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1 + FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.1-6 Build 12237) Tue, 21 Jul 2020 08:54:21 +0100
2 +
3 + 1. GetImplementationVersion now correctly returns '3.0' for Firebird 3 API
4 +   with a Firebrid 3 client library.
5 +
6 + 2. Linux Only: FIREBIRD environment variable is now checked when loading the client library.
7 +    If a client library path is not explicitly provided and the FIREBIRD environment
8 +    variable is set then the directory given by this variable and any 'lib' subdirectory
9 +    are searched for the Firebird client library. Only if none is found, is the default
10 +    client library used.
11 +
12 + 3.  IUtil.FormatStatus now used to format error messages when using new API
13 +
14 + 4.  Fixed Array SDL: array_desc_scale now correctly encoded as a signed integer.
15 +
16 + 5.  SQL_TEXT handling changed. When the value of an SQL_TEXT (i.e. fixed width string) column is
17 +    returned using GetAsString and the string codepage is UTF8, the string is truncated so
18 +    that the byte length corresponds to the number of characters specified for the column.
19 +    SQL_TEXT strings are no longer automatically trimmed to remove all trailing white space. This is
20 +    correct behaviour but may affect some implementations that relied upon automatic
21 +    trimming of trailing white space.
22 +
23 + 6.  New IFirebirdAPI Calls:
24 +      function GetClientMajor: integer;
25 +      function GetClientMinor: integer;
26 +
27 + 7.  IColumnMetaData and IArrayMetaData: new method
28 +      function GetCharSetWidth: integer;
29 +
30 +
31 + FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.1-5 Build 12044) Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:30:01 +0100
32 +
33 + 1. ISQLParams.GetHasCaseSensitiveParams added. Returns true if param names are
34 +   case sensitive
35 +
36 + 2. Single line SQL comments starting with '--' are now recognised by SQL Parser.
37 +
38 + 3. New API Calls:
39 +        IColumnMetaData.GetStatement
40 +        IColumnMetaData.GetTransaction
41 +        ISQLData.GetStrLength
42 +        IResults.GetStatement
43 +        IAttachment.OpenBlob (using Blob metadata)
44 +        IAttachment.OpenArray (using array metadata)
45 +
46 + 4. FBMessages: removal of unused messages
47 +
48 + 5. TFBArray.Create (2nd case): ensure that FFirebirdClientAPI is correctly set.
49 +
50 + 6. TIBSQLStatementType: SQLSavePoint added to end of enumeration.
51 +
52 + FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.1-4 Build 11515)  Fri, 28 Dec 2018 10:04:19 +0000
53 +
54 + 1. Fix a problem with the SQL parameter parser that failed to recognise parameters
55 +   where the second character of the parameter name is a numeric.
56 +
57 + 2. New method for IAttachment: procedure getFBVersion(version: TStrings);
58 +   This returns the isc_version connection information as one or more lines.
59 +   This is the same information as returned by isql with the -z option.
60 +
61 + 3. If -dFIREBIRD3APIONLY is used as a compiler option then the legacy Firebird API
62 +   is no longer compiled in. Likewise, if -dLEGACYFIREBIRDAPIONLY is used as a
63 +   compiler option then the Firebird 3 API is no longer compiled in.
64 +
65 + 4. IColumnMetaData: new method.
66 +
67 +   TIBDateTimeFormats = (dfTimestamp, {SQL TIMESTAMP}
68 +                        dfDateTime,   {SQL DATETIME}
69 +                        dfTime);
70 +
71 +   function GetDateTimeStrLength(DateTimeFormat: TIBDateTimeFormats): integer;
72 +
73 +   This returns the max. number of characters returned by the "AsString" method
74 +   when the SQL type of the column is respectively TIMESTAMP, DATETIME or TIME.
75 +
76 + 5. Additional argument for IAttachment.PrepareWithNamedParameters -
77 +     CaseSensitiveParams: boolean = false
78 +
79 +   If this argument is set to true then SQL parameter names are assumed to be case
80 +   sensitive and must be referenced (using ISQLParams.ByName) using the case
81 +   sensitive name.
82 +
83 + 6. Bug fix: when setting a query parameter, it is now possible, when the parameter
84 +   is of type VarChar or Char to set the parameter to a numeric value (e.g. using
85 +   .AsCurrency) and then subsequently to update the value to a non-numeric string
86 +   using .AsString.
87 +
88 +
89 +
90 + FBINTF Change Log  version                  (1.1-3) Wed, 05 Dec 2018 14:28:10 +0000
91 +
92 + 1. DARWIN only syntax error: fix missing semi-colon in TFBClientAPI.LoadIBLibrary
93 +
94 + 2. Restrict IsMultiThread check to Unix only for compatibility with
95 +   https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=30535
96 +
97 + 3. New SQL Tokeniser added to IBUtils. This is used to pre-process SQL with
98 +   named parameters and is intended to avoid problems with (e.g.) Execute Block
99 +   and processing internal parameters as statement parameters.
100 +
101 + 4. New interface IFirebirdLibrary provides access to the underlying firebird DLL
102 +   or shared object. Available via a new member (GetFBLibrary) of IFirebirdAPI.
103 +
104 + 5. New function added to IB.pas
105 +
106 +   function LoadFBLibrary(aLibPathName: string): IFirebirdLibrary
107 +
108 +   This allows a Firebird Library to be loaded from an explicit path. use the
109 +   IFirebirdLibrary.GetFirebirdAPI member function to get the Firebird API using
110 +   the library. It is possible to load Firebird libraries from different locations
111 +   simultaneously, each with a distinct IFirebirdAPI.
112 +
113   FBINTF Change Log  version               (1.1-2) Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:30:32 +0100
114  
115   1. Firebird.pas: {$OBJECTCHECKS OFF} added to file to avoid runtime error when

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