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Doug Chamberlin, … Arno Brinkman5

5/4/20

Announcement

Please give yourself a proper name in this group!

Only when accepted you can edit your display name

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Announcement

Please give yourself a proper name in this group!

Only when accepted you can edit your display name

5/4/20

Florian Hector, Dimitry Sibiryakov4

May 21

FB replication creates lots of files

Dimitry, I added that line but have to check tomorrow for any entries F. > Florian Hector wrote

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FB replication creates lots of files

Dimitry, I added that line but have to check tomorrow for any entries F. > Florian Hector wrote

May 21

Tomasz Dubiel, … Mark Rotteveel15

May 19

Performance problem - gfix reports no error, index selectivities up to date, sweep performed

So, there is not always a way to fix a perfomance problem in other way than backup restore and we

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Performance problem - gfix reports no error, index selectivities up to date, sweep performed

So, there is not always a way to fix a perfomance problem in other way than backup restore and we

May 19

gusedum, … Dimitry Sibiryakov30

May 17

Performance issue with IB_SQL

I opened the 2013 version of IB_SQL.exe and found the "Manifest" folder in the left-hand

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Performance issue with IB_SQL

I opened the 2013 version of IB_SQL.exe and found the "Manifest" folder in the left-hand

May 17

Tomasz Dubiel, … Svein Erling Tysvær5

May 15

Question

It removes duplicates. It behaves like with only one condition.

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Question

It removes duplicates. It behaves like with only one condition.

May 15

Boon Haw Sim, Mark Rotteveel2

May 14

CVE-2026-40342

On 14-05-2026 13:19, Boon Haw Sim wrote: > Does this CVE applies to Firebird V2.5 series? No,

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CVE-2026-40342

On 14-05-2026 13:19, Boon Haw Sim wrote: > Does this CVE applies to Firebird V2.5 series? No,

May 14

Florian Hector, … Mark Rotteveel4

May 7

Connecting to FB4/5 with old fbclient

Hi Dimitry and Mark, finally with your help it works. The error with the not recognized user came up

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Connecting to FB4/5 with old fbclient

Hi Dimitry and Mark, finally with your help it works. The error with the not recognized user came up

May 7

Tim Crawford, … Dimitry Sibiryakov9

Apr 30

CVE-2026-40342

'Mark Rotteveel' via firebird-support wrote 30.04.2026 9:58: > Using a custom Windows

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CVE-2026-40342

'Mark Rotteveel' via firebird-support wrote 30.04.2026 9:58: > Using a custom Windows

Apr 30

Marcel Zawadzki, Dimitry Sibiryakov5

Apr 30

Record has bad transaction

Marcel Zawadzki wrote 30.04.2026 8:08: > However, there's no explanation about what this error

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Record has bad transaction

Marcel Zawadzki wrote 30.04.2026 8:08: > However, there's no explanation about what this error

Apr 30

Damon Schultz

Apr 30

Performance of ROW_NUMBER() using Firebird 4.0.6

Hello Firebird Support, I am having performance issues when using ROW_NUMBER() in a LEFT OUTER JOIN.

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Performance of ROW_NUMBER() using Firebird 4.0.6

Hello Firebird Support, I am having performance issues when using ROW_NUMBER() in a LEFT OUTER JOIN.

Apr 30

Florian Hector, Dmitry Yemanov2

Apr 22

Replication for mere mortals

22.04.2026 21:02, Florian Hector wrote: > > I need to make some databases from remote locations

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Replication for mere mortals

22.04.2026 21:02, Florian Hector wrote: > > I need to make some databases from remote locations

Apr 22

Aldo Caruso, Gerdus van Zyl2

Apr 18

Performance impact of converting Integer to Smallint for low-cardinality fields

Having done something similar I found the difference in performance very small. So I would not

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Performance impact of converting Integer to Smallint for low-cardinality fields

Having done something similar I found the difference in performance very small. So I would not

Apr 18

Strakapoud, Dmitry Yemanov2

Apr 16

Batch interface and trace log

16.04.2026 04:13, Strakapoud wrote: > When I insert data into table using batch interface, I do

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Batch interface and trace log

16.04.2026 04:13, Strakapoud wrote: > When I insert data into table using batch interface, I do

Apr 16

Strakapoud, … AlexPeshkoff5

Apr 6

Problem with Batch interface

Problem was with Firebird 4. EXECUTE BLOCK does not work (and does not return error) in FB4, but it

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Problem with Batch interface

Problem was with Firebird 4. EXECUTE BLOCK does not work (and does not return error) in FB4, but it

Apr 6

Ertan Küçükoglu, Vlad Khorsun3

Mar 30

Changing encryption key on an encrypted database

Vlad Khorsun <fbv...@gmail.com>, 30 Mar 2026 Pzt, 12:41 tarihinde şunu yazdı: When last user

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Changing encryption key on an encrypted database

Vlad Khorsun <fbv...@gmail.com>, 30 Mar 2026 Pzt, 12:41 tarihinde şunu yazdı: When last user

Mar 30

Tomasz Dubiel, … Lester Caine10

Mar 11

Index statistics

A regular identifier is stored in uppercase, and a delimited identifier is stored as-is, without the

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Index statistics

A regular identifier is stored in uppercase, and a delimited identifier is stored as-is, without the

Mar 11

Nick Vaughan, … Mark Rotteveel5

Mar 10

Firebird 5.0 users and permissions

On 09-03-2026 23:58, Nick Vaughan wrote: > I had thought that I had replied to this but cannot see

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Firebird 5.0 users and permissions

On 09-03-2026 23:58, Nick Vaughan wrote: > I had thought that I had replied to this but cannot see

Mar 10

Tomasz Dubiel

Mar 5

Snapshot build for FB 3.0

Hello. Where are the snapshot builds for FB 3.0? Best regards, Tomek.

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Snapshot build for FB 3.0

Hello. Where are the snapshot builds for FB 3.0? Best regards, Tomek.

Mar 5

Lester Caine, Mark Rotteveel3

Feb 26

LEAST and GREATEST

On 26/02/2026 07:39, 'Mark Rotteveel' via firebird-support wrote: > I'm not sure what

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LEAST and GREATEST

On 26/02/2026 07:39, 'Mark Rotteveel' via firebird-support wrote: > I'm not sure what

Feb 26

Charles Austin Mills, … Adrian Marius Popa7

Feb 19

Looking for help migrating LibreOffice embedded HSQLDB to Firebird

Another option is to use Firebird as external connection from LibreOffice https://help.libreoffice.

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Looking for help migrating LibreOffice embedded HSQLDB to Firebird

Another option is to use Firebird as external connection from LibreOffice https://help.libreoffice.

Feb 19

Tomasz Dubiel, … Pieter Bas Hofstede3

Feb 19

firebirdsql.org

"Gateway time-out Error code 504" A new way to publish the upcoming Firebird release? ;-)

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firebirdsql.org

"Gateway time-out Error code 504" A new way to publish the upcoming Firebird release? ;-)

Feb 19

Martijn Tonies (Upscene Productions)

Feb 18

ANN: Database Workbench 6.10.0 released!

Upscene Productions is proud to announce the availability of the new release of the popular multi-

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ANN: Database Workbench 6.10.0 released!

Upscene Productions is proud to announce the availability of the new release of the popular multi-

Feb 18

Tomasz Dubiel, … Dmitry Yemanov51

Feb 17

Firebird 5.0.3

17.02.2026 17:19, Tomasz Dubiel wrote: > > What are the plans for releasing official 5.0.4

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Firebird 5.0.3

17.02.2026 17:19, Tomasz Dubiel wrote: > > What are the plans for releasing official 5.0.4

Feb 17

Tomasz Dubiel, … Dimitry Sibiryakov15

Feb 13

Database warnings/errors

Tomasz Dubiel wrote 13.02.2026 15:03: > Restore went "successfully", apart from indexes.

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Database warnings/errors

Tomasz Dubiel wrote 13.02.2026 15:03: > Restore went "successfully", apart from indexes.

Feb 13

Tomasz Dubiel

Feb 6

Improper message

Hello. Such message can suggest that the database file is completely damaged: "database file

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Improper message

Hello. Such message can suggest that the database file is completely damaged: "database file

Feb 6

Lester Caine, … Mark Rotteveel8

Feb 6

AUTOINCREMENT options

Thanks for that Mark ... I've a better understanding of how the new process hangs together and

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AUTOINCREMENT options

Thanks for that Mark ... I've a better understanding of how the new process hangs together and

Feb 6

Lester Caine, … Mark Rotteveel6

Feb 5

Multiple indexes ... are they necessary

Although it can also imply it is a 1:1 link table for entities that may should have been a single

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Multiple indexes ... are they necessary

Although it can also imply it is a 1:1 link table for entities that may should have been a single

Feb 5

Lester Caine, Mark Rotteveel6

Feb 5

drop table if exists

Having passed 70 last year the old grey cells do not cooperate as they used to ;) Working fine in

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drop table if exists

Having passed 70 last year the old grey cells do not cooperate as they used to ;) Working fine in

Feb 5

em...@tot-consult.com, … Mark Rotteveel10

Jan 25

Excessive memory usage?

Just to finalize this thread: I took the time to rewrite the script, preparing queries once and then

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Excessive memory usage?

Just to finalize this thread: I took the time to rewrite the script, preparing queries once and then

Jan 25

Tommi Prami, … Mark Rotteveel7

Jan 23

Alter Table default value oddity

On 23/01/2026 12:50, Tommi Prami wrote: > Hello > > If I created the domains as follows, it

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Alter Table default value oddity

On 23/01/2026 12:50, Tommi Prami wrote: > Hello > > If I created the domains as follows, it

Jan 23

blum...@gmail.com, Vlad Khorsun4

Jan 14

FDB local connections fail, TCP localhost:path works....

Today I had the same problem, but on a Win 10 after a windows update. The error I find in Firebird.

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FDB local connections fail, TCP localhost:path works....

Today I had the same problem, but on a Win 10 after a windows update. The error I find in Firebird.

Jan 14