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FBINTF Change Log version (1.1-6 Build 12344) Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:15:24 +0100 |
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1. GetImplementationVersion now correctly returns '3.0' for Firebird 3 API |
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with a Firebrid 3 client library. |
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2. Linux Only: FIREBIRD environment variable is now checked when loading the client library. |
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If a client library path is not explicitly provided and the FIREBIRD environment |
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variable is set then the directory given by this variable and any 'lib' subdirectory |
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are searched for the Firebird client library. Only if none is found, is the default |
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client library used. |
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3. IUtil.FormatStatus now used to format error messages when using new API |
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4. Fixed Array SDL: array_desc_scale now correctly encoded as a signed integer. |
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5. SQL_TEXT handling changed. When the value of an SQL_TEXT (i.e. fixed width string) column is |
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returned using GetAsString and the string codepage is UTF8, the string is truncated so |
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that the byte length corresponds to the number of characters specified for the column. |
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SQL_TEXT strings are no longer automatically trimmed to remove all trailing white space. This is |
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correct behaviour but may affect some implementations that relied upon automatic |
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trimming of trailing white space. |
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6. New IFirebirdAPI Calls: |
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function GetClientMajor: integer; |
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function GetClientMinor: integer; |
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7. IColumnMetaData and IArrayMetaData: new method |
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function GetCharSetWidth: integer; |
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FBINTF Change Log version (1.1-5 Build 12044) Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:30:01 +0100 |
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1. ISQLParams.GetHasCaseSensitiveParams added. Returns true if param names are |
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case sensitive |
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2. Single line SQL comments starting with '--' are now recognised by SQL Parser. |
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3. New API Calls: |
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IColumnMetaData.GetStatement |
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IColumnMetaData.GetTransaction |
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ISQLData.GetStrLength |
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IResults.GetStatement |
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IAttachment.OpenBlob (using Blob metadata) |
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IAttachment.OpenArray (using array metadata) |
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4. FBMessages: removal of unused messages |
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5. TFBArray.Create (2nd case): ensure that FFirebirdClientAPI is correctly set. |
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6. TIBSQLStatementType: SQLSavePoint added to end of enumeration. |
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FBINTF Change Log version (1.1-4 Build 11515) Fri, 28 Dec 2018 10:04:19 +0000 |
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1. Fix a problem with the SQL parameter parser that failed to recognise parameters |
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where the second character of the parameter name is a numeric. |
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2. New method for IAttachment: procedure getFBVersion(version: TStrings); |
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This returns the isc_version connection information as one or more lines. |
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This is the same information as returned by isql with the -z option. |
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3. If -dFIREBIRD3APIONLY is used as a compiler option then the legacy Firebird API |
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is no longer compiled in. Likewise, if -dLEGACYFIREBIRDAPIONLY is used as a |
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compiler option then the Firebird 3 API is no longer compiled in. |
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4. IColumnMetaData: new method. |
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TIBDateTimeFormats = (dfTimestamp, {SQL TIMESTAMP} |
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dfDateTime, {SQL DATETIME} |
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dfTime); |
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function GetDateTimeStrLength(DateTimeFormat: TIBDateTimeFormats): integer; |
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This returns the max. number of characters returned by the "AsString" method |
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when the SQL type of the column is respectively TIMESTAMP, DATETIME or TIME. |
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5. Additional argument for IAttachment.PrepareWithNamedParameters - |
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CaseSensitiveParams: boolean = false |
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If this argument is set to true then SQL parameter names are assumed to be case |
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sensitive and must be referenced (using ISQLParams.ByName) using the case |
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sensitive name. |
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6. Bug fix: when setting a query parameter, it is now possible, when the parameter |
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is of type VarChar or Char to set the parameter to a numeric value (e.g. using |
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.AsCurrency) and then subsequently to update the value to a non-numeric string |
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using .AsString. |
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FBINTF Change Log version (1.1-3) Wed, 05 Dec 2018 14:28:10 +0000 |
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1. DARWIN only syntax error: fix missing semi-colon in TFBClientAPI.LoadIBLibrary |
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2. Restrict IsMultiThread check to Unix only for compatibility with |
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https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=30535 |
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3. New SQL Tokeniser added to IBUtils. This is used to pre-process SQL with |
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named parameters and is intended to avoid problems with (e.g.) Execute Block |
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and processing internal parameters as statement parameters. |
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4. New interface IFirebirdLibrary provides access to the underlying firebird DLL |
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or shared object. Available via a new member (GetFBLibrary) of IFirebirdAPI. |
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5. New function added to IB.pas |
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function LoadFBLibrary(aLibPathName: string): IFirebirdLibrary |
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This allows a Firebird Library to be loaded from an explicit path. use the |
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IFirebirdLibrary.GetFirebirdAPI member function to get the Firebird API using |
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the library. It is possible to load Firebird libraries from different locations |
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simultaneously, each with a distinct IFirebirdAPI. |
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FBINTF Change Log version (1.1-2) Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:30:32 +0100 |
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1. Firebird.pas: {$OBJECTCHECKS OFF} added to file to avoid runtime error when |
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program compiled with -CR command line switch. |
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2. IServiceManager additions (informational): |
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function getProtocol: TProtocol; |
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function getPortNo: AnsiString; |
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3. IServiceManager improved error handling. Interfaces changed: |
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function Start(Request: ISRB; RaiseExceptionOnError: boolean=true): boolean; |
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function Query(SQPB: ISQPB; Request: ISRB; RaiseExceptionOnError: boolean=true) :IServiceQueryResults; overload; |
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function Query(Request: ISRB; RaiseExceptionOnError: boolean=true) :IServiceQueryResults; overload; |
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4. IAttachment addition (informational) |
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function GetSecurityDatabase: AnsiString; |
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5. IStatement: performance counters now updated after each Fetch. GetPerfStatistics |
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thus now returns accumulated stats for a select statement from opening a cursor |
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up to the last fetch. |
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6. DARWIN: uloadlibrary.inc bug fix. Many thanks to Luigi Naimi for correcting |
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the problem. |
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7. Type change: "TPerfCounters = array[TPerfStats] of Int64". Note "Int64" |
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replaces deprecated "comp" type. |
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10. Testsuite Test10 updated to include thread synchronisation for event reporting. |
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11. URL Connection Strings: inet4 and inet6 now recognised. |
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12. IBUtils: Parse and Make Connect String now recognise URL style loopback syntax. |
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13. IAttachment.CharSetName2CharSetID is now performed case insensitive. |
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FBINTF Change Log version (1.1-1) Tue, 27 Feb 2018 16:51:16 +0000 |
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1. IBUtils.QuoteIdentifierIfNeeded: Add check for space character. |
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2. IAttachment: add two new methods |
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function HasDefaultCharSet: boolean; |
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function GetDefaultCharSetID: integer; |
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These return, respectively, true if a connection default character set was |
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specified and the character set id of the connection default character set. |
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The DefaultCharSetID is cached when the connection is opened and hence does not |
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require a database lookup. |
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3. Avoid exception when a text blob is a stored procedure parameter. |
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4. Update test suite to include a test for a stored proc returning a text blob. |
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5. IAttachment: add |
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function GetRemoteProtocol: AnsiString; |
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function GetODSMajorVersion: integer; |
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function GetODSMinorVersion: integer; |
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function GetAuthenticationMethod: AnsiString; |
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These results are cached when the connection is opened and hence do not |
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require a database lookup. |
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6. IAttachment: add "function GetConnectString: AnsiString;" This returns the |
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connect string used to create/connect to the database. |
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7. IAttachment: Create Database using SQL statement. The username and password |
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are now extracted and used to populate a DPB made available via IAttachment.getDPB. |
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It is now possible to use IAttachment disconnect/connect to reconnect to |
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a database for which the initial connection was established by a create |
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database sql statement. Available in FPC only. |
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8. Update Test 1 to test 5, 6 and 7 above. |
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9. IBUtils code tidy up. |
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10. Parameter Block interfaces "find" method. As documented, this should have |
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returned a nil interface when the item could not be found. Instead, an empty |
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interface item was returned. "Find" now works as documented and will return |
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a nil interface if the item cannot be found. |
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11. DBInformation: support added for isc_info_active_tran_count and isc_info_creation_date. |
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12. DBInformation: New interfaces: IDIRB and IDIRBItem added to support DB Information |
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requests with additional parameters. This is to enable support for fb_info_page_contents |
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(return of page contents). Response to fb_info_page_contents returned as |
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a string with code page CP_NONE. |
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13. DBInformation: Support for fb_info_pages_used and fb_info_pages_free added, plus |
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test suite updated. |
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14. DBInformation: Support for fb_info_crypt_key (Firebird 3.0.3 onwards) added as |
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a string type, and fb_info_conn_flags (Firebird 3.0.3 onwards) added as an integer type. |
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15. Service Manager: List of protocols supported expanded to include inet, wnet and xnet. |
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An overloaded version of IIFirebirdAPI.GetServiceManager also allows a non |
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default connection port to be specified. |
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FBINTF Change Log version (1.1-0) Sun, 07 Jan 2018 15:20:02 +0000 |
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1. Fix issues with setting SQL Param values using SetAsString with Numeric types. |
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Scale is no longer ignored. |
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2. Fix issues with setting SQL Param values using SetAsString with Date values |
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not in locale format but which are recognised by Firebird. Date values that |
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cannot be converted to a string using Pascal library are now passed through |
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to Firebird as Text Strings. |
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3. Lookup character set name by codepage amended to ensure that CP_UTF8 returns |
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UTF8 and not UNICODE_FSS. |
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4. Charset ID problem. When using Firebird 3, with no default database character set |
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and a column has a non-default collation specified, an incorrect character set |
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id was being reported that could result in a 'division by zero' error when |
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used by IBX. This has now been fixed. |
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5. Move GetCharsetName, CharSetID2CodePage, CodePage2CharSetID, CharSetName2CharSetID, |
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CharSetWidth from IFirebirdAPI to IAttachment. This is a better data model as |
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the character sets supported can be updated on a per database basis. That is |
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it is possible to add a (Firebird) user defined character set to a database. |
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6. Add RegisterCharSet to IAttachment. This is used to register a user defined character |
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set supported by Firebird with the API. |
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7. Add missing isc_info_db_read_only to list of decoded Database Information items |
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in FBOutputBlock.pas and update test suite to include this item. |
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8. FB30Client: avoid always using "StartMultiple" when only a single database attachment. |
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9. Loading Windows fbclient.dll: when using the FIREBIRD variable to locate the client |
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library or finding it by disk location, the PATH environment variable is now also set to |
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include the FIREBIRD directory. This is to ensure that the correct dlls in the |
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firebird client library dependencies are loaded. |
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10. Testsuite: Ensure consistent UTF-8 output on Windows console. |
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11. Testsuite: Update Windows script to include FPC 3.0.4 in search path. |
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12. FB30Statement: Protect call to "Move" and avoid calling with a nil pointer |
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13. FB30Statement: A check has been added to ensure that all SQL Parameters |
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have been given a value (including NULL). Previously, failing to set the |
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value of an SQL Parameter could give rise to unpredictable results or |
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an SQLDA error. |
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14. FB30Statement/FB25Statement: Set SQLParam "modified" when string value set. |
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15. FBAttachment: Avoid string reference count error when processing an Ansistring |
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parameter in an array of const passed to IAttachment.OpenCursor, etc. |
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16. FBAttachment: Allow for WideString and UnicodeString parameters in an array |
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of const passed to IAttachment.OpenCursor, etc. |
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FBINTF Change Log version (1.0-2) Sat, 04 Mar 2017 14:43:56 +0000 |
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1. Change syntax to Mode Delphi |
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2. Change all uses of string type to explicit AnsiString in order to ensure |
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compatibility between Delphi and FPC. |
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3. Various syntax changes to ensure Delphi and FPC compilation including GUIDs |
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defined for each interface. |
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4. Generics syntax variations for Delphi added |
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5. PChar replaced with PByte expect where an actual string is being referenced, |
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where PAnsiChar is used instead. |
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6. Review of type definitions in IBExternals to ensure Delphi compatibility |
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7. Testsuite updated for Delphi |
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FBINTF Change Log version (1.0-1) Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:17:57 +0000 |
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1. Limit maximum Blob segment read/write to MaxuShort. Avoids data loss with |
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large blobs and the FB3 API. |
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2. Update Event Handling algorithm to avoid looping due to recreation of the |
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event block. |
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3. Avoid invalid XSQLDA error when the only parameter is updated to null |
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4. Array Handling: fix problem with text arrays with character set none. When the |
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DB connection has a default character set (e.g. UTF8), an error is raised by |
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Firebird if the space allocated is not enough to allow for transliteration, even |
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though it is not required for character set none. |
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5. IBUtils: List of reserved words brought up-to-date |
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6. Add ISQL style performance statistics collection to IStatement |
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7. Add IFirebirdAPI.CreateDatabase variant to allow execution of user provided |
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CREATE DATABASE statement. |
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8. Update SQL Statement parsing to allow for Array Dimensions. That is so that the ':' in |
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an array dimension is not mistaken for a named parameter prefix. |
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9. Trim function no longer applied to result of GetAsString for SQL_TEXT |
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when Character set is octets. Avoids loss of non printable characters at start of string. |
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10. Add function GetPerfStatistics to IStatement. This returns ISQL like performance |
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statistics for the last action. Requires use of procedure IStatement.EnableStatistics |
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to enable stats gathering. |
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11. API Version information added as constants to IB.pas |
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12. BlobMetaData character set id should now be the same as that given by IColumnMetaData.GetCharSetID |
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13. Firebird Character set "NONE" now interpreted as codepage CP_ACP. |
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FBINTF Change Log version (1.0-0) Tue, 06 Dec 2016 10:33:47 +0000 |
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1. Initial Release |
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