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1 IBX Change Log version (2.6-4 Build 14172) Thu, 04 Jan 2024 11:55:41 +0000
2
3 1. TIBCustomDataSet.ApplyUpdates: ensure controls are not permanently disabled
4 if ApplyUpdates called before a cursor exists.
5
6 2. TIBCustomDataSet.CreateBlobStream: add check for empty dataset before
7 creating the blob.
8
9 3. TIBCustomDataset.Requery: The display buffer pool is now also reset avoiding
10 issues with left over pointers to invalid internal buffers.
11
12 4. TIBCustomDataset.PrimaryKeys when used in InternalRefresh. when more than one
13 primary key is used by the dataset then the list of primary keys is now
14 properly separated by a ';'.
15
16 5. When refresh is called for a dataset without any primary keys (e.g. views and
17 stored procedures), the internal record number is now used to restore the cursor
18 following the refresh. However, it should be noted that cannot be 100% reliable.
19 The internal record number simply reflects the record fetch order and this can
20 change between successive queries if records are inserted or deleted by the
21 current or another user (if the read_committed transaction isolation level is used).
22
23 6. Inserting a record at the start of a grid and then resizing the grid should
24 no longer result in an apparent duplication of records in the grid. Note: this
25 was due to TDataset.SetCurrentRecord ignoring the bookmark flag (bfInserted). IBX
26 works around this by no longer using this bookmark flag value.
27
28 7. Inserting a record into an empty grid and then resizing the grid should
29 no longer result in an apparent duplication of records in the grid.
30
31 IBX Change Log version (2.6-3 Build 14080) Sat, 21 Oct 2023 14:14:22 +0100
32
33 1. Update to calls to EInterbaseError to add default code page. Consequential
34 on change to fbintf.
35
36 2. Update some examples to replace test for null date with the NullDate constant
37 instead of zero. This is because Laz 3.0 changes the value of NullDate.
38
39 IBX Change Log version (2.6-2 Build 14016) Sat, 05 Aug 2023 11:54:55 +0100
40
41 1. Fixed repeated "type" keyword in IBBufferCursors. This may cause a compile error
42 with later versions of fpc - later than 3.2.2.
43
44 2. IBUpdateSQL. update internal queries if parent dataset database changed.
45
46 3. IBUpdateSQL: Do not prepare an empty internal query.
47
48 4. IBBufferedCursors: avoid range error when max field no. is > fields.count
49
50 5. IBBufferedCursors: avoid End of File error if refresh query returns and empty row count
51
52 IBX Change Log version (2.6-1 Build 13985) Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:16:41 +0100
53
54 1. Maintenance update of 2.6.0. This version is still at beta.
55
56 2. Reverse out changes to DrawCellText signature in IBArrayGrid and IBDynamic Grid.
57 See https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/lazarus/-/commit/53aaae9c5e2a5edac5b1d2f70739a8ef7b0a9623
58
59 3. ibxscript: When parsing a store procedure or function with a variable name
60 enclosed in doublequotes, the double quotes are no longer removed.
61
62 IBX Change Log version (2.6-0 Build 13976) Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:49:22 +0100
63
64 NOTE: THIS VERSION RE-WRITES THE INTERNAL BUFFER MANAGER AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED
65 AS BETA SOFTWARE. EVEN THOUGH IT HAS PASSED ALL REGRESSION TESTS, IT CANNOT
66 BE ASSUMED TO BE PRODUCTION READY UNTIL WIDER USE. PLEASE REPORT ANY
67 ISSUES TO support@mwasoftware.co.uk
68
69 1. Complete rewrite of internal buffer management in order to improve performance
70 and maintainability. Highlights:
71
72 * Extending the size of the buffer pool no longer has to copy the entire record
73 cache. Instead, a new extent is simply added to the buffer pool.
74 * A memory to memory copy of each display buffer now is avoided when scolling the
75 dataset.
76 * A separate set of buffers is now used for calculated fields. This avoids
77 having to keep copies of calculated field values in the buffer cache.
78 * Compact bitmaps are used to record null status and need to refresh in each
79 buffer.
80 * Display buffer type changed from PChar to TRecordBuffer in line with change of
81 buffer type in FCL-DB.
82
83 2. TIBUpdateSQL: changes to SQL text will close linked dataset if open. This is
84 to ensure same behaviour as TIBDataset, TIBTable and TIBStoredProcedure.
85
86 3. TField Provider Flags: pfRefreshOnInsert and pfRefreshOnUpdate are now supported.
87 If either or both of these flags are set at design time (using the fields editor)
88 then this forces a row refresh on respectively insert or update, or both, when the
89 corresponding field is not present in an SQL RETURNING clause.
90
91 4. TIBCustomDataset.FieldDefsFromQuery moved to a helper class (TFieldDefsMaker) in order to improve
92 maintainability and readability and to add identification of primary key fields.
93
94 5. TIBQuery, TIBDataset and TIBTable. Traditionally, IBX has implemented the Refresh method
95 as a refresh of the current row. However, this is different behaviour to that described
96 in the FPC documentation for TDataset.Refresh which is described as "refetches the data in
97 the dataset from the underlying database, and attempts to reposition the cursor on
98 the same record as it was". IBX now complies with the FPC definition of Refresh.
99
100 6. A progammatic Row Refresh should no longer be required.
101 Use Insert/Update... returning to refresh any fields that may change following an
102 insert or update i.e. Identify fields on Insert only, Computed By, Blob and array fields
103 on both. If there are any other fields (e.g. updated by triggers) set the appropriate ProviderFlag
104 for the field at Design Time to force a row refresh if not in the returning clause.
105
106 7. It should now be possible to insert a row into an empty unidirectional dataset.
107
108 8. New TIBQuery, TIBDataSet and TIBTable property: BufferChunksInFirstBlock (default 50).
109 This gives the number of buffers in the initial block for the buffer pool in
110 bi-directional datasets. BufferChunks (default 1000) gives the number of buffers
111 in subsequent buffer pool blocks. This avoids large and mostly unused memory allocations
112 for small datasets.
113
114 IBX Change Log version (2.5-1 Build 13927) Tue, 6 Dec 2022 23:13:00 +0000
115
116 1. IBCustomDataset: avoid problem with additions to TFieldType by using a subset instead.
117
118 2. TIBDynamicGrid: change DrawCellText declaration to comply with laz 2.3.0
119
120 3. TIBArrayGrid: change DrawCellText declaration to comply with laz 2.3.0
121
122 IBX Change Log version (2.5-0 Build 13868) Fri, 29 Jul 2022 09:52:01 +0100
123
124 1. TIBTransaction: new properties
125 property TransactionID: integer read GetTransactionID;
126 property IsReadOnly: boolean read GetIsReadOnly;
127 {published}
128 property TransactionName: string read FTransactionName write SetTransactionName;
129
130 2. IBCustomDataset: per row blob and array buffer cached clear before processing
131 Insert or Update...Returning. This allows blobs and arrays to be returned
132 by the statement.
133
134 3. TSQLXMLReader moved from IBXScript to package fbintf unit IBUtils.
135
136 4. TransactionName initialised to a newly generated GUID if empty.
137
138 5. New unit: IBJournal. This provides the TIBJournal component which is a wrapper
139 for the fbintf package's journaling capability. TIBJournal is used to set the
140 file path and filename for the journal file and to Enabled (start journaling) and
141 disable (stop journaling). See fbintf/doc/README.ClientSideJournaling.pdf for
142 more information, and comments in IBJournal.pas.
143
144 6. TIBDatabase.InternalTransaction is now a read only transaction.
145
146 7. Bug fix: blob id no longer set to null on update when blob has not been
147 retrieved.
148
149 8. Row auto refreshed on update/insert if blob or array field updated and field
150 not in a returning clause.
151
152 9. ColumnCount moved from record buffer header to a single per dataset count. Reduces
153 buffer overhead and avoids problem when refresh query has a different column
154 count to select query i.e. incorrectly changing number of columns.
155
156 10. IBExtract: support added for UDR Functions, Procedure and Trigger declarations.
157
158 11. TIBDatabaseInfo. New property FirebirdVersion. This returns the current Firebird version
159 string. Note that the Version property returns an InterBase compatible version string.
160
161 12. IBExtract: ensure sql identifiers returned as a LIST are always quoted.
162
163 IBX Change Log version (2.5-0 Build 12933) Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:59:54 +0000
164
165 1. IBCustomDataset: Modify TISQL component now defaults to GoToFirstRecordOnExecute := true.
166 This is for compatibility with Firebird 5 where Update...Returning can return
167 a cursor.
168
169 IBX Change Log version (2.4-3 Build 12886) Sat, 23 Oct 2021 14:58:30 +0100
170
171 1. Add try-..except check when initially loading library in IDE. This should
172 ensure that IDE continues to load even when a failure occurs in IBX load
173 library.
174
175 2. IBXScript: now recognises a CASE...END block within a stored procedure and
176 hence will correctly detect end of the outer containing block when the block
177 contains a SELECT ... CASE ... END construct.
178
179 3. IBExtract: some further tidying up to remove extraneous white space.
180
181 4. IBCustomDataSet: DefaultFieldClasses array declaration updated to avoid compile time
182 errors when extra elements are added to DB.TFieldType.
183
184 5. IBUpdate: updated to reflect changes to ISQLParam.
185
186 6. IBXScript: now correctly parses a DECLARE statement which includes a quoted string.
187
188 7. IBExtract: for ODS >=13, increment generator value by one for ALTER SEQUENCE statement.
189
190 8. IBSQL: Support for scrollable cursors added (note: local databases only)
191
192 IBX Change Log version (2.4-2 Build 12773) Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:59:42 +0100
193
194 1. TIBDatabaseInfo: review and tidy-up of property types. Most widen to int64 with the
195 exception of those defined to be one byte wide e.g. DBImplementationNo.
196
197 2. TIBSQL: Batch Update/Insert support added.
198
199 3. TIBStoredProc: when generating the SQL, the value of the StoredProcName property
200 is no longer automatically converted to upper case when it is syntactically a
201 SQL Identifier. This is to support the use of stored procedures defined e.g.
202 as CREATE PROCEDURE "iCASE".
203
204 There could be a backwards compatibility issue when the StoredProcName was entered
205 manually at design time. That is not selected from the drop down list. If the
206 StoredProcName is entered in mixed case and the procedure was declared e.g. as
207 CREATE PROCEDURE iCASE, then the SQL generation will be incorrect. You should
208 ensure that the value of the StoredProcName is all upper case, unless it was
209 declared under dialect 3 and explicitly as mixed case (i.e. delimited by double
210 quotes).
211
212 Note that when a stored procedure name was declared delimited in double quotes,
213 as in the first example above, the value of the StoredProcName property must not
214 include the delimiters (double quotes).
215
216 4. IBXUpgradeConfFile: an exception is now raised if a patch file specified in
217 upgrade.conf was not found. This replaces silently ignoring the problem.
218
219 5. TIBLocalDBSupport: new property "SectionHeaderTemplate". This defaults to
220 'Version.%.3d' and is used to generate the section header names (for a given
221 version no.) in the upgrade.conf file.
222
223 IBX Change Log version (2.4-1 Build 12550) Wed, 23 Jun 2021 13:59:14 +0100
224
225 1. -c command line option added to fbsql example program. Used to set connection
226 character set.
227
228 IBX Change Log version (2.4-0 Build 12543) Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:00:08 +0000
229
230 1. Firebird 4 support added.
231
232 2. New FB4 data types TIME WITH TIME ZONE, TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE, DECFLOAT and
233 extended precision NUMERIC fields are supported.
234
235 3. TFmtBCDField is used to support access to DECFLOAT and extended precision NUMERIC fields.
236
237 4. TIBDateTimeField and TIBTimeField are introduced in support of TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE
238 and TIME WITH TIME ZONE fields. These inherit from TDateTimeField.
239
240 5. IBExtract now supports FB4 enhancements:
241 - new data types as above
242 - Identity column extensions
243 - Default user role
244 - SQL Security clause for Database, Tables, Procedures, Functions and Triggers
245 - Internal Functions
246
247 6. IBExtract: new event: OnExtractLines.
248
249 7. IBExtract: revert create trigger to legacy syntax see Firebird CORE-6243, CORE-5545 and DOC-145
250
251 8. IBXServices: Server version no. parsing now allows any letter before major version number
252 and is no longer restricted to 'V' e.g. "LI-T4.0.0.1436 Firebird 4.0 Beta 1"
253
254 9. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new property TZTextOption. Used to determine the default
255 format for rendering a time zone.
256
257 10. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new property DefaultTZDate. Used to provide the default date
258 to convert TIME WITH TIME ZONE data type values to and from GMT.
259
260 11. Unit name IBTypes changed to IBInternals. Internal interfaces TIBGUIInterface and TIBTimerInf renamed to
261 IIBGUIInterface and IIBTimerInf respectively.
262
263 12. Constants: DPBPrefix and TPBPrefix moved to IB unit. DPBConstantNames and TPBConstantNames
264 now accessible as properties of TIBDatabase and TIBTransaction respectively.
265
266 13. String Fields: when a fixed character with (CHAR) field is returned, it is now
267 truncated to its fixed character width rather than being right padded with
268 white space to the maximum data size.
269
270 14. TIBTable.Empty table. In additional to deleting all records in the underlying
271 table, the internal buffers are now also flushed ensuring that the TIBTable is
272 also empty.
273
274 15. TBatchSQLStatementReader: Line buffer is now cleared on call to reset.
275
276 16. TIBXControlService descendents: DatabaseName may now be set using a database
277 connect string. The database name is extracted from the connect string.
278
279 17. DBControlGrid: Minor bug fixes. avoid AV on form closure, avoid black panel
280
281 18. TIBExtract: Data type of COMPUTED By columns is no longer included in SQL.
282
283 19. Local database on Linux and with legacy API and FB 2.5 embedded server: fixed problem with password
284 not being present as required.
285
286 20. IBTreeView split into DBTreeView and IBTreeView. This former is an IBX indepedent
287 version that can be customised to work with other database drivers.
288
289 21. ISQLMonitor: use platform specific LineEnding to delimit messages. Avoids
290 unnecessary CR at end of line on Unix platforms.
291
292 22. ISQLMonitor: Unix: Default semaphore timeout increased from 1 second to 10
293 seconds in order to reduce risk of message loss.
294
295 23. ISQLMonitor: read and write count statistics now available via:
296 property TIBSQLMonitor.ReadCount;
297 IIBSQLMonitorHook.GetWriteCount: integer;
298
299 24. ISQLMonitor tidy up and unit split. IPC functions moved to new unit IBIPC.
300
301 IBX Change Log version (2.3-5 Build 12350) Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:11:02 +0100
302
303 1. TIBStringField: when a string value is read from a dataset buffer, if the
304 number of UTF8 characters exceeds the string size then string is truncated
305 to the maximum string size. This is usually a problem with fixed width columns
306 right padded with white space.
307
308 2. SQLFiltered and SQLFilterParams added to TIBQuery, TIBTable and TIBDataset.
309 If SQLFiltered is set then when a dataset is opened, each line in the
310 SQLFilterParams property is assumed to be a SQL condition clause and
311 ANDed into the Where clause of the SQL Select statement provided as a
312 dataset property. Each such SQL condition thus acts as an additional filter
313 on the dataset.
314
315 3. The Filtered property inherited from TDataset is no longer used for SQL (server
316 side filters).
317
318 4. IBLookupComboEditBox: Selection should no longer reset to start of text when
319 text matches complete entry.
320
321 5. TIBDataLink: Detail Dataset params not refreshed unless both master and detail
322 dataset are active (avoids risk of access violation if master is inactive)
323
324 6. TIBEvents: Registered property can now be set at design time even if database not open
325
326 7. TIBEvents: component now correctly re-initialised after call to UnregisterEvents.
327 This should prevent "spillover" of events between sessions.
328
329 8. TIBCustomDataset: GetNextRecord now called when reseting to first record of a unidirectional dataset.
330 This should ensure that the internal buffer is set up correctly and avoids
331 a duplicate initial row.
332
333 9. TIBStringField: DataSize now given as byte size of string less trailing any zero character.
334 That is, the DataSize should be the field size * character set width. The
335 value returned by DataSize is now the same as the Dataset buffer size reserved
336 for the field.
337
338 10. IBExtract: Tidyup of SQL generation. Avoid unnecessary double quotes.
339
340 11. TIBCustomDataset: Add checks on buffer sizes when copying data from row to field buffer
341 and vice-versa. This may result in an exception being raised (correctly) for
342 older programs when using dataset fields added to a form and the database has been
343 upgraded. For example, computed fields can change from 32-bit to 64-bit integers.
344 In such cases, the field needs to be deleted in the IDE fields editor and then
345 added back in.
346
347 12. IBCustomDataSet: CanInsert, CanEdit, CanDelete and CanRefresh updated to return
348 false if query contains only white space and not just empty.
349
350 12. IBCustomDataset: Blob data is now cleared when TDataSet.Cancel is called. This
351 should ensure that (e.g.) a TDBMemo is correctly refreshed after a dataset edit
352 is cancelled.
353
354 13. IBCustomDataset: SetArrayIntf should no longer cause an access violation if
355 called on a null field.
356
357 14. IBCustomDataSet: An access violation should no longer occur when calling CancelUpdates
358 results in an empty dataTC86 Client side Filtered Dataset 1 X
359 set.
360
361 15. IBCustomDataSet: OnUpdateError should now be called in all circumstances when
362 a cached update is applied and an exception is raised.
363
364 16. IBCustomDataSet: Avoid access violation when SetBookmarkData called with nil pointer.
365
366 17. Console Mode Local Database support: backup/restore should now work correctly.
367
368 18. Local Database Support: if an upgrade fails, a downgrade is now performed if
369 possible and an exception raised.
370
371 19. MinimumVersionNo added to Local Database Support. Database will not open if
372 below this version no. and upgrade not possible.
373
374 IBX Change Log version (2.3-4 Build 12041) Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:00:32 +0100
375
376 1. TIBXDataSet and Generators: Generator Names that are not all upper case or
377 not SQL Identifiers are now supported.
378
379 2. TIBXScript: Set Generator is no longer rejected as unrecognised SQL and is
380 passed to the Firebird engine for execution.
381
382 3. TIBDataSet: Unidirectional datasets now give an error message if an attempt
383 is made to scroll back.
384
385 4. New unit: IBMessages.pas. Contains only messages used by IBX and not FBIntf
386
387 5. TIBLookupComboEditBox: When generating auto-complete SQL, the ListField is now
388 only enclosed in double quotes in SQL dialect 3 and when it needs to be.
389
390 6. TIBLookupComboEditBox: when the list source opens, the ListField name is now
391 validated. If no match is found in the list of field names and the database has
392 been opened in SQL Dialect 3, then the ListField Name is converted to upper case
393 if it then matches a field name. Otherwise, a Listfield not valid exception occurs.
394
395 7. IBGeneratoreditor.pas: Add missing parenthesis around "IS" statement for compliance
396 with fpc 3.2.
397
398 IBX Change Log version (2.3-3 Build 11512) Fri, 28 Dec 2018 10:04:17 +0000
399
400
401 1. New property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This is "ConfigOverrides"
402 and is used to override the default settings in the client side "firebird.conf" This
403 includes "WireCompression" and "WireCrypt". The value of this property is a "TStrings".
404 Each line of the string list should be a setting in the same format as "firebird.conf".
405 For example "WireCompression = true" in order to request wire compression on the client side.
406
407 Note: explicit settings in the client side "firebird.conf" appear to take precedence
408 over settings given in TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. Many client side settings
409 also require a compatible setting in the server side "firebird.conf". For example
410 "WireCompression = true" must also be set in the server's "firebird.conf" for wire
411 compression to be used.
412
413 Whether or not WireCompression or WireCrypt are in use can be checked using the information
414 returned with the Client/Server protocol version. See ibx/examples/dbadmin and
415 ibx/examples/dbinfo for examples of how to display this information.
416
417 2. New property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection: "WireCompression". This
418 is a "convenience" property. If set the "WireCompression=true" is added to the
419 ConfigOverrides. If unchecked then this setting is removed.
420
421 3. TIBExtract: 64-bit integer types are now correctly extracted as "BIGINT" and
422 not "INT64".
423
424 4. New published properties for TIBCSVDataOut, TIBInsertStmtsOut and TIBBlockFormatOut
425 These are:
426 property TimestampFormat: string;
427 property DateFormat: string;
428 property TimeFormat: string;
429
430 Respectively, these provide the date time format templates for SQL types: TIMESTAMP,
431 DATETIME and TIME. The format strings use the standard FPC date/time format
432 characters (see https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/formatchars.html).
433
434 If any of the above properties are set to an empty string, then the locale default
435 is used. This uses the ShortDateFormat and the LongTimeFormat. In timestamp, the
436 locale default is extended by appending '.zzz' to include milliseconds.
437
438 TIBCSVDataOut by default sets these properties to the empty string, while the other
439 two use: 'yyyy.mm.dd hh:nn:ss.zzz', 'yyyy.mm.dd' and 'hh:nn:ss.zzz' respectively.
440
441 5. New published property for TIBCSVDataOut:
442 property QuoteStrings: boolean (default true)
443
444 If false then strings are unquoted, otherwise, the QuoteChar property value is
445 used to delimit each and every string in the output.
446
447 6. New published properties for TIBCSVDataOut:
448 property FieldSeparator: string;
449 property HeaderSeparator: string;
450
451 Respectively, these provide the separator character(s) used to separate fields
452 in data and header rows. Both default to ','.
453
454 7. New published properties for TIBCSVDataOut and TIBBlockFormatOut:
455 TOnFormatTextString = procedure(sender: TObject; var TextString: string) of object;
456 property OnFormatTextString;
457
458 This event handler can be used to process text strings before they are included
459 in the output e.g. to replace unprintable characters with alternative strings.
460 This only applies to columns with an SQL Type of SQL_VARYING and SQL_TEXT.
461
462 8. TIBDataSet now raises an exception when ParamByName called with an invalid parameter name.
463 Uses "FindParam" if in order to find out if a parameter with a given name exists
464 and without raising and exception if it does not.
465
466 9. TIBQuery now uses IBX SQL Parser instead of the TParams SQL parser in order to ensure
467 consistency with SQL queries.
468
469 10. CaseSensitiveParameterNames property added to TIBSQL, TIBDataSet and TIBQuery.
470 When true, SQL statement parameter names are parsed case sensitive. Note for
471 TIBDataSet only applies to Select query.
472
473 11. IBEvents: removing a TIBEvent component from a form should no longer result in
474 an IDE exception.
475
476 12. LocalDBSupport: initial database creation should now work correctly
477 when the schema source is an sql file.
478
479 13. TIBCMLocalDBSupport: new event handler "property OnProgressEvent: TOnProgressEvent"
480 when defined, this handler will be called by the internal TIBXScript during
481 initial database creation when the schema source is an sql file and may be used
482 to provide a visual indication of progress in console mode.
483
484 14. TCustomIBLocalDBSupport: new public property "InOnCreateDB: boolean". This is set
485 to true while a new local database is being created and its schema populated.
486 Useful in (e.g.) TIBDatabase.OnAfterConnect handler to suppress actions
487 when the database is disconnected/connected during the create DB procedure.
488
489 15. TIBXScript: any User/password parameters found in a CREATE DATABASE statement
490 are now always ignored and replaced by the user name and password provided as
491 the login parameters for the TIBDatabase referenced from the TIBXScript. The
492 IgnoreCreateDatabase property still applies and the CREATE DATABASE statement is
493 completely ignored if this property is true.
494
495 16. Code tidyup in IBTreeView: Node properties initialisation moved from TIBTreeView.AddNodes
496 to TIBTreeView.Added. An OnAddition event handler is no longer needed to initialise
497 ImageIndex and SelectImageIndex values on AddNode.
498
499 17. TIBDatabase.Attachment and TIBXServicesConnection.ServicesIntf properties are now
500 read/write. This should enabled (e.g.) multiple instances of TIBDatabase to share
501 the same database connection.
502
503 18. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery now support the TDataSet "Filter" property.
504 if provided, this should be an conditional SQL expression suitable for
505 including in an SQL Select statement "where" clause. If non-empty and the
506 "Filtered" property is true then the SQL expression provided as the value of
507 the "Filter" property is "ANDed" with any existing condition statement
508 in the SQL statement's "Where" clause.
509
510 If the "Filter" property is set at run time, the "Filtered" property is true
511 and the dataset is already open, then the dataset is closed and re-opened automatically.
512
513 The "Filter" condition may include IBX style parameters. In which case, their
514 value must be set by the dataset's "OnBeforeOpen" event handler.
515
516 This is a public property for TIBDataSet and TIBQuery query and intended for
517 use at run time.
518
519 Note: The property is a published property of TIBTable. The TIBTable functionality
520 is unaffected by this change.
521
522 IBX Change Log version (2.3-2) Wed, 05 Dec 2018 12:19:23 +0000
523
524 1. Remove need to check for IsMultiThread by providing access to GUI timers via
525 IBGUIInterface. Note: master/detail delay timer does not apply to console
526 mode apps.
527
528 2. TIBCustomDataSet: SQLParser ignored if it does not contain a valid select
529 statement. This avoids problems if "Execute Block" is used as the Query.
530
531 3. IBSQLParser now uses the common SQL tokeniser from fbintf. This replaces the
532 internal SQL tokeniser routines.
533
534 4. IBSQLParser: new property NotaSelectStmt. Set to true if SQL fails to parse
535 as a select statement, with or without CTEs.
536
537 5. IBSQLParser: parser now recognises the "ROWS" clause.
538
539 6. TIBXScript now uses the common SQL tokeniser from fbintf. This replaces the
540 internal SQL tokeniser routines.
541
542 7. Fix error in TIBXScript processing of "set" statements. This avoids exceptions
543 being raised for valid set statements processed by a data formatter.
544
545 8. New published property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This is
546 FirebirdLibraryPathName: string. If not empty it is used to explicitly specify
547 the path of the Firebird Library used by the database/services connection.
548
549 9. New read only public property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This
550 is FirebirdAPI and returns the IFirebirdAPI interface used by the database/
551 services connection.
552
553 10.SQL Property editors now quote parameter names if "Quote identifier" is selected
554 or param name is not a valid SQL identifier.
555
556 11. IBLookupComboEditBox: In Lazarus 2.0, TDBLookupComboBox takes a more restrictive
557 view of whether the text box should be editable when no DataSource is specified.
558 TIBLookupComboEditBox has been updated to workaround this problem. As long as
559 ReadOnly is false, the text box is editable when no DataSource is specified.
560
561 12. AllowUseOfFBLIB is now set to "true" at design time. This is to allow use of
562 the FBLIB environment variable. If you do not want to permit this then you
563 must modify the Register procedure in the design/IBDBReg.pas unit to remove
564 this setting.
565
566 IBX Change Log version (2.3-1) Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:39:45 +0100
567
568 1. IBCustomDataset: replace deprecated function ValidUTF8String with call to
569 Utf8EscapeControlChars
570
571 IBX Change Log version (2.3-0) Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:48:06 +0100
572
573 IMPORTANT: the source code tree has been re-organised for IBX 2.3. Please remove
574 all previous copies of the IBX source code tree before installing this release.
575
576 The IBX packages used by most users have not changed, with one exception. The
577 IBServices unit has been moved to the package iblegacyServices.lpk. To continue
578 to use the IBServices unit in your applications, please add the iblegacyServices
579 to the list of dependencies. To do this, open the Project Inspector and select
580 Add->New Requirement and select "ibLegacyServices" from the list of available
581 packages.
582
583 1. New unit IBXServices. The IBXServices unit is a re-architectured update of
584 the IBServices unit providing what is intended to be a clearer and easier to
585 use set of IB Services components. See Chapter 10 of the IBX User Guide for
586 more information and the guide to "Firebird Service Management Using IBX".
587 As indicated above, the legacy services components are still available and
588 provided in a separate package. There is no need to update working applications
589 using the older versions except for an additional package dependency.
590
591 2. The IBX packages and source code tree have been re-organised in an attempt to
592 finally get rid of the "duplicate ppu" warnings. This re-organisation should
593 not affect existing users. Section 2.3 of the IBX User Guide describes the
594 new set of IBX packages.
595
596 3. The ibx/examples/DBAdmin and the ibx/examples/services example have been
597 updated to use the new Services API components.
598
599 4. The iblocal package has been updated to use the new Services API components.
600
601 5. procedure SetAutoAdmin; in the new IBX Services this method is now a member of
602 TIBXSecurityService. It had been wrongly classified in the previous version
603 as a per database configuration item. It is global to a server and hence
604 correctly positioned as part of the Security Package. In the DBAdmin example,
605 the setting has moved to the mappings page.
606
607 6. TIBXScript: IgnoreCreateDatabase added. If true then CREATE DATABASE statements
608 are ignored.
609
610 7. TIBDatabase: DropDatabase now ensures that all transactions have been properly
611 closed before the database is dropped. Before and After Disconnect event handlers
612 are also fired.
613
614 8. TIBTransaction: OnStartTransaction event now fires every time the transaction
615 is started and not just the first time.
616
617 9. IBDataOutput: Use FormatFloat for all performance statistics to avoid platform
618 depenendency with comp type.
619
620 10. IBDataOutput: select query data output is now sent to stdout instead of stderr.
621
622 11. TIBDatabase: Remove regression. If a user login dialog changes the DatabaseName
623 then this is recognised and not ignored.
624
625 12. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery, TIBTable: additions:
626 function GetRowsAffected(var SelectCount, InsertCount, UpdateCount, DeleteCount: integer): boolean;
627 function GetPerfStatistics(var stats: TPerfCounters): boolean;
628 property EnableStatistics: boolean read FEnableStatistics write SetEnableStatistics;
629
630 GetRowsAffected returns the affected row counts from the last insert/update/delete
631 if EnableStatistics = true then GetPerfStatistics returns the current stats
632 counters for the select query. Note: stats accumulate after each fetch from
633 the database. To get total query cost after open, call the "Last" method
634 and then GetPerfStatistics.
635
636 See ibx/examples/consolemode for an example of the use of GetPerfStatistics
637
638 13. TIBExtract: Identity columns DDL. "Start with clause" now correctly encapsulated
639 in parenthesises.
640
641 14. TIBExtract: new published property "AlwaysQuoteIdentifiers". If true then in dialect 3
642 SQL identifiers are always delimited by double quotes. If false, then they are
643 only delimited if the identifier is a reserved word, contains lower case or special
644 characters. Set this property to true to retain previous behaviour.
645
646 15. Insert SQL Property Editor. In Insert Returning Clause, Identity column names
647 are now inserted in double quotes if not Reserved Words or valid SQL Identifiers.
648
649 16. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery, TIBTable: addition:
650 property MasterDetailDelay: integer {defaults to zero}
651
652 When non-zero and the dataset is a detail table referencing a master table
653 through either a MasterSource (TIBTable) or a DataSource (TIBDataSet, TIBQuery)
654 then a synchronisation delay is added (in milliseconds) between the master
655 row changing and the detail dataset being re-opened. If the master dataset
656 is scrolled before the delay expires then the delay is reset. This can be used
657 to avoid performance overheads when scrolling through a large master dataset.
658
659 Note: uses fptimer and hence requires a thread manager. Under Linux the
660 chreads unit must be included in your project. TTimer is not used in order
661 to avoid an LCL dependency. Requires FPC 3.0.2 or later.
662
663 17. TIBExtract: User role grants now excluded when etGrantsToUser not specified
664 with Extract Option eoDatabase.
665
666 18. TIBLookupComboEditBox: Workaround added for https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=33428
667 When a deLayoutChanged event is reported on the ListSource dataset, the
668 combobox text is updated. This allows a listsource (detail) to be in a Master/Detail
669 relationship with the control's datasource (master).
670
671 19. TIBExtract: Full BigInt value range now supported for Generators/Sequences.
672
673 20. TIBExtract: Select Procedures (Procedure type 1) now include "SUSPEND;" clause in their
674 stubs. Pedantic fix really, as procedures output in dependency order anyway.
675
676 21. TIBExtract: Package Headers and Package Bodies are now included in the extracted
677 DDL (Firebird 3 and later only).
678
679 22. TIBLookupComboBox Autocomplete Fixes:
680 i. Only appended text is now selected after autocomplete.
681 ii. Uppercase keys no longer ignored for autocomplete.
682 iii. Retain Prefix case is now honoured correctly.
683 iv. When a DataSource is assigned, typing after autocomplete now extends prefix
684 before autocomplete performed. i.e. behaviour now the same as when
685 no DataSource assigned.
686
687 23. TIBXScript: Single Line Comments starting with '--' are now ignored when occurring
688 between SQL statements.
689
690 24. TIBExtract: New published property CaseSensitiveObjectNames. If false (default) then
691 ObjectNames are converted to upper case before matching against metadata object
692 names, unless the objectname is delimited by double quotes, in which case, the
693 double quotes are removed and the remaining string is used (unmodified) to match
694 against the metadata object name.
695
696 If true then the ObjectName is used as is without modification and matched
697 against the metadata object name. No attempt is made to remove double quotes.
698
699 25. TIBExtract: New Extract Types: etDatabaseTriggers and etDDLTriggers. When used
700 with eoTrigger, these extract types can be used to select only Database Triggers,
701 or DDL Triggers or both. Ignored when etTable or etTrigger included in Extract Types.
702
703 26. TIBXScript: If an exception occurs during the processing of a statement, the
704 statement separate character is now reset to the default (';').
705
706 27. TIBDatabase: Reconnect method added and used by TIBXScript for reconnect.
707
708 28. TIBXScript: Transaction is no longer automatically reactivated immediately processing
709 a commit or reconnect statement and instead activated only when next SQL statement
710 is executed.
711
712 29. TIBSQL.HasField should no longer generate and exception when the field does not exist.
713
714 30. TIBXScript: case insensitive regex now used when matching statements instead of
715 converting statement to upper case.
716
717 31. TIBExtract: metadata comments now supported. New published property
718 IncludeMetaDataComments (default true). If true then metadata comments included
719 in extracted DDL. New Extract Object member eoComments. This may be used with
720 ExtractObject method to list all metadata comments.
721
722 32. TIBExtract: ListObjectNames method added.
723
724 33. Updated Database component editor to support additional connection string
725 types.
726
727 IBX Change Log version (2.2-0) Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:57:45 +0000
728
729 NOTE: THE LOCATIONS OF SOME OF THE UNIT DIRECTORIES HAS CHANGED FROM IBX 2.1. THIS IS TO
730 AVOID DUPLICATE PPU WARNINGS. PLEASE REMOVE EARLIER VERSIONS OF IBX BEFORE INSTALLING THIS
731 RELEASE.
732
733 NOTE: THE DBADMIN DEMO REQUIRES THAT THE MemDSLaz PACKAGE IS INSTALLED IN THE LAZARUS IDE.
734
735 1. IBExtract: Identity columns - add additional check for null column for generator name.
736
737 2. IBCustomDataSet: Insert and Modify (Update) queries now recognise and process SQL RETURNING clauses.
738 The main use for this is for Firebird 3 Identity columns (see IBXDocumentation 6.6.8 for further
739 information). However, this is also a very useful mechanism for returning updated computed by
740 column values. Values returned as a result of executing an Insert or Update statement
741 replace existing values in the current row for each corresponding column.
742
743 Previously, if a dataset's select query included read only (computed by) fields then
744 an automatic row refresh was performed after an insert or update query had been processed,
745 irrespective of the setting of the "ForcedUpdates" property. This has changed such
746 that an automatic refresh is no longer performed if an insert or update query contains
747 a returning clause that updates one or more fields on the current row. A full row
748 refresh is only performed if (a) ForcedRefresh is true or (b) the query does not return any
749 field values and the select query contains read only fields. Use of Insert/update
750 returning should be significantly more efficient than executing a refresh query.
751
752 This behaviour change is intended to be backwards compatible and there should be no need to change
753 existing programs, other than to improve performance by using the new capability.
754
755 3. IBCustomDataSet: DELETE...RETURNING queries are now also recognised. However, as
756 they are called when the dataset row is being deleted, there is no value in
757 updating the current record from the query result. Instead, a new event handler
758 "OnDeleteReturning" is provided. If a DELETE...RETURNING query is execute and
759 an OnDeleteReturning event handler is provided then it is called with the IResults returned
760 by the query. The event handler can then interrogate the query results and
761 perform whatever action is necessary. For example to confirm, to the user,
762 the deletion of a row with the returned values.
763
764 4. TIBTable: generated Insert and Update SQL now include a RETURNING clause for
765 any Computed By or Identity Columns. The IBTables example has been updated to
766 illustrate the computation of the employee Full Name on update.
767
768 5. TIBTable: The GeneratorField property is now published.
769
770 6. The InsertSQL property editor now shows Firebird 3 Identity columns separate from the Field List.
771 When InsertSQL is generated, the Identity columns are not included in the list of values to
772 be inserted. A RETURNING clause is added to the insert statement to return the value of
773 each Identity column after the insert is executed.
774
775 7. The Modify Property Editor now generates Update SQL with Computed By fields in Update..Returning clause.
776 Similarly Insert Property Editor now generates Insert SQL with Computed By fields in
777 Insert..Returning clause.
778
779 8. TIBGenerator: small performance improvement by not preparing query each time
780 a new value is generated.
781
782 9. TIBSQL: Free resources when transaction changed - ensures new transaction is used.
783
784 10. Property editors will now sync table name to a System Table when "Include System
785 Tables" is selected and the query is for a System Table.
786
787 11. Minor Performance improvement to handling of Date/Time types in IBX datasets. Field
788 values are no longer converted to milliseconds from TDateTime and then back again
789 to TDateTime (the conversion to milliseconds is the default TDataset approach).
790
791 12. Property Editors handling of Stored Procedures.
792 * Select and Refresh: only show a list of stored procedures that return multiple rows (proc type 1) and
793 which have a non-empty list of output parameters (i.e. stored procedures that may be used in a select
794 query).
795 * Modify and Insert: only show a list of stored procedures that return at most a singleton row (proc type 2).
796
797 13. IBStoredProc: Now supports Firebird 3 Package Names. A new published property PackageName
798 can be used to select a package. If non-empty, the stored procedure name is
799 expected to be a stored procedure defined in the specified package and the
800 generated SQL will be as required for a stored procedure located in a package.
801
802 14. Select, Refresh, Insert, Modify, Delete and TIBSQL SQL Property Editors now include
803 a "Package Name" drop down box to allow selection of a Firebird 3 Package from
804 which a stored procedure can be selected. With no package name selected, non-package
805 stored procedures are listed.
806
807 15. TIBXScript: turn off database login prompt when reconnecting - this avoids prompting
808 for password on reconnect.
809
810 16. TIBDatabase: use IAttachment for connection default character set id, code page
811 and character set name.
812
813 17. TIBDatabaseInfo: cache ODS Version information on first request in order to minimise
814 DB info lookups"
815
816 18. IBExtract: now supports DDL Triggers and Grants to DDL objects.
817
818 19. Add a property Editor for TIBUpdate.RefreshSQL.
819
820 20. IBUpdate: Ignore non-data (e.g. calculated) fields when assembling list of input
821 parameters. This stops an exception being raised when the field cannot be
822 located in the record buffer.
823
824 21. Property Editors now automatically include System Tables when opened and when the query table
825 is a System Table.
826
827 22. IBServices: SQRB and SRB buffers are now reset when service query throws an exception.
828 This avoids errors due to a stale SQRB or SRB being used for the next query.
829
830 23. IBServices: Service attach parameters now include "expected_db". This is used to
831 add the SPB item isc_spb_expected_db. This names a database using
832 an alternative Security Database (FB3 onwards) and allows (e.g. backup/restore) using such a
833 database. examples/services re-written to illustrate use of "expected_db".
834
835 24. IBServices: TIBControlAndQueryService.WriteNextChunk no longer ignores isc_info_svc_timeout.
836 This avoids truncated backups when the server returns a timeout (busy) response.
837
838 25. TIBDatabase: isc_dpb_page_size now supported as a database parameter when using TIBDatabase.CreateDatabase.
839
840 26. TIBDatabase: DatabaseName property may now be prefixed by $TEMP$ or $DATADIR$ for local
841 databasenames. These are respectively expanded to the local system's temp directory
842 (including trailing delimiter) or to a prescribed data directory (including
843 trailing delimiter). Under Unix systems the data directory is a hidden directory
844 in the user's home directory. The hidden directory name is either the string returned
845 from the SysUtils "Vendor Name" or "IBX" if empty. In either case prefixed by a '.'.
846 Under Windows, the directory is the same as the Data Directory as decribed
847 above but instead prefixed by the User's application data path. These may be
848 used to improve application portability for Personal Databases.
849
850 27. TIBTable: FieldDefs property is no longer published. Due to the use of TIBFieldDef
851 this has not worked for a long time and is not useful either. FieldDefs should be
852 managed using the Fields Editor as with any other dataset. To access the fields
853 editor for a TIBTable component, double click on the component. The fields editor
854 is then displayed.
855
856 28. TIBDatabaseInfo: new properties/function
857 * DateDBCreated (returns date/time database created)
858 * TransactionCount (returns no. of active transactions)
859 * GetDatabasePage(PageNo: integer) (returns contents of specified database page - SYSDBA only).
860 * PagesFree (Firebird 3 or later)
861 * PagesUsed (Firebird 3 or later)
862 * Encrypted (returns true if database encrypted. (Firebird 3.0.3 or later only)
863 * EncryptionKeyName (returns the name of the encryption key if any (Firebird 3.0.3 or later only)
864
865 29. IBServices classes now provided the decoded release number in the (array) property ServerVersionNo.
866
867 30. TIBSecurityService now supports display/modification of the User Admin Role (Firebird 2.5 and later).
868
869 31. TIBConfigService now has a procedure SetAutoAdmin(Value: boolean) to enable/disable
870 the automtic mapping of privileged OS users to the RDB$ADMIN role (Firebird 2.5 and later).
871
872 32. TIBBackupService: New Option - NoDBTriggers equivalent to -nodbtriggers switch introduced
873 in the gbak utility at V.2.1 to prevent database-level and transaction-level triggers from
874 firing during backup and restore.
875
876 33. Both TIBBackupService and TIBRestoreService now support backup/restore statistics options
877 for verbose output using the new property "StatisticsRequested".
878 see https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/release_notes/html/en/2_5/rnfb25-util-gbak.html#rnfb25-util-gbakstats
879
880 34. TIBRestoreService: now supports new options RestoreMetaDataOnly (Firebird 2.5 and later).
881
882 35. TIBOnlineValidationService component added to the IBServices and the "Firebird Admin"
883 palette. This uses the online validation feature added in Firebird 2.5. The
884 services's properties enable inclusion/exclusion of tables and indexes using
885 regular expressions. See.
886 https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/release_notes/html/en/2_5/rnfb25-apiods-api.html#rnfb25-apiods-api-onlinevalidation
887
888 36. IBServices: procedure TIBConfigService.SetNoLinger added to set no linger
889 option on a database.
890
891 37. TIBCustomService: Assign method implemented to allow copying of service login
892 context between service API components. "Detach" method now only detaches
893 service when last reference to the service interface detaches. Tidy up of
894 code for SetActive and Attach methods including password hiding.
895
896 38. TIBDatabase: new properties: AuthenticationMethod and RemoteProtocol. Read only
897 and used to determine the auth method and protocol used for the connection.
898
899 39. TIBDatabase: ensure that SQLDialect setting is used when creating a database using
900 a Create Database Statement generated by IBX.
901
902 40. All IBServices now have an additional published property "PortNo". This may
903 be set to a non-standard port number when necessary. If zero then the default
904 port number is used.
905
906 41: TIBLookupComboeditBox: Ensure dataset updated when change selected with the keyboard
907 and not just the mouse.
908
909 42. TIBCustomDataset: reopen query if already active when a TIBControlLink is added.
910
911 43. TIBTreeview: new ImageIndexField and SelectedIndexField Property allows the
912 image index and selected image index for each node to be set from a database field.
913
914 44. TIBExtract: new extract type (etGrantsToUser) for use with eoDatabase. If included
915 then database schema includes grants to all users. If not present then the
916 only user grants included are those to User PUBLIC.
917
918 45. TIBTreeView: performance improvement. When expanding include both expanded node
919 and child nodes in dataset.
920
921
922 IBX Change Log version (2.1-0) Fri, 15 Dec 2017 12:20:11 +0000
923
924 1. IBCustomDataset: Minor change of PChar to PByte for compatibility with fbintf
925 changes.
926
927 2. IBCustomDataset: Fixed use of incorrect datasize in TIBStringField.SetAsString.
928 Bug could result in truncated multi-byte character set values.
929
930 3. Changes consequential on moving fbintf character set utility functions from
931 IFirebirdAPI to IAttachment.
932
933 4. Avoid "Object is nil" error when opening a database with DefaultSystemCodePage = true
934
935 5. IBLookupComboEditBox: avoid race condition when autocompleting text that occasionally
936 results in autocomplete ignoring prefix text.
937
938 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: Ensure that cursor is not reset to start of text when
939 entering a new name into the text box.
940
941 7. IBCustomDataset: ensure that TIBStringField uses the field size reported by
942 Firebird rather than recomputing it.
943
944 8. Property Editor positioning tidy up: All IBX Property editors should now be
945 screen centre. Previously some were "poDesigned" which may be inappropriate
946 for multi monitor desktops.
947
948 10. TIBTreeView.FindNode: protect against error if zero length path or empty tree node.
949
950 11. TIBTransaction: On Force Disconnect do not raise an exception when problem ending
951 a transaction and always reset the object.
952
953 12. TIBQuery tidyup: remove unnecessary call to GetAffectedRows.
954
955 13. TIBXScript: Allow for override of database filename in Create Database statements.
956
957 14. IBLocaldb: Support initialisation of the database from an SQL script in addition
958 to a gbak format archive.
959
960 15. IBLocaldb: fix problem that stopped the OnSharedDataDir event from being recognised.
961
962 16. IBLocaldb: Drop database if error creating an empty database.
963
964 17. TIBTreeView: improve performance when selecting node - avoid refreshing dataset
965 unless selected node not in current dataset.
966
967 18. IBServices: SetDBParams method moved from TCustomIBLocalDBSupport (in IBLocalDB package)
968 to TIBCustomService, and IBlocalDB code tidy up.
969
970 19. IBTreeView: Initialise TIBTreeNode KeyValue to null to avoid unpredictable
971 behaviour due to uninitialised variable.
972
973 20. IBServices: Correct encoding of isc_spb_prp_write_mode in TIBConfigService from
974 integer to byte. Ditto isc_spb_prp_reserve_space and isc_spb_prp_access_mode.
975
976 21. IBSQL: When Database changed ensure that all resources are freed.
977
978 22. IBCustomDataset: When database changed ensure that queries an unprepared.
979
980 23. SQL Property Editors now use SynEdit with SQL Highlighter. New features include:
981 * Line Wrap on SQL Token boundaries (on user command)
982 * auto-complete table names in drop down list of table names
983 * Double click on tablename or field name adds to SQL text
984
985 24. IBDataOutput: print statistics using float (%f) format instead of decimal (%d).
986
987 25. IBTreeView: Call to FindNode: param type change from "array of Variant" to
988 TVariantArray. Seems to avoid memory corruption in Windows (probably a
989 workaround for a problem in fpc 3.0.4 win64).
990
991 26. IBDatabaseInfo: Code tidy up. Add check for database not assigned or not open.
992
993 27. IBDatabaseInfo: Remove memory leak when accessing database operation counts.
994
995 IBX Change Log version (2.0-2) Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:17:53 +0000
996
997 1. TIBDatabase.CreateDatabase: extract full DB Name from SQL using reg ex in order to
998 include remote system name.
999
1000 2. TIBExtract: No longer include comment header and COMMIT statement for empty
1001 tables when data included in output.
1002
1003 3. Profiling: IBSQL now has conditional compilation flags to enable query performance
1004 and timing information to be written to stdout. This may be used to locate
1005 performance bottlenecks.
1006
1007 4. SQLParser: only call "OnChanging" event handler when value is different.
1008
1009 5. IBDynamicGrid: Update handling of navigation keys for a TDateEdit
1010
1011 6. IBCustomDataset: Set internalunprepared flag when transaction ends. This ensures
1012 that BindFields is called when the query is next activated. Avoids FieldName
1013 not found error.
1014
1015 7. IBUpdate: This is a new IBX component similar to TIBUpdateSQL. It is more general
1016 purpose and allows the programmer to define any action they want for Update, Insert
1017 or Delete. This may be complex SQL (similar to a Trigger), application specific
1018 filtering of updates, or use of statements such as Grant or Revoke instead of
1019 normal DML. See User Manual for more information.
1020
1021 IBX Change Log version (2.0-1) Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:31:49 +0000
1022
1023 1. TIBEvents: Fix uninitialised variable that could result in lost events.
1024
1025 2. TIBExtract: Added support for FB3 "USAGE" privilege.
1026
1027 3. TIBExtract: data formatted as Charset set "octets" is now output using
1028 hexadecimal notation.
1029
1030 4. TIBExtract: Binary Blobs and array data can now be embedded in INSERT statements
1031 using a simple XML format.
1032
1033 5. TIBExtract: extract of individual Triggers and Stored Procedures can now include
1034 grants to these objects.
1035
1036 6. TIBExtract: Stored Procedures and Views output in dependency order to avoid
1037 dependency problems restoring complex databases.
1038
1039 7. TIBXScript: This component has been restructured to allow for the processing of
1040 embedded XML in INSERT statements and to support interactive sources in addition
1041 to non-interactive data sources such as files.
1042
1043 8. TIBXScript: CREATE DATABASE, DROP DATABASE, CONNECT statements are now supported.
1044
1045 9. TIBXScript: ISQL compatiable Set statements are now supported:
1046 SET SQL DIALECT
1047 SET TERM
1048 SET AUTODDL
1049 SET BAIL
1050 SET ECHO
1051 SET COUNT
1052 SET STATS
1053 SET NAMES <character set>
1054
1055 10. IBVersion unit added to hold current IBX Version Number information.
1056
1057 11. TIBExtract: Use character rather than byte length for VarChar procedure arguments.,
1058 and domain definitions.
1059
1060 12. TIBExtract: Triggers now use SQL2003 syntax and database and transaction triggers
1061 fully supported.
1062
1063 13. TIBExtract: when a database dump includes data, the generator values are now also set.
1064
1065 14: IBSQLEdit: Unit LCLPlatformDef added to uses clauses for lazarus 1.7 and later.
1066
1067 IBX Change Log version (2.0-0) Tue, 06 Dec 2016 10:33:44 +0000
1068
1069 See also doc/IBX4LazarusGuide.pdf for important information on
1070 upgrading to IBX2.
1071
1072 1. Size property of TIBStringField is now the width in characters of the field
1073 and not the byte length. This applies only to multi-byte character sets such
1074 as UTF8. The original approach aligned with TStringField. However, the TStringField
1075 code is not recognised as a bug and hence this change to align the behaviour.
1076 The TStringField change is expected in fpc 3.2.0.
1077
1078 2. A new property AutoFieldSize: boolean has been added to TIBStringField. When
1079 true (default) then Size property value saved in the lfm is ignored. Size is
1080 always set from the dynamic information read from the database. It is unclear
1081 why anyone would want to override this and set Size to false.
1082
1083 3. ibxscript: should now handle correctly a Case..End statement within a procedure
1084 block.
1085
1086 4. IBDatabase: new property - CreateIfNotExists. If true and database does not
1087 exist when an attempt is made to connect to it (run time only) then an attempt
1088 is made to create the database.
1089
1090 5. IBDatabase: new event - OnCreateDatabase. This event is called after a database
1091 has been successfully created as a result of a call to CreateDatabase or when
1092 creating a database after it was found not to exist.
1093
1094 6. DBControlGrid: a race condition could result in the wrong row image being
1095 written to the cache. This has been avoided by a trip round the message
1096 loop before rendering the row image.
1097
1098 7. DBControlGrid: It is strongly recommended not to open the source DataSet for
1099 a DBControlGrid during a Form's "OnShow" event handler. Under GTK2 this is
1100 known to risk corrupt rendering of row images when the control is first
1101 displayed. If necessary use "Application.QueueAsyncCall" to delay opening
1102 of the dataset (see DBControlGrid examples) until the Form's Window has been created.
1103
1104 8. DBControlGrid & IBDynamicGrid: Navigation keys should now work correctly with
1105 a TDateEdit control located on an editor panel.
1106
1107 9. TIBExtract: brought up-to-date plus many bug fixes.
1108
1109 10. DBControlGrid: Removed memory leak when updating rows.
1110
1111 11. TIBCMLocalDBSupport: fixed invalid free on upgrade.
1112
1113 IBX Change Log version (1.4-3) Thu, 22 Sep 2016 18:10:15 +0100
1114
1115 1. IBCustomDataset: When calling SetCodePage, no longer request transliteration
1116 when target codepage is CP_NONE. This is a workaround for
1117 http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=30622.
1118
1119 2. DBLog option removed from TIBStatisticalService - not supported by server
1120 since Firebird 1.5.
1121
1122 3. ibxscript: An error is no longer generated for "on commit preserve rows" or
1123 similar.
1124
1125 4. IBCodePage: updated mapping between codepages and character id.
1126
1127 5. ftWideString and ftWideMemo withdrawn. There is no UTF16 character set in
1128 Firebird. Character sets with a char width of two are not UTF16.
1129
1130 6. Strings received from the database are now always transliterated into UTF8
1131 regardless of the database character set or connection character set. This
1132 is for compatibility with the LCL.
1133
1134 IBX Change Log version (1.4-2) Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:25:27 +0100
1135
1136 1. IBBlob: Defer reading of blob until read method called. This avoids having to
1137 read in an entire blob just to get the size of the blob. General performance
1138 improvement when opening datasets containing blobs.
1139
1140 2. Clearing a Blob now sets the corresponding field's modified flag.
1141
1142 3. IBLookupCombo: When not performing auto-complete, original query sort order
1143 is now used.
1144
1145 4. IBDynamicGrid: Add OnSelectEditor event. Allows editor panel to be dynamically
1146 determined.
1147
1148 5. IBDynamicGrid: Recompute column widths after dataset closed and re-opened.
1149
1150 6. IBLookupCombo: LazUTF8 added to uses clause to avoid compilation problems post
1151 lazarus 1.6.0
1152
1153 7. IBControls. Removed "runtime" from list of paths to avoid "multiple packages"
1154 compilation error.
1155
1156 IBX Change Log version (1.4-1) Tue, 17 May 2016 09:14:51 +0100
1157
1158 1. No character set specified for connection: when a text blob is retrieved, the
1159 character set is determined by looking up the native character set using then
1160 Firebird API. Otherwise a text mode blob is assumed to have the same character
1161 set as the connection.
1162
1163 2. TIBGUIInterface: this is an internal interface. Minor type changes to allow
1164 for Login Dialog returing a change to the database path.
1165
1166 3. Design Time Database and Server login Dialogs now allow the Database Name/Server Name
1167 to be changed from that given in the TIBDatabase/TIBServer component and for the
1168 entered value to be saved on a project specific basis (design time only).
1169
1170 4. IBDynamicGrid: TDBLookupCellEditor now compares its DataFieldName with the
1171 column fieldname. If they are the same then it is acts as a look up for the KeyValue
1172 Otherwise, it sets the column text to the selected ListField Value.
1173
1174 5. IBDynamicGrid: Only visible columns are now taken into account When recalculating
1175 column width.
1176
1177 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: Fix error with autocomplete query when a RelationName is given
1178 and a case insensitive search is requested.
1179
1180 7. IBDynamicGrid: No longer ignores notifications removing Column Totals controls
1181 or column ListSource.
1182
1183 8. IBQuery: no longer performs unnecessary refresh of SQL Text (and hence avoids an
1184 unprepare) when closing and the text has not changed.
1185
1186 9. IBSQL: Base the cursor name on a GUID instead of a hexstr version of the class pointer.
1187 Less likely to cause a cursor re-use error on Windows.
1188
1189 10.SV5IPC: include workaround for OSX. FPC 3.0.0 has broken ipc module for darwin.
1190 Expected to be fixed in 3.0.2. Hence workaround only applies to 3.0.0.
1191
1192 11. TIBTreeView: Guard against nil destination on record changed
1193
1194 12. AnsiString Code page support: TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString now return a
1195 string type with the code page set to reflect the returned field encoding after
1196 Firebird driver transliteration, if any. FPC 3.0.0 onwards only. Behaviour unchanged for
1197 earlier versions.
1198
1199 13. AnsiString Code page support: Assigning to TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString
1200 will now result in transliteration to the code page specified for the Firebird driver
1201 if the assigned string has a different code page. FPC 3.0.0 onwards only.
1202
1203 14. TIBDatabase: new property UseDefaultSystemCodePage. When set any lc_ctype parameter
1204 is ignored and the lc_ctype value, when the database is opened, is set to align with
1205 the DefaultSystemCodePage (FPC 3.0.0 onwards). Normally, this is what you want and should ensure
1206 platform independence. Note: this applies to FPC 3.0.0 and earlier versions. Pre FPC
1207 3.0.0, when this property is true, the lc_ctype is UTF8 except under windows when
1208 the GETACP is used to determine the Windows code page.
1209
1210 15. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCharSetName. This is the Firebird character set
1211 name used as the lc_ctype when the database was opened. Only valid while the
1212 Database is connected.
1213
1214 16. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCodePage (FPC >=3.0.0 only). This is the codepage
1215 id that corresponds to the DefaultCharSetName.
1216
1217 IBX Change Log version (1.4-0) Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:44:24 +0000
1218
1219 1. Unix: If Firebird Embedded Server shared object is loaded and a local database
1220 path is given and database attach fails due to access permission issues on the
1221 temp directory or security database, then the attach is retried with "localhost:"
1222 prefixing the databasename. This should avoid problems when the database has to
1223 be accessed by a local (e.g. classic) server and libfbembed is used.
1224
1225 2. Windows: revised search order for Firebird DLL:
1226 i. The Firebird Embedded Server in the application Directory.
1227 ii. If the FIREBIRD environment variable is set then the directory this
1228 points to is searched for the FB Client DLL and then then underlying
1229 "bin" directory.
1230 iii. Registry Key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Firebird Project\Firebird Server\Instances
1231 is used to locate the Firebird installation directory and the underlying
1232 "bin" directory is searched for the FB Client DLL.
1233 iv. The Default installation directories C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_2_x
1234 are searched for the FB Client DLL.
1235 v. The PATH Environment variable is used to search for the FB Client DLL.
1236 vi. Finally the PATH Environment variable is used to search for IBASE.DLL.
1237
1238 3. New Component: TIBXScript. This is an ISQL compatible SQL script execution engine.
1239 See doc/readme.scriptengine and example applications.
1240
1241 4. New Component: TIBlocalDBSupport. This is a TIBDatabase support component intended to
1242 simplify the use of the embedded firebird server on both Linux and Windows platforms.
1243 See dpc/readme.localdatabase and example applications.
1244
1245 5. IBDynamicGrid: Reordering on column header click should now also work for
1246 dynamic columns.
1247
1248 6. ISQLMonitor: (Windows only). Mutex added to TMultilockGate to avoid race condition
1249 between incrementing/decrementing the lock count and signalling the event.
1250
1251 IBX Change Log version (1.3-2) Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:39:54 +0000
1252
1253 1.3.2 was never formally released and only made available as beta copies.
1254
1255 1. DBControlGrid,IBDynamicGrid: Ignore down arrow and up arrow in TCustomMemo
1256
1257 2. IBDynamicGrid: Now deals correctly with a single column grid which has no indicator and autosize column
1258
1259 3. IBLookupComboEditBox: reset timer on each key press - avoids timer going off too early
1260
1261 4. IBDynamicGrid: Call event OnUpdateSortOrder even when aliasname not found in dataset
1262 i.e. when it is a calculated field
1263
1264 5. IBDynamicGrid: Fix problem selecting a different row when expanded row at end of grid.
1265 This problem was due to a race condition between recalculating row heights and
1266 determining which row was selected by the mouse click. The row height calculation
1267 is now deferred by an extra trip round the message loop allowing the row to
1268 be always calculated on the current grid layout rather than risking it being
1269 calculated on the grid layout after the expanded row has been shrunk.
1270
1271 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: avoid race condition between cm_killfocus and cm_exit on
1272 Windows.
1273
1274 7. TIBStringField: Now has two new public properties: CharacterSetName: string and CharacterSetSize: integer;
1275 These properties allow the (Firebird) character set name for the field and the max number of bytes per character
1276 to be determined at runtime. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
1277
1278 8. TIBWideStringField: This is a new field type with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
1279 TWideStringField. This field type is used with the character size reported by Firebird is two. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
1280
1281 9. TIBMemoField and TIBWideMemoField: new field types with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
1282 TMemoField and TWideMemoField respectively. These field types are used with Blob subtype 1 and a characterset size of
1283 1, 3 or 4 (TIBMemoField) or 2 (TIBWideMemoField). See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
1284
1285 Both also have a new published property "DisplayTextAsClassName". If false (default) the displaytext is generated
1286 from the blob text by truncating the string to the displaywidth (in characters not bytes). A displaywidth of zero
1287 implies no truncation.
1288
1289 10. IBLookupComboEditBox: Force autocomplete when EditingDone called and timer active.
1290
1291 11. IBDynamicGrid: Call DataSet.Append when entering edit mode and dataset empty and not in insert state
1292 (avoids "Not in Edit Mode" error).
1293
1294 12. IBDynamicGrid: Correctly resize grid when one column width plus indicator.
1295
1296 13. IBDynamicGrid: Ensure Editor Panel has focus when shown - avoids Windows API calling
1297 DBGrid.DoExit on subsequent mouse click (e.g. on child control such as a tabbed page control.
1298
1299 14. IBDynamicGrid: ignore up, down tab and return when editorpanel open and focus in a TCustomGrid descendent.
1300
1301 15. DBControlGrid: Stop flashing grid when dataset closed and then re-opened while DisabledControls
1302
1303 16. IBQuery: Bug fixed that prevented SQL being set programmatically once the Parser had been invoked.
1304
1305 17. IBCustomDataSet: On close, parser is now freed and Select SQL reverts to value before DataSet Opened.
1306
1307 IBX Change Log version (1.3-1) Sat, 18 Jul 2015 13:30:50 +0100
1308
1309 1. OnCloseUp Event Handler added to TDBLookupProperties
1310
1311 2. IBDynamicGrid: Call to OnEditorPanelHide is now last editor hide action - avoids
1312 problem with row size when exception is called.
1313
1314 3. IBLookupComboEditBox: Force pending autocomplete on combobox exit.
1315
1316 4. IBDynamicGrid and DBControlGrid: Keyhandler now ignores up, down, escape and return keys if
1317 in a TCustomComboBox and ignores return key if in a TCustomMemo
1318
1319 5. IBLookupComboEditBox: Ensure that KeyValue is set correctly when full text
1320 keyed in i.e. when autocomplete not performed
1321
1322 6. Cleanup of "Uses" clauses and add console mode support. IBX should now support
1323 console mode applications with all LCL required functions (builtin dialogs and
1324 cursor management) centralised in the IBDialogs unit. As long as "IBDialogs" is
1325 not included in your project, IBX should compile and link with a console mode program.
1326 See consolemode example and its "readme"for further guidence. DO NOT add the ibexpress package to a
1327 console mode application or the IDE will automatically assume that your
1328 application is GUI based. Instead, you should include the ibexpressconsolemode package.
1329
1330 IMPORTANT NOTE: IBDialogs must be included in GUI applications in order
1331 to use the built in dialogs and cursor management. IBDialogs is
1332 included by default if "ibexpress" is in your project source's "uses" clause.
1333 This should be the case for all projects created through the IDE. This is why
1334 you do not want to add the ibexpress package to console mode applications. The
1335 ibexpressconsolemode package has been created to allow console mode programs
1336 to avoid adding LCL dependencies when using IBX, while still having the
1337 unit search paths set up correctly.
1338
1339 Existing users should check to ensure that the "ibexpress" unit is included in
1340 each project's source file (*.lpr).
1341
1342 You may find that in order for the IDE to recognise that ibexpressconsolemode
1343 exists, you have to first open the package in the IDE and then close it. This
1344 adds it to the most recently accessed packages list. To make it permanently
1345 available, add the package name to lazarus' staticpackages.inc file.
1346
1347 Thanks to Julio Jiménez for suggesting support of console mode.
1348
1349 7. SQL Parser can now accept quoted strings that include new lines
1350
1351 8. IBDynamicGrid: Lookup Cell Editor - the cursor is now positioned at end
1352 of text on start of edit. This is particularly useful when tabbing to a
1353 column and then inserting text.
1354
1355 9. New Examples provided for IB Services and ISQLMonitor.
1356
1357 10. Fix error when writing to blob streams that recorded only the last buffer
1358 write in the blob stream. In most cases, this did not cause a problem as the
1359 IB Blob Stream is written in a single write. However, with the TDBImage, write
1360 of a graphic type prefix was lost which caused a problem when the image could
1361 not be automatically recognised.
1362
1363 11. Improve generation of random cursor names in TIBSQL - avoid risk of "cursor
1364 already open" errors due to random numbers used for the cursor name being identical.
1365
1366 12. IBTable: corrected error that could result in an "Index out of bounds" error
1367 when opening the table and the Primary Key is the last or only column in the
1368 table. Thanks to Rick Hoover for the fix.
1369
1370 13. Fix TIBDatabase initialisation of lc_ctype under unix. Set to "UTF8" instead
1371 of "UTF-8", and update list of available database character sets. Existing
1372 users should check the current lc_ctype setting in their applications.
1373
1374 IBX Change Log version (1.2-4) Sat, 09 May 2015 12:38:29 +0100
1375
1376 1. Firebird Services: avoid List Index error when opening a service with an
1377 empty Params property.
1378
1379 2. IBControls: Fix problem with new link mechanism introduced in 1.2.3.
1380 Link now set up in Loaded method - avoids occasional failure to apply
1381 SQL markup on initial open.
1382
1383 3. "Employees" example performance improvements when scrolling.
1384
1385 4. DBControlGrid: Correctly handle edit panel removal when panel is child control of a
1386 TFrame. Force recaching of selected frame to avoid GTK race (results in a
1387 random image cached).
1388
1389 5. DBControlGrid: Should now react to changes in panel height at run time.
1390
1391 6. IBDynamicGrid: Redraws rows below on panel editor hide - avoids blank space at end of grid
1392 even when further rows exist.
1393
1394 7. DBControlGrid: DefaultRowHeight is no longer a published property as it should
1395 always be derived from panel height and setting this property can cause confusion.
1396 Note for existing projects: to avoid a missing property error at run time,
1397 each form using the DBControlGrid must be opened, updated and saved in the IDE
1398 in order to remove the property value from the lfm.
1399
1400
1401 IBX Change Log version (1.2-3) Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:11:17 +0100
1402
1403 1. TIBStoredProc. Prepare now called by ParamByName to avoid need to always
1404 call Prepare before setting parameter values.
1405
1406 2. Error message on ParamByName (all cases) not found now includes name of missing parameter.
1407
1408 3. Code tidyup and more robust handling of dsql information result vector.
1409
1410 4. Support for centralised handling of transaction status changes. TIBTransaction
1411 has been given additional events "AfterEdit", "AfterInsert", "AfterDelete", "AfterPost"
1412 and "AfterExecQuery". The first three are called after the same event is called
1413 for an IBCustomDataSet descendent using the Transaction. The fourth is called
1414 after a call to TIBSQL.ExecQuery, again using this transaction. These new events
1415 enable monitoring of transaction status changes for a given transaction to be
1416 handled in a single place. For example, when a change to the dataset occurs
1417 an indicator can be set that shows the user that in order to save changes,
1418 the transaction should be committed. Rather than doing this per dataset, this
1419 can now be done per transaction.
1420
1421 5. TDataSet.CheckBrowseMode automatically posts changes to the current row when
1422 the dataset is scrolled. However, any changes to the current row are, by default,
1423 discarded when the dataset is closed. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery and TIBTable now
1424 have a new property "DataSetCloseAction" that adds automatic posting of changes
1425 on dataset close. If this property is set to dcDiscardChanges (default) then the
1426 behaviour is unchanged from previous versions. if the value is set to dcSaveChanges
1427 then IBX will attempt to post any unsaved changes before the dataset is closed
1428 (and after the BeforeClose event handler is called). The exception is when the
1429 dataset is being closed as a result of a transaction rollback. In this case,
1430 no action is taken and any unsaved changes are discarded. This avoids both
1431 unnecessary overhead and the risk that a validation error may occur in the Post
1432 raising an exception and thereby preventing a rollback.
1433
1434 6. String Field sizes and Display Widths should now be correct for multi-byte character sets.
1435 In earlier versions, the Display Width was set to the maximum byte width rather than the character
1436 width. Display Widths are now corrected by dividing by the max byte width per character.
1437 For UTF8 character sets, the byte width is four and hence the Display Width will be
1438 the byte width divided by 4. The byte width of each character set is determined
1439 dynamically when the database connection is estabished from the RDB$CHARACTER_SETS
1440 system table. (see also http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=27766).
1441
1442 7. SQLParser will now correctly parse SQL Text which contains ':' within quoted string.
1443
1444 8. IBLookupComboEditBox: List should now always be restored to full list when the
1445 control loses focus. Default Key press default interval reduced to 200ms.
1446
1447 9. DBControlGrid: Ensure that selection is changed to newly appended row, even
1448 when dataset rows are less than visible rows.
1449
1450 10. IBDynamicGrid: Editor Panel is not shown on indicator click if Datasource
1451 does not exist or DataSet is empty. More responsive on dataset open. New event
1452 OnRestorePosition. Column sort disabled if no header row.
1453
1454 11. IBTreeView: improved handling of response to "Add Node". Avoid scrolling dataset
1455 while dataset state is dsInsert. Avoids posting errors.
1456
1457 12. IBControls: New mechanism for distributing UpdateSQL and UpdateParams events. This is to
1458 avoid conflict with DisableControls/EnableControls with Master/Detail linked tables.
1459
1460 13. IBLookupComboEditBox: Now avoids SQL Errors when combo box text contains single quotes.
1461
1462 14. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new Event - OnValidatePost. This event has been introduced
1463 to solve a specific problem. That is when the dataset cursor is moved (e.g. by
1464 a grid mouse click and the current row is being edited or inserted. In this case, TDataset
1465 always "posts" the current record regardless or whether or not it may be more appropriate
1466 to cancel any changes; the post occurs before the "BeforeScroll" event fires due to the way the
1467 "MoveBy" function is implemented by TDataSet. The OnValidatePost event is called
1468 as the first action of the "Post" method and allows the handler to convert the Post
1469 into a Cancel if that is the appropriate action on moving to a different row. This is
1470 achieved by returning with "CancelPost" argument set to true. Note that an exception could be
1471 raised here, but it may still be more appropriate to validate a post and signal
1472 a problem in the "BeforePost" event handler. See readme.automaticposts.xhtml)
1473
1474 15. On Unix derived systems, the Firebird library name can now be given as a colon
1475 separated list. Each library name on the list is tried in turn, in left to right
1476 order with the first found being used as the firebird library. By default, on Linux,
1477 the library name list is 'libfbembed.so.2.5:libfbembed.so.2.1:libfbclient.so.2'. This can be
1478 overidden by the FBLIB environment variable or the OnGetLibraryName function.
1479
1480 Note: when using the libfbembed.so, if you prefix the database name with "localhost:"
1481 then it will still attempt to access the database via the Firebird Server and will
1482 require a username and password. If only the pathname is given, then the username
1483 and password should be omitted and the unix file permissions are used to grant
1484 access.
1485
1486 IBX Change Log version (1.2-2) Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:35:04 +0000
1487
1488 1. A new IBControl - TDBControlGrid has been added. TDBControlGrid a lookalike
1489 rather than a clone for the Delphi TDBCrtlGrid. TDBControlGrid is a single column grid
1490 that replicates a TWinControl - typically a TPanel or a TFrame in each row. Each row
1491 corresponds to a row of the linked DataSource. Any data aware control on the
1492 replicated (e.g.) TPanel will then appear to have the appropriate value for the row.
1493
1494 2. As suggested by Julio Jiménez, a new property "SQLHourGlass" has been added to TIBDatabase.
1495 When set to false (default true), the Hour Glass cursor is supcpressed and no cursor change
1496 takes place during database access. This may be useful when there are performance issues with
1497 the change of cursor. Setting the property to false suppresses the change of cursor.
1498
1499 3. As suggested by Julio Jiménez, a new property "AutoCommit" has been added to TIBDataSet, TIBQuery
1500 and TIBTable. When set to acCommitRetaining (Default: acDisabled), a call is made to
1501 Transaction.CommitRetaining immediately after every Post or Delete. This has the effect of
1502 making all changes permanent immediately rather than when the transaction is explicitly
1503 committed.
1504
1505 4. Experimental support for the Firebird 3 SQL_BOOLEAN type has been added while still
1506 using the legacy Firebird API. Thanks to Gabor Boros for helping to test this feature.
1507
1508 IBX Change Log version (1.2-1) Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:14:15 +0000
1509
1510 Development version only.
1511
1512 IBX Change Log version (1.2-0) Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:34:04 +0000
1513
1514 1. An internal select SQL Parser is now available for TIBCustomDataset descendents.
1515 This is typically used during an "OnBeforeOpen" event handler to manipulate the
1516 "Where" and "Having" clauses to implement user specified filters of arbitrary
1517 complexity.
1518
1519 2. A new Component Palette entry "Firebird Data Controls" is now available. This has
1520 three new data aware controls dependent on IBX and which make use of the SQL Parser.
1521 These are:
1522
1523 - TIBLookupComboEditBox
1524 - TIBDynamicGrid
1525 - TIBTreeview
1526
1527 TIBLookupComboEditBox is a TDBLookupComboBox descendent that implements "autocomplete"
1528 of typed in text and "autoinsert" of new entries. Autocomplete uses SQL manipulation
1529 to revise the available list and restrict it to items that are prefixed by the
1530 typed text (either case sensitive or case insensitive). Autoinsert allows a
1531 newly typed entry to be added to the list dataset and included in the available
1532 list items.
1533
1534 TIBDynamicGrid is a TDBGrid descendent that provides for:
1535 - automatic resizing of selected columns to fill the available row length
1536 - automatic positioning and sizing of a "totals" control, typically at the
1537 column footer, on a per column basis.
1538 - DataSet resorting on header row click, sorting the dataset by the selected column.
1539 A second click on the same header cell reversed the sort order.
1540 - Support for a "Panel Editor". That is on clicking the indicator column, the row
1541 is automatically expanded and a panel superimposed on it. The panel can have any
1542 number of child controls, typically data aware controls with the same datasource
1543 as the grid allowing for editing of additional fields and more complex editors.
1544 - Reselection of the same row following resorting.
1545 - A new cell editor that provides the same functionality as TIBLookupComboEditBox.
1546 Its properties are specified on a per column basis and allows for one or more
1547 columns to have their values selected from a list provided by a dataset.
1548 Autocomplete and autoinsert are also available. The existing picklist editor
1549 is unaffected by the extension.
1550
1551 TIBTreeView is a data aware TCustomTreeView.
1552
1553 3. When getting a field value using FieldByName.AsVariant, an SQL_INT64 with a
1554 zero scale will no longer return an error. An Int64 will be returned instead.
1555
1556 4. TIBTransaction now has events for Before and After Transaction End and a new function
1557 "GetEndAction" allowing the EndAction to be accessed by these event handlers.
1558
1559 5. TIBQuery can now handle correctly queries which contain the same keyword parameter
1560 repeated multiple times.
1561
1562 6. TIBUpdateSQL will no longer return an error when "RowsAffected" is <> 1. This error
1563 check used to get in the way of using Stored Procedures, and "Update or Insert"
1564 statements.
1565
1566 7. Insert, Modify and Delete property Editors now support Query Generation from
1567 Stored Procedures.
1568
1569 8. Three new examples illustrate the use of the new IB Controls
1570
1571
1572 IBX Change Log version (1.1-0) Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:01:07 +0100
1573
1574 1. TIBXSQLVAR code clean up and optimisation to improve client side "prepare" and parameter
1575 setting performance. See "readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.(Thanks to
1576 Gabor Boros for reporting this problem and for testing the improvements).
1577
1578 2. IBX can now support dialect 3 quoted column names that contain spaces and which differ only in their case.
1579 See readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.
1580
1581 3. IBX SQL Editors will now automatically add double quotes around column names when the database
1582 dialect is "3" and the column name contains spaces or is a Firebird 2.5 SQL Reserved Word.
1583
1584 4. Param Type LargeInt now supported in TIBQuery and TIBStoredProc
1585
1586 5. TIBSQL.ExecQuery retry on failure removed to avoid problems with "at most once"
1587 actions.
1588
1589 6. TIBTransaction.SetDefaultDatabase uses SetObjectProp instead of mis-using SetOrdProp (with
1590 thanks to Yuriy Kopnin for pointing this out).
1591
1592 7. GenerateParamName is now a published property of TIBSQL, TIBQuery and TIBDataSet.
1593
1594 8. varWord, varShortInt and varInt64 added to TIBXSQLVAR.SetAsVariant and hence now available as variant types
1595 for both fields and parameter setting.
1596
1597 9. Changes to the Select SQL in an IBCustomDataset descendent should now be
1598 visible in the Fields Editor immediately afterwards - rather than only after cycling the "active" property.
1599
1600 10. TIBSQL SQL editor will operate correctly and not report an SQL syntax error on SQL test,
1601 when DSQL ('?') parameter placeholders are used and the TIBSQL.GenerateParamNames property is set to true.
1602
1603 11. TIBTable now has a property editor for "MasterFields"
1604
1605 12. SQL Property Editors now include a checkbox "Allow DSQL Placeholder". This corresponds to the
1606 GenerateParamNames property and should be set when using DSQL (i.e. '?') style parameters.
1607
1608 13. The IBTransaction editor now has a radio button ("Unspecified") which is set when the combination
1609 of settings is unrecognised. Selecting this radio button has no effect on the settings.
1610
1611
1612 IBX Change Log version (1.0-5) Sat, 28 Dec 2013 19:22:23 +0000
1613
1614 1. TBookmark change conditional compile changed to >= 2.7.0 to match revised availability of change.
1615
1616 IBX Change Log version (1.0-4) Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:56:13 +0000
1617
1618 1. In a TIBCustomDataset descendent, a generator now only sets the value when
1619 it is null. This allows for alternative user defined setting of the generator
1620
1621 Many thanks to Julio Jiménez for this fix
1622
1623 2. An Error Dialog is now displayed in the Lazarus IDE if IBX cannot find the Firebird Library
1624 and suggests that the user may have forgotten to install it.
1625
1626 IBX Change Log version (1.0-3) Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:53:39 +0000
1627
1628 1. Conditional compilation used to limit registration of TIntegerField to
1629 Lazarus versions less than 1.1
1630
1631 2. When a database connection is created, character set is now by default set
1632 to UTF8 (Unix) or to the current Windows code page (Windows) if in the range
1633 1250 to 1254.
1634
1635
1636 IBX Change Log version (1.0-2) Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:10:30 +0100
1637
1638 1. TBookmark change conditional compile changed to > 2.6.2 to match expected availability of change.
1639
1640
1641 IBX Change Log version (1.0-1) Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:00:04 +0100
1642
1643 1. In IBCustomDataset. Changed CurBookmark from string to TBookmark for compiler versions > 2.6.0
1644 Necessary because of TBookmark type and TDataSet.Bookmark property change in fpc 2.7.1
1645
1646 2. IBX now registers TIntegerField as a "No Icon" component. This may be removed if the fpc DB
1647 package is changed to do this (which it should do).
1648
1649 IBX Change Log version (1.0-0) Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:43:00 +0100
1650
1651 1. Add "if active then active := false" to TIBCustomDataset destructor. (Avoid error on database close).
1652
1653 2. Make use of $STATIC conditional in IBSQLMonitor (Needed for FPC 2.6.0 compliance)
1654
1655 3. Database Property Editor: Character Set drop down box now uses "OnChange" rather than "OnCloseUp" to react to changes
1656
1657 4. Property editors should now correctly resize.
1658
1659 5. In IBDatabaseEdit.TestClick, the LoginPrompt is now set to the state of the LoginPrompt Checkbox
1660 (restored original functionality)
1661
1662 6. Under OSX, if IBX fails to load libfbclient.dylib, it will now try and load the firebird
1663 library using the absolute path /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Firebird.

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