New chapter in Firebird Internals: External Table Format

[Mark Rotteveel]

I've added a new chapter in the Firebird Internals manual describing the
External Table Format. I'd appreciate comments for improvements and
other feedback.

You can find it at
https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/html/en/firebirddocs/firebirdinternals/firebird-internals.html#fbint-external-table

Mark
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Mark Rotteveel

[Vlad Khorsun]

09.02.2026 12:39, 'Mark Rotteveel' via firebird-devel:

This file have no "fbint-external-table" section, sorry. But PDF version is OK:

https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/pdf/en/firebirddocs/firebirdinternals/firebird-internals.pdf

I've added my comments (a single one so far) directly at the commit on github:

https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird-documentation/commit/60254f245ea183639a9f0945b79e54fbd78b9c6e#r176747249


Thanks,
Vlad

[Mark Rotteveel]

On 09/02/2026 16:34, Vlad Khorsun wrote:
> 09.02.2026 12:39, 'Mark Rotteveel' via firebird-devel:
>> I've added a new chapter in the Firebird Internals manual describing
>> the External Table Format. I'd appreciate comments for improvements
>> and other feedback.
>>
>> You can find it at https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/html/en/
>> firebirddocs/firebirdinternals/firebird-internals.html#fbint-
>> external-table
>
>   This file have no "fbint-external-table" section, sorry. But PDF
> version is OK:

It does for me, maybe you're looking at an old cached version? Try a
hard refresh.

> https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/pdf/en/firebirddocs/

> firebirdinternals/firebird-internals.pdf
>
>   I've added my comments (a single one so far) directly at the commit
> on github:
>
> https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird-documentation/
> commit/60254f245ea183639a9f0945b79e54fbd78b9c6e#r176747249

Mark

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Mark Rotteveel

[Mark Rotteveel]

On 09/02/2026 16:34, Vlad Khorsun wrote:

>   I've added my comments (a single one so far) directly at the commit
> on github:
>
> https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird-documentation/
> commit/60254f245ea183639a9f0945b79e54fbd78b9c6e#r176747249

Thanks. Weirdly enough, I didn't receive a notification of that.

Mark
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Mark Rotteveel

[Vlad Khorsun]

09.02.2026 17:39, 'Mark Rotteveel' via firebird-devel:

> On 09/02/2026 16:34, Vlad Khorsun wrote:
>> 09.02.2026 12:39, 'Mark Rotteveel' via firebird-devel:
>>> I've added a new chapter in the Firebird Internals manual describing the External Table Format. I'd appreciate comments for
>>> improvements and other feedback.
>>>
>>> You can find it at https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/html/en/ firebirddocs/firebirdinternals/firebird-
>>> internals.html#fbint- external-table
>>
>>    This file have no "fbint-external-table" section, sorry. But PDF version is OK:
>
> It does for me, maybe you're looking at an old cached version? Try a hard refresh.

Already tried many times, no luck. It returns "version 1.4, 2 August 2025".
Using Firefox and Edge (which I never use, so it have no local cache at all).

Regards,
Vlad

[Mark Rotteveel]

On 09/02/2026 18:00, Vlad Khorsun wrote:
> 09.02.2026 17:39, 'Mark Rotteveel' via firebird-devel:

>> It does for me, maybe you're looking at an old cached version? Try a
>> hard refresh.
>
>
>   Already tried many times, no luck. It returns "version 1.4, 2 August
> 2025".
> Using Firefox and Edge (which I never use, so it have no local cache at
> all).

We use caching for up to 24 hours for documentation, and maybe the
Cloudflare caching depends on region. You could try via
www.firebirdsql.org instead of firebirdsql.org, or use /docs/ instead of
/file/documentation/, and otherwise it should correct itself within 24
hours.

Mark
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Mark Rotteveel

[Vlad Khorsun]

09.02.2026 20:05, 'Mark Rotteveel' via firebird-devel:

> On 09/02/2026 18:00, Vlad Khorsun wrote:
>> 09.02.2026 17:39, 'Mark Rotteveel' via firebird-devel:
>>> It does for me, maybe you're looking at an old cached version? Try a hard refresh.
>>
>>
>>    Already tried many times, no luck. It returns "version 1.4, 2 August 2025".
>> Using Firefox and Edge (which I never use, so it have no local cache at all).
>
> We use caching for up to 24 hours for documentation, and maybe the Cloudflare caching depends on region. You could try via
> www.firebirdsql.org instead of firebirdsql.org,

This works for me

Regards,
Vlad