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This group is for discussion about developing for and using Firebird, and for helping each other with questions about Firebird.

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Further information can be found here:

Website: https://firebirdsql.org/

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Issue Tracker: https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/issues

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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

henry...@hotmail.com, … Svein Erling Tysvær4

May 16

FB-3 Update, Where In

Hi Henry! One of the first things I learnt about Firebird (well, it might have been InterBase) was to

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FB-3 Update, Where In

Hi Henry! One of the first things I learnt about Firebird (well, it might have been InterBase) was to

May 16

livius...@poczta.onet.pl, … Mark Rotteveel4

May 16

Session specific role

Hi SET ROLE XXX; is quite helpfull but first i must grant this role to the user :-( W dniu 2025-05-16

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Session specific role

Hi SET ROLE XXX; is quite helpfull but first i must grant this role to the user :-( W dniu 2025-05-16

May 16

Nikolaus Kern, … Mark Rotteveel13

May 16

Best way to run backup without password in script or commandline

On 16/05/2025 08:57, Nikolaus Kern wrote: > My main goal is to hide the password of the backup

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Best way to run backup without password in script or commandline

On 16/05/2025 08:57, Nikolaus Kern wrote: > My main goal is to hide the password of the backup

May 16

Martin Mizerák, … Pavel Cisar5

May 15

Firebird EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE

Hi, You will need a Firebird plugin for ODBC external data sources. You may try FireLink, free trial

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Firebird EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE

Hi, You will need a Firebird plugin for ODBC external data sources. You may try FireLink, free trial

May 15

Pieter Bas Hofstede, Dimitry Sibiryakov3

May 14

Updating record with same field values - consequenses

Thanks for the fast and clear response Dimitry Op woensdag 14 mei 2025 om 11:46:38 UTC+2 schreef sd:

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Updating record with same field values - consequenses

Thanks for the fast and clear response Dimitry Op woensdag 14 mei 2025 om 11:46:38 UTC+2 schreef sd:

May 14

Ertan Küçükoglu, Mark Rotteveel2

May 12

Query plans - index full scan

On 11/05/2025 22:59, Ertan Küçükoglu wrote: > I am using FirebirdSQL 5.0.2 Win64. > > I am

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Query plans - index full scan

On 11/05/2025 22:59, Ertan Küçükoglu wrote: > I am using FirebirdSQL 5.0.2 Win64. > > I am

May 12

Ertan Küçükoglu, … Pavel Cisar5

May 12

Maximum key size for indexes

Dne 11. 05. 25 v 17:53 Tim Crawford napsal(a): > Thanks for this excellent answer! > I ran into

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Maximum key size for indexes

Dne 11. 05. 25 v 17:53 Tim Crawford napsal(a): > Thanks for this excellent answer! > I ran into

May 12

henry...@hotmail.com, … Mark Rotteveel6

May 11

FB-3 Calc.Field

On 11/05/2025 17:22, Tim Crawford wrote: > I second that. Also, for auditing purposes.... maybe

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FB-3 Calc.Field

On 11/05/2025 17:22, Tim Crawford wrote: > I second that. Also, for auditing purposes.... maybe

May 11

Ertan Küçükoglu, Mark Rotteveel2

May 11

NBACKUP - hourly incremental backups

On 10/05/2025 23:08, Ertan Küçükoglu wrote: > I am using FirebirdSQL 5.0.2 on Win64. > > I

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NBACKUP - hourly incremental backups

On 10/05/2025 23:08, Ertan Küçükoglu wrote: > I am using FirebirdSQL 5.0.2 on Win64. > > I

May 11

Ertan Küçükoglu, … Mark Rotteveel5

May 9

Deadlock

On 09/05/2025 18:05, Ertan Küçükoglu wrote: > 'Dimitry Sibiryakov' via firebird-support

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Deadlock

On 09/05/2025 18:05, Ertan Küçükoglu wrote: > 'Dimitry Sibiryakov' via firebird-support

May 9

Pepe Pérez, … Mark Rotteveel6

May 9

Query error in 5.0.2

Confirmed. It is a bug of 5.0.2 I updated to a fresh snapshot 5.0.3.1653 and works fine Thank you to

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Query error in 5.0.2

Confirmed. It is a bug of 5.0.2 I updated to a fresh snapshot 5.0.3.1653 and works fine Thank you to

May 9

Luis Feliz, … Mark Rotteveel6

May 7

Installing Firebird 5

On 07/05/2025 15:17, Luis Feliz wrote: > I have not installed FB on Linux since I created my 2.5

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Installing Firebird 5

On 07/05/2025 15:17, Luis Feliz wrote: > I have not installed FB on Linux since I created my 2.5

May 7

Ertan Küçükoglu, … liviuslivius5

May 6

Unique indexes

Hi I do not know the source of images but remember that image can contain metadata eg Exiv in jpeg

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Unique indexes

Hi I do not know the source of images but remember that image can contain metadata eg Exiv in jpeg

May 6

Ertan Küçükoglu, … Mark Rotteveel5

May 4

Indexes and NULL values

'Mark Rotteveel' via firebird-support <firebird...@googlegroups.com>, 4 May 2025

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Indexes and NULL values

'Mark Rotteveel' via firebird-support <firebird...@googlegroups.com>, 4 May 2025

May 4

Paulius Pazera, … Geoff Worboys10

Apr 30

LPAD with length from DB returns negative sqllen

I reworked our end to unsigned 16 bit sqllen, adjusted other related types to make size calculation

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LPAD with length from DB returns negative sqllen

I reworked our end to unsigned 16 bit sqllen, adjusted other related types to make size calculation

Apr 30

Martijn Tonies (Upscene Productions)

Apr 30

AI embeddings and data type ARRAYs

Hi all, I was trying to figure out if Firebird float arrays could be an alternative to the VECTOR

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AI embeddings and data type ARRAYs

Hi all, I was trying to figure out if Firebird float arrays could be an alternative to the VECTOR

Apr 30

henry...@hotmail.com, … Mark Rotteveel3

Apr 30

FB-3 View or CTE ?

On 30/04/2025 06:55, henry...@hotmail.com wrote: > Good Morning > I review CTE, it looks like

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FB-3 View or CTE ?

On 30/04/2025 06:55, henry...@hotmail.com wrote: > Good Morning > I review CTE, it looks like

Apr 30

Sakhile Njoko, … Mark Rotteveel8

Apr 28

gbak 11 on Ubuntu

Thanks Mark, I misunderstood. I have just successfully installed it. On Monday, 28 April 2025 at 10:

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gbak 11 on Ubuntu

Thanks Mark, I misunderstood. I have just successfully installed it. On Monday, 28 April 2025 at 10:

Apr 28

Joaquim D'Oliveira, Mark Rotteveel2

Apr 25

Migration to firebird 5

On 25/04/2025 18:02, Joaquim D'Oliveira wrote: > good morning, I have problens when I try to

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Migration to firebird 5

On 25/04/2025 18:02, Joaquim D'Oliveira wrote: > good morning, I have problens when I try to

Apr 25

Paulius Pazera, … Pavel Cisar32

Apr 25

Bulk update in 5.0.2 loses changes done by trigger

Hi Paulius, Dne 25. 04. 25 v 11:47 Paulius Pazera napsal(a): > usually there are no direct updates

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Bulk update in 5.0.2 loses changes done by trigger

Hi Paulius, Dne 25. 04. 25 v 11:47 Paulius Pazera napsal(a): > usually there are no direct updates

Apr 25

henry...@hotmail.com, … Mark Rotteveel5

Apr 25

FB-3 Insert SQL

On 25/04/2025 05:40, henry...@hotmail.com wrote: > Thank you so much Dimitry, Mark > > Mark,

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FB-3 Insert SQL

On 25/04/2025 05:40, henry...@hotmail.com wrote: > Thank you so much Dimitry, Mark > > Mark,

Apr 25

henry...@hotmail.com, … Tomasz Tyrakowski4

Apr 23

FB3 Auto Increment

Thank you so much Dimitry, Tomasz On Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 8:15:29 PM UTC+3 Tomasz Tyrakowski

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FB3 Auto Increment

Thank you so much Dimitry, Tomasz On Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 8:15:29 PM UTC+3 Tomasz Tyrakowski

Apr 23

Anderson Farias, … Paulius Pazera7

Apr 22

255 length limit in Firebird v5 ISQL

#8524 was added. Thanks for looking into it! Paulius (GLDS) On Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 9:38:51 AM

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255 length limit in Firebird v5 ISQL

#8524 was added. Thanks for looking into it! Paulius (GLDS) On Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 9:38:51 AM

Apr 22

Nikolaus Kern, … Vlad Khorsun9

Apr 21

FB 5 manual installation

Nikolaus Kern wrote 19.04.2025 15:52: > Questions: > 1. What does the -s parameter in the

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FB 5 manual installation

Nikolaus Kern wrote 19.04.2025 15:52: > Questions: > 1. What does the -s parameter in the

Apr 21

Angelith Rodriguez, … Mark Rotteveel10

Apr 16

Error "Implementation limit exceeded transactions count exceeded. Perform backup and restore to make database operable again"

On 15/04/2025 21:30, Angelith Rodriguez wrote: > I have a new error from my .FDB > >

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Error "Implementation limit exceeded transactions count exceeded. Perform backup and restore to make database operable again"

On 15/04/2025 21:30, Angelith Rodriguez wrote: > I have a new error from my .FDB > >

Apr 16

Dany40, Vlad Khorsun15

Apr 15

ERROR: connection shutdown (in replication.log)

Hello Vlad; Here you can download the Firebird 4.0.5.3100 snapshot: Good, now I can analyze the

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ERROR: connection shutdown (in replication.log)

Hello Vlad; Here you can download the Firebird 4.0.5.3100 snapshot: Good, now I can analyze the

Apr 15

Tomasz Dubiel, … Mark Rotteveel6

Apr 10

Creating indexes on RDB tables

Thank you very much! czwartek, 10 kwietnia 2025 o 12:38:39 UTC+2 ma...@lawinegevaar.nl napisał(a): On

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Creating indexes on RDB tables

Thank you very much! czwartek, 10 kwietnia 2025 o 12:38:39 UTC+2 ma...@lawinegevaar.nl napisał(a): On

Apr 10

Diego, … Dmitry Yemanov7

Apr 9

It seems Firebird 5 ignores OptimizeForFirstsRows=False parameter in firebird.conf

Hello, We have tested it on Firebird 5.0.2 and now the performance problem is solved. The performance

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It seems Firebird 5 ignores OptimizeForFirstsRows=False parameter in firebird.conf

Hello, We have tested it on Firebird 5.0.2 and now the performance problem is solved. The performance

Apr 9

Daniel Sapoundjiev

Apr 7

Copy Firebird 5 server files and run it under MacOS

Hi I want to copy Firebird 5 files needed to run the server on MacOS aarch(arm) I don't want to

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Copy Firebird 5 server files and run it under MacOS

Hi I want to copy Firebird 5 files needed to run the server on MacOS aarch(arm) I don't want to

Apr 7

Tomasz Tyrakowski, Dimitry Sibiryakov3

Apr 4

Multiple hanging firebird processes

Tomasz Tyrakowski wrote 04.04.2025 20:00: > So, let me rephrase my question. If the situation

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Multiple hanging firebird processes

Tomasz Tyrakowski wrote 04.04.2025 20:00: > So, let me rephrase my question. If the situation

Apr 4