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1 < FBINTF Change Log  version                                  (1.1-1) Sat, 20 Jan 2018 11:31:21 +0000
1 > FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.3-2 Build 12860) Thu, 21 Oct 2021 13:16:09 +0100
2 >
3 > 1. TFBClientAPI.GetProcAddr. Add check for nil reference.
4 >
5 > 2. IStatement: new methods:
6 >    procedure SetStaleReferenceChecks(Enable:boolean); {default true}
7 >    function GetStaleReferenceChecks: boolean;
8 >
9 >   In previous versions, stale reference checks were always enabled. This allows the
10 >   user to disable them on a per statement basis. Note this can risk out-of-date
11 >   statement BLR. See User Guide.
12 >
13 > 3. IBUtils: TSQLwithNamedParamsTokeniser now recognises a CASE...END block within a
14 >   stored procedure and hence avoids replacing named parameters within a containing
15 >   BEGIN..END block.
16 >
17 > 4. ISQLParam: using a string value to set an integer field with a scale factor of
18 >   zero is now treated as a special case to avoid the risk of floating point
19 >   rounding errors affecting pure integers.
20 >
21 > 5. ISQLParam:  Review and tidy-up of SetAsString for numeric types.
22 >
23 > 6. ISQLParam is now subclassed from IParamMetaData, which provides access to the mutable
24 >   SQL Parameter metadata (methods moved from ISQLParam).
25 >
26 > 7. ISQLParam: new method
27 >     function getColMetadata: IParamMetaData;
28 >   This instance of IParamMetaData returns the original column metadata which is unmutable.
29 >   Note: ISQLParam metadata can change after a parameter value has been set e.g when
30 >   setting a VARCHAR column to an integer value.
31 >
32 > 8. IStatement: can now set cursor name when opening a cursor. New overloaded method:
33 >    procedure Prepare(CursorName: AnsiString; aTransaction: ITransaction=nil); overload;
34 >   also IAttachment:
35 >    function Prepare(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString; aSQLDialect: integer; CursorName: AnsiString=''): IStatement; overload;
36 >    function Prepare(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString; CursorName: AnsiString=''): IStatement; overload;
37 >    function PrepareWithNamedParameters(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString;
38 >                       aSQLDialect: integer; GenerateParamNames: boolean=false;
39 >                       CaseSensitiveParams: boolean = false; CursorName: AnsiString=''): IStatement; overload;
40 >    function PrepareWithNamedParameters(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString;
41 >                       GenerateParamNames: boolean=false;
42 >                       CaseSensitiveParams: boolean = false; CursorName: AnsiString=''): IStatement; overload;
43 >
44 > 9. Support for scrollable cursors added. New/updated methods:
45 >   IAttachment:
46 >    function HasScollableCursors: boolean;
47 >    function OpenCursor(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString; aSQLDialect: integer;
48 >                             Scrollable: boolean=false): IResultSet; overload;
49 >    function OpenCursor(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString; Scrollable: boolean=false): IResultSet; overload;
50 >    function OpenCursor(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString; aSQLDialect: integer; Scrollable: boolean;
51 >                             params: array of const): IResultSet; overload;
52 >    function OpenCursor(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString; Scrollable: boolean=false;
53 >                             params: array of const): IResultSet; overload;
54 >    function OpenCursorAtStart(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString; aSQLDialect: integer; Scrollable: boolean;
55 >                             params: array of const): IResultSet; overload;
56 >    function OpenCursorAtStart(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString; aSQLDialect: integer;
57 >                             Scrollable: boolean=false): IResultSet; overload;
58 >    function OpenCursorAtStart(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString; Scrollable: boolean=false): IResultSet; overload;
59 >    function OpenCursorAtStart(transaction: ITransaction; sql: AnsiString; Scrollable: boolean;
60 >                             params: array of const): IResultSet; overload;
61 >    function OpenCursorAtStart(sql: AnsiString; Scrollable: boolean=false): IResultSet; overload;
62 >    function OpenCursorAtStart(sql: AnsiString; Scrollable: boolean;
63 >                             params: array of const): IResultSet; overload;
64 >   IStatement:
65 >     function OpenCursor(Scrollable: boolean; CursorName: AnsiString =''; aTransaction: ITransaction=nil): IResultSet; overload;
66 >   IResultSet:
67 >    function FetchPrior: boolean; {fetch previous record}
68 >    function FetchFirst:boolean; {fetch first record}
69 >    function FetchLast: boolean; {fetch last record}
70 >    function FetchAbsolute(position: Integer): boolean; {fetch record by its absolute position in result set}
71 >    function FetchRelative(offset: Integer): boolean; {fetch record by position relative to current}
72 >    function IsBof: boolean;
73 >
74 >
75 >
76 > FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.3-1 Build 12776) Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:09:33 +0100
77 >
78 > 1. Integer decodes in information blocks (e.g. IDBInfoItem) widened from 32 bit to 64-bit integers.
79 >
80 > 2. Support for inline blob encoding. Blob values pass using the "SetAsString" method
81 >   will now be encoded inline (i.e. as part of the parameter buffer) if they are
82 >   shorter than a pre-set limit. Longer values continue to be saved as blobs as a
83 >   separate server interaction. This is intended as a performance optimisation.
84 >
85 >   The pre-set limit defaults to 8192 bytes and can be inspected/modified using the new
86 >   IAttachment interface functions:
87 >
88 >    function GetInlineBlobLimit: integer;
89 >    procedure SetInlineBlobLimit(limit: integer);
90 >
91 > 3. Support for Firebird 4 IBatch interface added. This is largely transparent to the API
92 >   user as the functionality is embedded in the implementation of the IStatement
93 >   interface. Three new functions are defined:
94 >
95 >    procedure AddToBatch;
96 >    function ExecuteBatch(aTransaction: ITransaction=nil): IBatchCompletion;
97 >    procedure CancelBatch;
98 >    function GetBatchCompletion: IBatchCompletion;
99 >    function GetBatchRowLimit: integer;
100 >    procedure SetBatchRowLimit(aLimit: integer);
101 >
102 >   Also
103 >
104 >    function IsInBatchMode: boolean;        {true after call to execute(eaDefer)}
105 >    function HasBatchMode: boolean;         {true if and only if IBatch Supported}
106 >
107 >   For more information see the User Guide.
108 >
109 > 4. Default error message contents. Now aligned with User Guide section 10.2 i.e. error messages
110 >   provided with the EIBInterBaseError now include all three parts.
111 >
112 > 5. Firebird.pas and include files updated to Firebird 4.0.0
113 >
114 > 6. New IStatement method: function GetSQLStatementTypeName: AnsiString;
115 >   Returns SQL Statement type as a text string;
116 >
117 > 7. ISQLData.AsInteger and AsInt64 now use "Round" to convert a float field to
118 >   an integer instead of "trunc". This is for compatibility with TFloatField.AsInteger.
119 >
120 > FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.2-1 Build 12552) Wed, 09 Jun 2021 13:05:40 +0100
121 >
122 > 1. Big fix for Firebird 4.0. A internal change in Firebird 4.0.0 from RC1 flushed out a
123 >   typo in FB30Statement.pas that caused an unknown parameter error.
124 >
125 > FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.2-0 Build 12520) Fri, 19 Feb 2021 13:27:23 +0000
126 >
127 > 1. Imported (Firebird) constants updated for Firebird 4.
128 >
129 > 2. Firebird.pas from Firebird 4 integrated into source code tree.
130 >
131 > 3. Added Support for TIMETAMP WITH TIME ZONE and TIME WITH TIME ZONE data types.
132 >
133 > 4. Added Support for SQL_DEC16, SQL_DEC34 and extended NUMERIC precision.
134 >
135 > 5. New unit 'FBClientLib.pas' added and provides new interface IFBIMasterProvider.
136 >   QueryInterface may be used to coerce this interface from IFirebirdAPI. The
137 >   interface provides a single method "function GetIMasterIntf: IMaster". This provides
138 >   type safe access to the Firebird IMaster interface and avoids the need to turn
139 >   off object checks when coercing "function GetIMaster: TObject" to IMaster.
140 >
141 > 6. New IFirebirdAPI Calls:
142 >    function HasLocalTZDB: boolean;
143 >    function HasTimeZoneSupport: boolean;
144 >    function HasExtendedTZSupport: boolean;
145 >    procedure SQLDecFloatEncode(aValue: tBCD; SQLType: cardinal; bufptr: PByte);
146 >    function SQLDecFloatDecode(SQLType: cardinal; scale: integer; bufptr: PByte): tBCD;
147 >
148 > 7. New IAttachment Calls:
149 >    function HasDecFloatSupport: boolean;
150 >    function GetTimeZoneServices: ITimeZoneServices;
151 >    function HasTimeZoneSupport: boolean;
152 >
153 > 8. New Interface ITimeZoneServices.
154 >
155 > 9. New ISQLData API Calls:
156 >    procedure GetAsDateTime(var aDateTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezoneID: TFBTimeZoneID); overload;
157 >    procedure GetAsDateTime(var aDateTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezone: AnsiString); overload;
158 >    procedure GetAsTime(var aTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezoneID: TFBTimeZoneID; OnDate: TDateTime); overload;
159 >    procedure GetAsTime(var aTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezone: AnsiString; OnDate: TDateTime); overload;
160 >    function GetAsUTCDateTime: TDateTime;
161 >    function GetAsBCD: tBCD;
162 >
163 > 10. New ISQLParam API Calls
164 >    procedure GetAsDateTime(var aDateTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezoneID: TFBTimeZoneID); overload;
165 >    procedure GetAsDateTime(var aDateTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezone: AnsiString); overload;
166 >    procedure GetAsTime(var aTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezoneID: TFBTimeZoneID; OnDate: TDateTime); overload;
167 >    procedure GetAsTime(var aTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezone: AnsiString; OnDate: TDateTime); overload;
168 >    function GetAsUTCDateTime: TDateTime;
169 >    function GetAsBCD: tBCD;
170 >    function GetStatement: IStatement;
171 >    function GetTransaction: ITransaction;
172 >    procedure SetAsTime(aValue: TDateTime; OnDate: TDateTime; aTimeZoneID: TFBTimeZoneID); overload;
173 >    procedure SetAsTime(aValue: TDateTime; OnDate: TDateTime; aTimeZone: AnsiString); overload;
174 >    procedure SetAsDateTime(aValue: TDateTime; aTimeZoneID: TFBTimeZoneID); overload;
175 >    procedure SetAsDateTime(aValue: TDateTime; aTimeZone: AnsiString); overload;
176 >    procedure SetAsUTCDateTime(aUTCTime: TDateTime);
177 >    procedure SetAsBcd(aValue: tBCD);
178 >
179 > 11. New IArray API Calls
180 >    procedure GetAsDateTime(index: array of integer; var aDateTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezoneID: TFBTimeZoneID); overload;
181 >    procedure GetAsDateTime(index: array of integer; var aDateTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezone: AnsiString); overload;
182 >    procedure GetAsTime(index: array of integer; var aTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezoneID: TFBTimeZoneID; OnDate: TDateTime); overload;
183 >    procedure GetAsTime(index: array of integer; var aTime: TDateTime; var dstOffset: smallint; var aTimezone: AnsiString; OnDate: TDateTime); overload;
184 >    function GetAsUTCDateTime(index: array of integer): TDateTime;
185 >    procedure SetAsDateTime(index: array of integer; aValue: TDateTime; aTimeZoneID: TFBTimeZoneID); overload;
186 >    procedure SetAsDateTime(index: array of integer; aValue: TDateTime; aTimeZone: AnsiString); overload;
187 >    procedure SetAsTime(index: array of integer; aValue: TDateTime; OnDate: TDateTime; aTimeZoneID: TFBTimeZoneID); overload;
188 >    procedure SetAsTime(index: array of integer; aValue: TDateTime; OnDate: TDateTime; aTimeZone: AnsiString); overload;
189 >
190 > 12. Utility functions in IBUtils
191 >    function ParseDateTimeTZString(aDateTimeStr: Ansistring; var aDateTime: TDateTime;
192 >              var aTimezone: AnsiString; aFormatSettings: TFormatSettings; TimeOnly: boolean=false): boolean;
193 >    procedure FBDecodeTime(aTime: TDateTime; var Hour, Minute, Second: word; var DeciMillisecond: cardinal);
194 >    function FBEncodeTime(Hour, Minute, Second, DeciMillisecond: cardinal): TDateTime;
195 >    function FBFormatDateTime(fmt: AnsiString; aDateTime: TDateTime): AnsiString;
196 >    function FormatTimeZoneOffset(EffectiveTimeOffsetMins: integer): AnsiString;
197 >    function DecodeTimeZoneOffset(TZOffset: AnsiString; var dstOffset: integer): boolean;
198 >
199 > 13. IDPB, ITPB and ISPB: new interface method
200 >      function AddByTypeName(ParamTypeName: AnsiString): IDPBItem/ITPBItem/ISPBItem;
201 >    This is used to add a parameter block item by the string equivalent of its
202 >    symbolic type name. e.g. DPB.AddByTypeName('isc_dpb_user_name').AsString := '...'
203 >
204 > 14. IDPBItem/ITPBItem/ISPBItem: new interface method:
205 >      function getParamTypeName: AnsiString;
206 >
207 > 15. fb_shutdown now called before unloading Firebird library. This can avoid a
208 >     SIGEVENT error when a programme using the embeded server is unloaded.
209 >
210 > FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.1-6 Build 12237) Tue, 21 Jul 2020 08:54:21 +0100
211 >
212 > 1. GetImplementationVersion now correctly returns '3.0' for Firebird 3 API
213 >   with a Firebrid 3 client library.
214 >
215 > 2. Linux Only: FIREBIRD environment variable is now checked when loading the client library.
216 >    If a client library path is not explicitly provided and the FIREBIRD environment
217 >    variable is set then the directory given by this variable and any 'lib' subdirectory
218 >    are searched for the Firebird client library. Only if none is found, is the default
219 >    client library used.
220 >
221 > 3.  IUtil.FormatStatus now used to format error messages when using new API
222 >
223 > 4.  Fixed Array SDL: array_desc_scale now correctly encoded as a signed integer.
224 >
225 > 5.  SQL_TEXT handling changed. When the value of an SQL_TEXT (i.e. fixed width string) column is
226 >    returned using GetAsString and the string codepage is UTF8, the string is truncated so
227 >    that the byte length corresponds to the number of characters specified for the column.
228 >    SQL_TEXT strings are no longer automatically trimmed to remove all trailing white space. This is
229 >    correct behaviour but may affect some implementations that relied upon automatic
230 >    trimming of trailing white space.
231 >
232 > 6.  New IFirebirdAPI Calls:
233 >      function GetClientMajor: integer;
234 >      function GetClientMinor: integer;
235 >
236 > 7.  IColumnMetaData and IArrayMetaData: new method
237 >      function GetCharSetWidth: integer;
238 >
239 > FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.1-5 Build 12022) Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:35:55 +0100
240 >
241 > 1. ISQLParams.GetHasCaseSensitiveParams added. Returns true if param names are
242 >   case sensitive
243 >
244 > 2. Single line SQL comments starting with '--' are now recognised by SQL Parser.
245 >
246 > 3. New API Calls:
247 >        IColumnMetaData.GetStatement
248 >        IColumnMetaData.GetTransaction
249 >        ISQLData.GetStrDataLength
250 >        IResults.GetStatement
251 >        IAttachment.OpenBlob (using Blob metadata)
252 >        IAttachment.OpenArray (using array metadata)
253 >
254 > 4. FBMessages: removal of unused messages
255 >
256 > 5. TFBArray.Create (2nd case): ensure that FFirebirdClientAPI is correctly set.
257 >
258 > 6. TIBSQLStatementType: SQLSavePoint added to end of enumeration.
259 >
260 > FBINTF Change Log  version          (1.1-4 Build 11515)  Fri, 28 Dec 2018 10:04:19 +0000
261 >
262 > 1. Fix a problem with the SQL parameter parser that failed to recognise parameters
263 >   where the second character of the parameter name is a numeric.
264 >
265 > 2. New method for IAttachment: procedure getFBVersion(version: TStrings);
266 >   This returns the isc_version connection information as one or more lines.
267 >   This is the same information as returned by isql with the -z option.
268 >
269 > 3. If -dFIREBIRD3APIONLY is used as a compiler option then the legacy Firebird API
270 >   is no longer compiled in. Likewise, if -dLEGACYFIREBIRDAPIONLY is used as a
271 >   compiler option then the Firebird 3 API is no longer compiled in.
272 >
273 > 4. IColumnMetaData: new method.
274 >
275 >   TIBDateTimeFormats = (dfTimestamp, {SQL TIMESTAMP}
276 >                        dfDateTime,   {SQL DATETIME}
277 >                        dfTime);
278 >
279 >   function GetDateTimeStrLength(DateTimeFormat: TIBDateTimeFormats): integer;
280 >
281 >   This returns the max. number of characters returned by the "AsString" method
282 >   when the SQL type of the column is respectively TIMESTAMP, DATETIME or TIME.
283 >
284 > 5. Additional argument for IAttachment.PrepareWithNamedParameters -
285 >     CaseSensitiveParams: boolean = false
286 >
287 >   If this argument is set to true then SQL parameter names are assumed to be case
288 >   sensitive and must be referenced (using ISQLParams.ByName) using the case
289 >   sensitive name.
290 >
291 > 6. Bug fix: when setting a query parameter, it is now possible, when the parameter
292 >   is of type VarChar or Char to set the parameter to a numeric value (e.g. using
293 >   .AsCurrency) and then subsequently to update the value to a non-numeric string
294 >   using .AsString.
295 >
296 >
297 >
298 > FBINTF Change Log  version                  (1.1-3) Wed, 05 Dec 2018 14:28:10 +0000
299 >
300 > 1. DARWIN only syntax error: fix missing semi-colon in TFBClientAPI.LoadIBLibrary
301 >
302 > 2. Restrict IsMultiThread check to Unix only for compatibility with
303 >   https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=30535
304 >
305 > 3. New SQL Tokeniser added to IBUtils. This is used to pre-process SQL with
306 >   named parameters and is intended to avoid problems with (e.g.) Execute Block
307 >   and processing internal parameters as statement parameters.
308 >
309 > 4. New interface IFirebirdLibrary provides access to the underlying firebird DLL
310 >   or shared object. Available via a new member (GetFBLibrary) of IFirebirdAPI.
311 >
312 > 5. New function added to IB.pas
313 >
314 >   function LoadFBLibrary(aLibPathName: string): IFirebirdLibrary
315 >
316 >   This allows a Firebird Library to be loaded from an explicit path. use the
317 >   IFirebirdLibrary.GetFirebirdAPI member function to get the Firebird API using
318 >   the library. It is possible to load Firebird libraries from different locations
319 >   simultaneously, each with a distinct IFirebirdAPI.
320 >
321 > FBINTF Change Log  version               (1.1-2) Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:30:32 +0100
322 >
323 > 1. Firebird.pas: {$OBJECTCHECKS OFF} added to file to avoid runtime error when
324 >   program compiled with -CR command line switch.
325 >
326 > 2. IServiceManager additions (informational):
327 >    function getProtocol: TProtocol;
328 >    function getPortNo: AnsiString;
329 >
330 > 3. IServiceManager improved error handling. Interfaces changed:
331 >    function Start(Request: ISRB; RaiseExceptionOnError: boolean=true): boolean;
332 >    function Query(SQPB: ISQPB; Request: ISRB; RaiseExceptionOnError: boolean=true) :IServiceQueryResults; overload;
333 >    function Query(Request: ISRB; RaiseExceptionOnError: boolean=true) :IServiceQueryResults; overload;
334 >
335 > 4. IAttachment addition (informational)
336 >    function GetSecurityDatabase: AnsiString;
337 >
338 > 5. IStatement: performance counters now updated after each Fetch. GetPerfStatistics
339 >   thus now returns accumulated stats for a select statement from opening a cursor
340 >   up to the last fetch.
341 >
342 > 6. DARWIN: uloadlibrary.inc bug fix. Many thanks to Luigi Naimi for correcting
343 >   the problem.
344 >
345 > 7. Type change: "TPerfCounters = array[TPerfStats] of Int64". Note "Int64"
346 >   replaces deprecated "comp" type.
347 >
348 > 10. Testsuite Test10 updated to include thread synchronisation for event reporting.
349 >
350 > 11. URL Connection Strings: inet4 and inet6 now recognised.
351 >
352 > 12. IBUtils: Parse and Make Connect String now recognise URL style loopback syntax.
353 >
354 > 13. IAttachment.CharSetName2CharSetID is now performed case insensitive.
355 >
356 >
357 > FBINTF Change Log  version (1.1-1) Tue, 27 Feb 2018 16:51:16 +0000
358  
359   1. IBUtils.QuoteIdentifierIfNeeded: Add check for space character.
360  
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375        function GetRemoteProtocol: AnsiString;
376        function GetODSMajorVersion: integer;
377        function GetODSMinorVersion: integer;
378 +      function GetAuthenticationMethod: AnsiString;
379  
380     These results are cached when the connection is opened and hence do not
381     require a database lookup.
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387     are now extracted and used to populate a DPB made available via IAttachment.getDPB.
388     It is now possible to use IAttachment disconnect/connect to reconnect to
389     a database for which the initial connection was established by a create
390 <   database sql statement. Available in FPC, and in Delphi versions from XE7 onwards.
390 >   database sql statement. Available in FPC only.
391  
392   8. Update Test 1 to test 5, 6 and 7 above.
393  
394   9. IBUtils code tidy up.
395  
396 + 10. Parameter Block interfaces "find" method. As documented, this should have
397 +   returned a nil interface when the item could not be found. Instead, an empty
398 +   interface item was returned. "Find" now works as documented and will return
399 +   a nil interface if the item cannot be found.
400 +
401 + 11. DBInformation: support added for isc_info_active_tran_count and isc_info_creation_date.
402 +
403 + 12. DBInformation: New interfaces: IDIRB and IDIRBItem added to support DB Information
404 +    requests with additional parameters. This is to enable support for fb_info_page_contents
405 +    (return of page contents). Response to fb_info_page_contents returned as
406 +    a string with code page CP_NONE.
407 +
408 + 13. DBInformation: Support for fb_info_pages_used and fb_info_pages_free added, plus
409 +    test suite updated.
410 +
411 + 14. DBInformation: Support for fb_info_crypt_key (Firebird 3.0.3 onwards) added as
412 +    a string type, and fb_info_conn_flags (Firebird 3.0.3 onwards) added as an integer type.
413 +
414 + 15. Service Manager: List of protocols supported expanded to include inet, wnet and xnet.
415 +    An overloaded version of IIFirebirdAPI.GetServiceManager also allows a non
416 +    default connection port to be specified.
417 +
418   FBINTF Change Log  version                             (1.1-0) Sun, 07 Jan 2018 15:20:02 +0000
419  
420   1. Fix issues with setting SQL Param values using SetAsString with Numeric types.

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