
416 2. IBCustomDataset: Fixed use of incorrect datasize in TIBStringField.SetAsString.
417 Bug could result in truncated multi-byte character set values.
418
419 3. Changes consequential on moving fbintf character set utility functions from
420 IFirebirdAPI to IAttachment.
421
422 4. Avoid "Object is nil" error when opening a database with DefaultSystemCodePage = true
423
424 5. IBLookupComboEditBox: avoid race condition when autocompleting text that occasionally
425 results in autocomplete ignoring prefix text.
426
427 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: Ensure that cursor is not reset to start of text when
428 entering a new name into the text box.
429
430 7. IBCustomDataset: ensure that TIBStringField uses the field size reported by
431 Firebird rather than recomputing it.
432
433 8. Property Editor positioning tidy up: All IBX Property editors should now be
434 screen centre. Previously some were "poDesigned" which may be inappropriate
435 for multi monitor desktops.
436
437 10. TIBTreeView.FindNode: protect against error if zero length path or empty tree node.
438
439 11. TIBTransaction: On Force Disconnect do not raise an exception when problem ending
440 a transaction and always reset the object.
441
442 12. TIBQuery tidyup: remove unnecessary call to GetAffectedRows.
443
444 13. TIBXScript: Allow for override of database filename in Create Database statements.
445
446 14. IBLocaldb: Support initialisation of the database from an SQL script in addition
447 to a gbak format archive.
448
449 15. IBLocaldb: fix problem that stopped the OnSharedDataDir event from being recognised.
450
451 16. IBLocaldb: Drop database if error creating an empty database.
452
453 17. TIBTreeView: improve performance when selecting node - avoid refreshing dataset
454 unless selected node not in current dataset.
455
456 18. IBServices: SetDBParams method moved from TCustomIBLocalDBSupport (in IBLocalDB package)
457 to TIBCustomService, and IBlocalDB code tidy up.
458
459 19. IBTreeView: Initialise TIBTreeNode KeyValue to null to avoid unpredictable
460 behaviour due to uninitialised variable.
461
462 20. IBServices: Correct encoding of isc_spb_prp_write_mode in TIBConfigService from
463 integer to byte. Ditto isc_spb_prp_reserve_space and isc_spb_prp_access_mode.
464
465 21. IBSQL: When Database changed ensure that all resources are freed.
466
467 22. IBCustomDataset: When database changed ensure that queries an unprepared.
468
469 23. SQL Property Editors now use SynEdit with SQL Highlighter. New features include:
470 * Line Wrap on SQL Token boundaries (on user command)
471 * auto-complete table names in drop down list of table names
472 * Double click on tablename or field name adds to SQL text
473
474 24. IBDataOutput: print statistics using float (%f) format instead of decimal (%d).
475
476 25. IBTreeView: Call to FindNode: param type change from "array of Variant" to
477 TVariantArray. Seems to avoid memory corruption in Windows (probably a
478 workaround for a problem in fpc 3.0.4 win64).
479
480 26. IBDatabaseInfo: Code tidy up. Add check for database not assigned or not open.
481
482 27. IBDatabaseInfo: Remove memory leak when accessing database operation counts.
483
484 IBX Change Log version (2.0-2) Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:17:53 +0000
485
486 1. TIBDatabase.CreateDatabase: extract full DB Name from SQL using reg ex in order to
487 include remote system name.
488
489 2. TIBExtract: No longer include comment header and COMMIT statement for empty
490 tables when data included in output.
491
492 3. Profiling: IBSQL now has conditional compilation flags to enable query performance
493 and timing information to be written to stdout. This may be used to locate
494 performance bottlenecks.
495
496 4. SQLParser: only call "OnChanging" event handler when value is different.
497
498 5. IBDynamicGrid: Update handling of navigation keys for a TDateEdit
499
500 6. IBCustomDataset: Set internalunprepared flag when transaction ends. This ensures
501 that BindFields is called when the query is next activated. Avoids FieldName
502 not found error.
503
504 7. IBUpdate: This is a new IBX component similar to TIBUpdateSQL. It is more general
505 purpose and allows the programmer to define any action they want for Update, Insert
506 or Delete. This may be complex SQL (similar to a Trigger), application specific
507 filtering of updates, or use of statements such as Grant or Revoke instead of
508 normal DML. See User Manual for more information.
509
510 IBX Change Log version (2.0-1) Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:31:49 +0000
511
512 1. TIBEvents: Fix uninitialised variable that could result in lost events.
513
514 2. TIBExtract: Added support for FB3 "USAGE" privilege.
515
516 3. TIBExtract: data formatted as Charset set "octets" is now output using
517 hexadecimal notation.
518
519 4. TIBExtract: Binary Blobs and array data can now be embedded in INSERT statements
520 using a simple XML format.
521
522 5. TIBExtract: extract of individual Triggers and Stored Procedures can now include
523 grants to these objects.
524
525 6. TIBExtract: Stored Procedures and Views output in dependency order to avoid
526 dependency problems restoring complex databases.
527
528 7. TIBXScript: This component has been restructured to allow for the processing of
529 embedded XML in INSERT statements and to support interactive sources in addition
530 to non-interactive data sources such as files.
531
532 8. TIBXScript: CREATE DATABASE, DROP DATABASE, CONNECT statements are now supported.
533
534 9. TIBXScript: ISQL compatiable Set statements are now supported:
535 SET SQL DIALECT
536 SET TERM
537 SET AUTODDL
538 SET BAIL
539 SET ECHO
540 SET COUNT
541 SET STATS
542 SET NAMES <character set>
543
544 10. IBVersion unit added to hold current IBX Version Number information.
545
546 11. TIBExtract: Use character rather than byte length for VarChar procedure arguments.,
547 and domain definitions.
548
549 12. TIBExtract: Triggers now use SQL2003 syntax and database and transaction triggers
550 fully supported.
551
552 13. TIBExtract: when a database dump includes data, the generator values are now also set.
553
554 14: IBSQLEdit: Unit LCLPlatformDef added to uses clauses for lazarus 1.7 and later.
555
556 IBX Change Log version (2.0-0) Tue, 06 Dec 2016 10:33:44 +0000
557
558 See also doc/IBX4LazarusGuide.pdf for important information on
559 upgrading to IBX2.
560
561 1. Size property of TIBStringField is now the width in characters of the field
562 and not the byte length. This applies only to multi-byte character sets such
563 as UTF8. The original approach aligned with TStringField. However, the TStringField
564 code is not recognised as a bug and hence this change to align the behaviour.
565 The TStringField change is expected in fpc 3.2.0.
566
567 2. A new property AutoFieldSize: boolean has been added to TIBStringField. When
568 true (default) then Size property value saved in the lfm is ignored. Size is
569 always set from the dynamic information read from the database. It is unclear
570 why anyone would want to override this and set Size to false.
571
572 3. ibxscript: should now handle correctly a Case..End statement within a procedure
573 block.
574
575 4. IBDatabase: new property - CreateIfNotExists. If true and database does not
576 exist when an attempt is made to connect to it (run time only) then an attempt
577 is made to create the database.
578
579 5. IBDatabase: new event - OnCreateDatabase. This event is called after a database
580 has been successfully created as a result of a call to CreateDatabase or when
581 creating a database after it was found not to exist.
582
583 6. DBControlGrid: a race condition could result in the wrong row image being
584 written to the cache. This has been avoided by a trip round the message
585 loop before rendering the row image.
586
587 7. DBControlGrid: It is strongly recommended not to open the source DataSet for
588 a DBControlGrid during a Form's "OnShow" event handler. Under GTK2 this is
589 known to risk corrupt rendering of row images when the control is first
590 displayed. If necessary use "Application.QueueAsyncCall" to delay opening
591 of the dataset (see DBControlGrid examples) until the Form's Window has been created.
592
593 8. DBControlGrid & IBDynamicGrid: Navigation keys should now work correctly with
594 a TDateEdit control located on an editor panel.
595
596 9. TIBExtract: brought up-to-date plus many bug fixes.
597
598 10. DBControlGrid: Removed memory leak when updating rows.
599
600 11. TIBCMLocalDBSupport: fixed invalid free on upgrade.
601
602 IBX Change Log version (1.4-3) Thu, 22 Sep 2016 18:10:15 +0100
603
604 1. IBCustomDataset: When calling SetCodePage, no longer request transliteration
605 when target codepage is CP_NONE. This is a workaround for
606 http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=30622.
607
608 2. DBLog option removed from TIBStatisticalService - not supported by server
609 since Firebird 1.5.
610
611 3. ibxscript: An error is no longer generated for "on commit preserve rows" or
612 similar.
613
614 4. IBCodePage: updated mapping between codepages and character id.
615
616 5. ftWideString and ftWideMemo withdrawn. There is no UTF16 character set in
617 Firebird. Character sets with a char width of two are not UTF16.
618
619 6. Strings received from the database are now always transliterated into UTF8
620 regardless of the database character set or connection character set. This
621 is for compatibility with the LCL.
622
623 IBX Change Log version (1.4-2) Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:25:27 +0100
624
625 1. IBBlob: Defer reading of blob until read method called. This avoids having to
626 read in an entire blob just to get the size of the blob. General performance
627 improvement when opening datasets containing blobs.
628
629 2. Clearing a Blob now sets the corresponding field's modified flag.
630
631 3. IBLookupCombo: When not performing auto-complete, original query sort order
632 is now used.
633
634 4. IBDynamicGrid: Add OnSelectEditor event. Allows editor panel to be dynamically
635 determined.
636
637 5. IBDynamicGrid: Recompute column widths after dataset closed and re-opened.
638
639 6. IBLookupCombo: LazUTF8 added to uses clause to avoid compilation problems post
640 lazarus 1.6.0
641
642 7. IBControls. Removed "runtime" from list of paths to avoid "multiple packages"
643 compilation error.
644
645 IBX Change Log version (1.4-1) Tue, 17 May 2016 09:14:51 +0100
646
647 1. No character set specified for connection: when a text blob is retrieved, the
648 character set is determined by looking up the native character set using then
649 Firebird API. Otherwise a text mode blob is assumed to have the same character
650 set as the connection.
651
652 2. TIBGUIInterface: this is an internal interface. Minor type changes to allow
653 for Login Dialog returing a change to the database path.
654
655 3. Design Time Database and Server login Dialogs now allow the Database Name/Server Name
656 to be changed from that given in the TIBDatabase/TIBServer component and for the
657 entered value to be saved on a project specific basis (design time only).
658
659 4. IBDynamicGrid: TDBLookupCellEditor now compares its DataFieldName with the
660 column fieldname. If they are the same then it is acts as a look up for the KeyValue
661 Otherwise, it sets the column text to the selected ListField Value.
662
663 5. IBDynamicGrid: Only visible columns are now taken into account When recalculating
664 column width.
665
666 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: Fix error with autocomplete query when a RelationName is given
667 and a case insensitive search is requested.
668
669 7. IBDynamicGrid: No longer ignores notifications removing Column Totals controls
670 or column ListSource.
671
672 8. IBQuery: no longer performs unnecessary refresh of SQL Text (and hence avoids an
673 unprepare) when closing and the text has not changed.
674
675 9. IBSQL: Base the cursor name on a GUID instead of a hexstr version of the class pointer.
676 Less likely to cause a cursor re-use error on Windows.
677
678 10.SV5IPC: include workaround for OSX. FPC 3.0.0 has broken ipc module for darwin.
679 Expected to be fixed in 3.0.2. Hence workaround only applies to 3.0.0.
680
681 11. TIBTreeView: Guard against nil destination on record changed
682
683 12. AnsiString Code page support: TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString now return a
684 string type with the code page set to reflect the returned field encoding after
685 Firebird driver transliteration, if any. FPC 3.0.0 onwards only. Behaviour unchanged for
686 earlier versions.
687
688 13. AnsiString Code page support: Assigning to TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString
689 will now result in transliteration to the code page specified for the Firebird driver
690 if the assigned string has a different code page. FPC 3.0.0 onwards only.
691
692 14. TIBDatabase: new property UseDefaultSystemCodePage. When set any lc_ctype parameter
693 is ignored and the lc_ctype value, when the database is opened, is set to align with
694 the DefaultSystemCodePage (FPC 3.0.0 onwards). Normally, this is what you want and should ensure
695 platform independence. Note: this applies to FPC 3.0.0 and earlier versions. Pre FPC
696 3.0.0, when this property is true, the lc_ctype is UTF8 except under windows when
697 the GETACP is used to determine the Windows code page.
698
699 15. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCharSetName. This is the Firebird character set
700 name used as the lc_ctype when the database was opened. Only valid while the
701 Database is connected.
702
703 16. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCodePage (FPC >=3.0.0 only). This is the codepage
704 id that corresponds to the DefaultCharSetName.
705
706 IBX Change Log version (1.4-0) Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:44:24 +0000
707
708 1. Unix: If Firebird Embedded Server shared object is loaded and a local database
709 path is given and database attach fails due to access permission issues on the
710 temp directory or security database, then the attach is retried with "localhost:"
711 prefixing the databasename. This should avoid problems when the database has to
712 be accessed by a local (e.g. classic) server and libfbembed is used.
713
714 2. Windows: revised search order for Firebird DLL:
715 i. The Firebird Embedded Server in the application Directory.
716 ii. If the FIREBIRD environment variable is set then the directory this
717 points to is searched for the FB Client DLL and then then underlying
718 "bin" directory.
719 iii. Registry Key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Firebird Project\Firebird Server\Instances
720 is used to locate the Firebird installation directory and the underlying
721 "bin" directory is searched for the FB Client DLL.
722 iv. The Default installation directories C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_2_x
723 are searched for the FB Client DLL.
724 v. The PATH Environment variable is used to search for the FB Client DLL.
725 vi. Finally the PATH Environment variable is used to search for IBASE.DLL.
726
727 3. New Component: TIBXScript. This is an ISQL compatible SQL script execution engine.
728 See doc/readme.scriptengine and example applications.
729
730 4. New Component: TIBlocalDBSupport. This is a TIBDatabase support component intended to
731 simplify the use of the embedded firebird server on both Linux and Windows platforms.
732 See dpc/readme.localdatabase and example applications.
733
734 5. IBDynamicGrid: Reordering on column header click should now also work for
735 dynamic columns.
736
737 6. ISQLMonitor: (Windows only). Mutex added to TMultilockGate to avoid race condition
738 between incrementing/decrementing the lock count and signalling the event.
739
740 IBX Change Log version (1.3-2) Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:39:54 +0000
741
742 1.3.2 was never formally released and only made available as beta copies.
743
744 1. DBControlGrid,IBDynamicGrid: Ignore down arrow and up arrow in TCustomMemo
745
746 2. IBDynamicGrid: Now deals correctly with a single column grid which has no indicator and autosize column
747
748 3. IBLookupComboEditBox: reset timer on each key press - avoids timer going off too early
749
750 4. IBDynamicGrid: Call event OnUpdateSortOrder even when aliasname not found in dataset
751 i.e. when it is a calculated field
752
753 5. IBDynamicGrid: Fix problem selecting a different row when expanded row at end of grid.
754 This problem was due to a race condition between recalculating row heights and
755 determining which row was selected by the mouse click. The row height calculation
756 is now deferred by an extra trip round the message loop allowing the row to
757 be always calculated on the current grid layout rather than risking it being
758 calculated on the grid layout after the expanded row has been shrunk.
759
760 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: avoid race condition between cm_killfocus and cm_exit on
761 Windows.
762
763 7. TIBStringField: Now has two new public properties: CharacterSetName: string and CharacterSetSize: integer;
764 These properties allow the (Firebird) character set name for the field and the max number of bytes per character
765 to be determined at runtime. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
766
767 8. TIBWideStringField: This is a new field type with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
768 TWideStringField. This field type is used with the character size reported by Firebird is two. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
769
770 9. TIBMemoField and TIBWideMemoField: new field types with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
771 TMemoField and TWideMemoField respectively. These field types are used with Blob subtype 1 and a characterset size of
772 1, 3 or 4 (TIBMemoField) or 2 (TIBWideMemoField). See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
773
774 Both also have a new published property "DisplayTextAsClassName". If false (default) the displaytext is generated
775 from the blob text by truncating the string to the displaywidth (in characters not bytes). A displaywidth of zero
776 implies no truncation.
777
778 10. IBLookupComboEditBox: Force autocomplete when EditingDone called and timer active.
779
780 11. IBDynamicGrid: Call DataSet.Append when entering edit mode and dataset empty and not in insert state
781 (avoids "Not in Edit Mode" error).
782
783 12. IBDynamicGrid: Correctly resize grid when one column width plus indicator.
784
785 13. IBDynamicGrid: Ensure Editor Panel has focus when shown - avoids Windows API calling
786 DBGrid.DoExit on subsequent mouse click (e.g. on child control such as a tabbed page control.
787
788 14. IBDynamicGrid: ignore up, down tab and return when editorpanel open and focus in a TCustomGrid descendent.
789
790 15. DBControlGrid: Stop flashing grid when dataset closed and then re-opened while DisabledControls
791
792 16. IBQuery: Bug fixed that prevented SQL being set programmatically once the Parser had been invoked.
793
794 17. IBCustomDataSet: On close, parser is now freed and Select SQL reverts to value before DataSet Opened.
795
796 IBX Change Log version (1.3-1) Sat, 18 Jul 2015 13:30:50 +0100
797
798 1. OnCloseUp Event Handler added to TDBLookupProperties
799
800 2. IBDynamicGrid: Call to OnEditorPanelHide is now last editor hide action - avoids
801 problem with row size when exception is called.
802
803 3. IBLookupComboEditBox: Force pending autocomplete on combobox exit.
804
805 4. IBDynamicGrid and DBControlGrid: Keyhandler now ignores up, down, escape and return keys if
806 in a TCustomComboBox and ignores return key if in a TCustomMemo
807
808 5. IBLookupComboEditBox: Ensure that KeyValue is set correctly when full text
809 keyed in i.e. when autocomplete not performed
810
811 6. Cleanup of "Uses" clauses and add console mode support. IBX should now support
812 console mode applications with all LCL required functions (builtin dialogs and
813 cursor management) centralised in the IBDialogs unit. As long as "IBDialogs" is
814 not included in your project, IBX should compile and link with a console mode program.
815 See consolemode example and its "readme"for further guidence. DO NOT add the ibexpress package to a
816 console mode application or the IDE will automatically assume that your
817 application is GUI based. Instead, you should include the ibexpressconsolemode package.
818
819 IMPORTANT NOTE: IBDialogs must be included in GUI applications in order
820 to use the built in dialogs and cursor management. IBDialogs is
821 included by default if "ibexpress" is in your project source's "uses" clause.
822 This should be the case for all projects created through the IDE. This is why
823 you do not want to add the ibexpress package to console mode applications. The
824 ibexpressconsolemode package has been created to allow console mode programs
825 to avoid adding LCL dependencies when using IBX, while still having the
826 unit search paths set up correctly.
827
828 Existing users should check to ensure that the "ibexpress" unit is included in
829 each project's source file (*.lpr).
830
831 You may find that in order for the IDE to recognise that ibexpressconsolemode
832 exists, you have to first open the package in the IDE and then close it. This
833 adds it to the most recently accessed packages list. To make it permanently
834 available, add the package name to lazarus' staticpackages.inc file.
835
836 Thanks to Julio Jiménez for suggesting support of console mode.
837
838 7. SQL Parser can now accept quoted strings that include new lines
839
840 8. IBDynamicGrid: Lookup Cell Editor - the cursor is now positioned at end
841 of text on start of edit. This is particularly useful when tabbing to a
842 column and then inserting text.
843
844 9. New Examples provided for IB Services and ISQLMonitor.
845
846 10. Fix error when writing to blob streams that recorded only the last buffer
847 write in the blob stream. In most cases, this did not cause a problem as the
848 IB Blob Stream is written in a single write. However, with the TDBImage, write
849 of a graphic type prefix was lost which caused a problem when the image could
850 not be automatically recognised.
851
852 11. Improve generation of random cursor names in TIBSQL - avoid risk of "cursor
853 already open" errors due to random numbers used for the cursor name being identical.
854
855 12. IBTable: corrected error that could result in an "Index out of bounds" error
856 when opening the table and the Primary Key is the last or only column in the
857 table. Thanks to Rick Hoover for the fix.
858
859 13. Fix TIBDatabase initialisation of lc_ctype under unix. Set to "UTF8" instead
860 of "UTF-8", and update list of available database character sets. Existing
861 users should check the current lc_ctype setting in their applications.
862
863 IBX Change Log version (1.2-4) Sat, 09 May 2015 12:38:29 +0100
864
865 1. Firebird Services: avoid List Index error when opening a service with an
866 empty Params property.
867
868 2. IBControls: Fix problem with new link mechanism introduced in 1.2.3.
869 Link now set up in Loaded method - avoids occasional failure to apply
870 SQL markup on initial open.
871
872 3. "Employees" example performance improvements when scrolling.
873
874 4. DBControlGrid: Correctly handle edit panel removal when panel is child control of a
875 TFrame. Force recaching of selected frame to avoid GTK race (results in a
876 random image cached).
877
878 5. DBControlGrid: Should now react to changes in panel height at run time.
879
880 6. IBDynamicGrid: Redraws rows below on panel editor hide - avoids blank space at end of grid
881 even when further rows exist.
882
883 7. DBControlGrid: DefaultRowHeight is no longer a published property as it should
884 always be derived from panel height and setting this property can cause confusion.
885 Note for existing projects: to avoid a missing property error at run time,
886 each form using the DBControlGrid must be opened, updated and saved in the IDE
887 in order to remove the property value from the lfm.
888
889
890 IBX Change Log version (1.2-3) Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:11:17 +0100
891
892 1. TIBStoredProc. Prepare now called by ParamByName to avoid need to always
893 call Prepare before setting parameter values.
894
895 2. Error message on ParamByName (all cases) not found now includes name of missing parameter.
896
897 3. Code tidyup and more robust handling of dsql information result vector.
898
899 4. Support for centralised handling of transaction status changes. TIBTransaction
900 has been given additional events "AfterEdit", "AfterInsert", "AfterDelete", "AfterPost"
901 and "AfterExecQuery". The first three are called after the same event is called
902 for an IBCustomDataSet descendent using the Transaction. The fourth is called
903 after a call to TIBSQL.ExecQuery, again using this transaction. These new events
904 enable monitoring of transaction status changes for a given transaction to be
905 handled in a single place. For example, when a change to the dataset occurs
906 an indicator can be set that shows the user that in order to save changes,
907 the transaction should be committed. Rather than doing this per dataset, this
908 can now be done per transaction.
909
910 5. TDataSet.CheckBrowseMode automatically posts changes to the current row when
911 the dataset is scrolled. However, any changes to the current row are, by default,
912 discarded when the dataset is closed. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery and TIBTable now
913 have a new property "DataSetCloseAction" that adds automatic posting of changes
914 on dataset close. If this property is set to dcDiscardChanges (default) then the
915 behaviour is unchanged from previous versions. if the value is set to dcSaveChanges
916 then IBX will attempt to post any unsaved changes before the dataset is closed
917 (and after the BeforeClose event handler is called). The exception is when the
918 dataset is being closed as a result of a transaction rollback. In this case,
919 no action is taken and any unsaved changes are discarded. This avoids both
920 unnecessary overhead and the risk that a validation error may occur in the Post
921 raising an exception and thereby preventing a rollback.
922
923 6. String Field sizes and Display Widths should now be correct for multi-byte character sets.
924 In earlier versions, the Display Width was set to the maximum byte width rather than the character
925 width. Display Widths are now corrected by dividing by the max byte width per character.
926 For UTF8 character sets, the byte width is four and hence the Display Width will be
927 the byte width divided by 4. The byte width of each character set is determined
928 dynamically when the database connection is estabished from the RDB$CHARACTER_SETS
929 system table. (see also http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=27766).
930
931 7. SQLParser will now correctly parse SQL Text which contains ':' within quoted string.
932
933 8. IBLookupComboEditBox: List should now always be restored to full list when the
934 control loses focus. Default Key press default interval reduced to 200ms.
935
936 9. DBControlGrid: Ensure that selection is changed to newly appended row, even
937 when dataset rows are less than visible rows.
938
939 10. IBDynamicGrid: Editor Panel is not shown on indicator click if Datasource
940 does not exist or DataSet is empty. More responsive on dataset open. New event
941 OnRestorePosition. Column sort disabled if no header row.
942
943 11. IBTreeView: improved handling of response to "Add Node". Avoid scrolling dataset
944 while dataset state is dsInsert. Avoids posting errors.
945
946 12. IBControls: New mechanism for distributing UpdateSQL and UpdateParams events. This is to
947 avoid conflict with DisableControls/EnableControls with Master/Detail linked tables.
948
949 13. IBLookupComboEditBox: Now avoids SQL Errors when combo box text contains single quotes.
950
951 14. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new Event - OnValidatePost. This event has been introduced
952 to solve a specific problem. That is when the dataset cursor is moved (e.g. by
953 a grid mouse click and the current row is being edited or inserted. In this case, TDataset
954 always "posts" the current record regardless or whether or not it may be more appropriate
955 to cancel any changes; the post occurs before the "BeforeScroll" event fires due to the way the
956 "MoveBy" function is implemented by TDataSet. The OnValidatePost event is called
957 as the first action of the "Post" method and allows the handler to convert the Post
958 into a Cancel if that is the appropriate action on moving to a different row. This is
959 achieved by returning with "CancelPost" argument set to true. Note that an exception could be
960 raised here, but it may still be more appropriate to validate a post and signal
961 a problem in the "BeforePost" event handler. See readme.automaticposts.xhtml)
962
963 15. On Unix derived systems, the Firebird library name can now be given as a colon
964 separated list. Each library name on the list is tried in turn, in left to right
965 order with the first found being used as the firebird library. By default, on Linux,
966 the library name list is 'libfbembed.so.2.5:libfbembed.so.2.1:libfbclient.so.2'. This can be
967 overidden by the FBLIB environment variable or the OnGetLibraryName function.
968
969 Note: when using the libfbembed.so, if you prefix the database name with "localhost:"
970 then it will still attempt to access the database via the Firebird Server and will
971 require a username and password. If only the pathname is given, then the username
972 and password should be omitted and the unix file permissions are used to grant
973 access.
974
975 IBX Change Log version (1.2-2) Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:35:04 +0000
976
977 1. A new IBControl - TDBControlGrid has been added. TDBControlGrid a lookalike
978 rather than a clone for the Delphi TDBCrtlGrid. TDBControlGrid is a single column grid
979 that replicates a TWinControl - typically a TPanel or a TFrame in each row. Each row
980 corresponds to a row of the linked DataSource. Any data aware control on the
981 replicated (e.g.) TPanel will then appear to have the appropriate value for the row.
982
983 2. As suggested by Julio Jiménez, a new property "SQLHourGlass" has been added to TIBDatabase.
984 When set to false (default true), the Hour Glass cursor is supcpressed and no cursor change
985 takes place during database access. This may be useful when there are performance issues with
986 the change of cursor. Setting the property to false suppresses the change of cursor.
987
988 3. As suggested by Julio Jiménez, a new property "AutoCommit" has been added to TIBDataSet, TIBQuery
989 and TIBTable. When set to acCommitRetaining (Default: acDisabled), a call is made to
990 Transaction.CommitRetaining immediately after every Post or Delete. This has the effect of
991 making all changes permanent immediately rather than when the transaction is explicitly
992 committed.
993
994 4. Experimental support for the Firebird 3 SQL_BOOLEAN type has been added while still
995 using the legacy Firebird API. Thanks to Gabor Boros for helping to test this feature.
996
997 IBX Change Log version (1.2-1) Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:14:15 +0000
998
999 Development version only.
1000
1001 IBX Change Log version (1.2-0) Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:34:04 +0000
1002
1003 1. An internal select SQL Parser is now available for TIBCustomDataset descendents.
1004 This is typically used during an "OnBeforeOpen" event handler to manipulate the
1005 "Where" and "Having" clauses to implement user specified filters of arbitrary
1006 complexity.
1007
1008 2. A new Component Palette entry "Firebird Data Controls" is now available. This has
1009 three new data aware controls dependent on IBX and which make use of the SQL Parser.
1010 These are:
1011
1012 - TIBLookupComboEditBox
1013 - TIBDynamicGrid
1014 - TIBTreeview
1015
1016 TIBLookupComboEditBox is a TDBLookupComboBox descendent that implements "autocomplete"
1017 of typed in text and "autoinsert" of new entries. Autocomplete uses SQL manipulation
1018 to revise the available list and restrict it to items that are prefixed by the
1019 typed text (either case sensitive or case insensitive). Autoinsert allows a
1020 newly typed entry to be added to the list dataset and included in the available
1021 list items.
1022
1023 TIBDynamicGrid is a TDBGrid descendent that provides for:
1024 - automatic resizing of selected columns to fill the available row length
1025 - automatic positioning and sizing of a "totals" control, typically at the
1026 column footer, on a per column basis.
1027 - DataSet resorting on header row click, sorting the dataset by the selected column.
1028 A second click on the same header cell reversed the sort order.
1029 - Support for a "Panel Editor". That is on clicking the indicator column, the row
1030 is automatically expanded and a panel superimposed on it. The panel can have any
1031 number of child controls, typically data aware controls with the same datasource
1032 as the grid allowing for editing of additional fields and more complex editors.
1033 - Reselection of the same row following resorting.
1034 - A new cell editor that provides the same functionality as TIBLookupComboEditBox.
1035 Its properties are specified on a per column basis and allows for one or more
1036 columns to have their values selected from a list provided by a dataset.
1037 Autocomplete and autoinsert are also available. The existing picklist editor
1038 is unaffected by the extension.
1039
1040 TIBTreeView is a data aware TCustomTreeView.
1041
1042 3. When getting a field value using FieldByName.AsVariant, an SQL_INT64 with a
1043 zero scale will no longer return an error. An Int64 will be returned instead.
1044
1045 4. TIBTransaction now has events for Before and After Transaction End and a new function
1046 "GetEndAction" allowing the EndAction to be accessed by these event handlers.
1047
1048 5. TIBQuery can now handle correctly queries which contain the same keyword parameter
1049 repeated multiple times.
1050
1051 6. TIBUpdateSQL will no longer return an error when "RowsAffected" is <> 1. This error
1052 check used to get in the way of using Stored Procedures, and "Update or Insert"
1053 statements.
1054
1055 7. Insert, Modify and Delete property Editors now support Query Generation from
1056 Stored Procedures.
1057
1058 8. Three new examples illustrate the use of the new IB Controls
1059
1060
1061 IBX Change Log version (1.1-0) Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:01:07 +0100
1062
1063 1. TIBXSQLVAR code clean up and optimisation to improve client side "prepare" and parameter
1064 setting performance. See "readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.(Thanks to
1065 Gabor Boros for reporting this problem and for testing the improvements).
1066
1067 2. IBX can now support dialect 3 quoted column names that contain spaces and which differ only in their case.
1068 See readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.
1069
1070 3. IBX SQL Editors will now automatically add double quotes around column names when the database
1071 dialect is "3" and the column name contains spaces or is a Firebird 2.5 SQL Reserved Word.
1072
1073 4. Param Type LargeInt now supported in TIBQuery and TIBStoredProc
1074
1075 5. TIBSQL.ExecQuery retry on failure removed to avoid problems with "at most once"
1076 actions.
1077
1078 6. TIBTransaction.SetDefaultDatabase uses SetObjectProp instead of mis-using SetOrdProp (with
1079 thanks to Yuriy Kopnin for pointing this out).
1080
1081 7. GenerateParamName is now a published property of TIBSQL, TIBQuery and TIBDataSet.
1082
1083 8. varWord, varShortInt and varInt64 added to TIBXSQLVAR.SetAsVariant and hence now available as variant types
1084 for both fields and parameter setting.
1085
1086 9. Changes to the Select SQL in an IBCustomDataset descendent should now be
1087 visible in the Fields Editor immediately afterwards - rather than only after cycling the "active" property.
1088
1089 10. TIBSQL SQL editor will operate correctly and not report an SQL syntax error on SQL test,
1090 when DSQL ('?') parameter placeholders are used and the TIBSQL.GenerateParamNames property is set to true.
1091
1092 11. TIBTable now has a property editor for "MasterFields"
1093
1094 12. SQL Property Editors now include a checkbox "Allow DSQL Placeholder". This corresponds to the
1095 GenerateParamNames property and should be set when using DSQL (i.e. '?') style parameters.
1096
1097 13. The IBTransaction editor now has a radio button ("Unspecified") which is set when the combination
1098 of settings is unrecognised. Selecting this radio button has no effect on the settings.
1099
1100
1101 IBX Change Log version (1.0-5) Sat, 28 Dec 2013 19:22:23 +0000
1102
1103 1. TBookmark change conditional compile changed to >= 2.7.0 to match revised availability of change.
1104
1105 IBX Change Log version (1.0-4) Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:56:13 +0000
1106
1107 1. In a TIBCustomDataset descendent, a generator now only sets the value when
1108 it is null. This allows for alternative user defined setting of the generator
1109
1110 Many thanks to Julio Jiménez for this fix
1111
1112 2. An Error Dialog is now displayed in the Lazarus IDE if IBX cannot find the Firebird Library
1113 and suggests that the user may have forgotten to install it.
1114
1115 IBX Change Log version (1.0-3) Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:53:39 +0000
1116
1117 1. Conditional compilation used to limit registration of TIntegerField to
1118 Lazarus versions less than 1.1
1119
1120 2. When a database connection is created, character set is now by default set
1121 to UTF8 (Unix) or to the current Windows code page (Windows) if in the range
1122 1250 to 1254.
1123
1124
1125 IBX Change Log version (1.0-2) Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:10:30 +0100
1126
1127 1. TBookmark change conditional compile changed to > 2.6.2 to match expected availability of change.
1128
1129
1130 IBX Change Log version (1.0-1) Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:00:04 +0100
1131
1132 1. In IBCustomDataset. Changed CurBookmark from string to TBookmark for compiler versions > 2.6.0
1133 Necessary because of TBookmark type and TDataSet.Bookmark property change in fpc 2.7.1
1134
1135 2. IBX now registers TIntegerField as a "No Icon" component. This may be removed if the fpc DB
1136 package is changed to do this (which it should do).
1137
1138 IBX Change Log version (1.0-0) Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:43:00 +0100
1139
1140 1. Add "if active then active := false" to TIBCustomDataset destructor. (Avoid error on database close).
1141
1142 2. Make use of $STATIC conditional in IBSQLMonitor (Needed for FPC 2.6.0 compliance)
1143
1144 3. Database Property Editor: Character Set drop down box now uses "OnChange" rather than "OnCloseUp" to react to changes
1145
1146 4. Property editors should now correctly resize.
1147
1148 5. In IBDatabaseEdit.TestClick, the LoginPrompt is now set to the state of the LoginPrompt Checkbox
1149 (restored original functionality)
1150
1151 6. Under OSX, if IBX fails to load libfbclient.dylib, it will now try and load the firebird
1152 library using the absolute path /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Firebird.