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| IBExpert Developer Studio |
| IBExpert Server Tools |
| FAQs |
| Firebird 4.0 |
- White paper: DBEncryption Plugin Delphi demo for Firebird 3 and Firebird 4
- White Paper: DBEncryption Plugin for Firebird 3.0 and 4.0
- Firebird Performance comparison of Windows and Linux Operating Systems (PDF)
- Firebird 4 versus Firebird 3 single thread performance comparison (PDF)
- Thoughts on Firebird Performance (PDF)
- Firebird 4.0 technical specifications
- Firebird 4.0 Release Notes (12 May 2020 - Document v.0400-33 - for Firebird 4.0 Beta 2 Release)
- Firebird 4.0 Language Reference (23 May 2021, version 0.9)
- White Paper: Firebird 4 Replication (German-language version here)
- White Paper: Firebird 4 and IBExpert
| Database technology |
| White Papers |
- White Paper: Identify unusually high database load: take two (PDF download)
- IBExpert: How to do it? Automatically synchronize metadata and data and a permanently active backup!
- Firebird and IBExpert White Paper: Advanced debugging event block
- See also: IBEBlock documentation: Event Blocks
- White paper: DBEncryption Plugin Delphi demo for Firebird 3 and Firebird 4
- White Paper: DBEncryption Plugin for Firebird 3.0 and 4.0
- Firebird and REST (PDF)
- Firebird external engine and UDRs written in Pascal (PDF)
- White Paper: ibec_StartTraceSession (PDF)
- IBEBlock example: Firebird and REST
- Thoughts on Firebird Performance (PDF)
- White Paper: Firebird 3 Stored Functions
- White Paper: The way to the Cloud and Firebird
- White Paper: The Pascal Language
- White Paper: Time for a review: Is your database server the right solution or part of the problem?
- Firebird and IBExpert: the ideal combination for flexible e-mail archiving
- White Paper: Software Performance Optimization
- White Paper: Minimizing database size: should you store data files in the file system?
- White Paper: Alternatives to virtualization for database servers
- White Paper: The Pros and Cons of virtualising SQL and other databases
- White Paper: Firebird Replication
- White Paper: Firebird Performance or: How can I improve it?
- White Paper: Big Data, Replication or "Where are the limits of Firebird?"
- White Paper: Why typical Delphi projects often fail
- White paper: Firebird performance recommendations
- Firebird development using IBExpert
- Firebird administration using IBExpert
- Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF)
| Lazarus documentation |
| Firebird documentation |
Firebird Language References can be found below.
Firebird 4.0 documentation can be found here.
- Firebird 3 Quick Start Guide
- Firebird 3.0 Developer's Guide (Release 1.1)
- Firebird 4.0 Release Notes (12 May 2020 - Document v.0400-33 - for Firebird 4.0 Beta 2 Release)
- Firebird 3.0.5 Release Notes (4 January 2020 - Document v.0305-03 - for Firebird 3.0.5 Release)
- Firebird 2.5.3 Release Notes
- Firebird 2.1.6 Release Notes
- Firebird 2.0.7 Release Notes
- Firebird 2.5 Quick Start Guide
- Firebird 2.0 and 2.1 Quick Start Guide
- Firebird 2 Migration & Installation
- Firebird 2 Administration Handbook
- Get to know Firebird in 2 minutes
- Firebird 2 Cheat Sheet
- Firebird Internals
- Firebird Superserver Manager
- Firebird Database Cache Buffer
- Firebird 2.1 Error Codes
- Setting up Firebird on Ubuntu Linux
- Migration from MS SQL to Firebird
- Setting up PHP and Firebird on Linux
- Public documentation license
| SQL language references |
- SQL language reference
- Firebird 4.0 Language Reference (23 May 2021, version 0.9)
- Firebird 3.0 Language Reference (Version 0.15, 31 July 2021)
- Firebird 2.5 Language Reference (27 April 2021, version 1.5)
- Firebird 2.1 language reference update
- Firebird 2.0 language reference update
- InterBase 6.0 DSQL syntax
| Firebird command-line utilities |
- Firebird and InterBase command-line utilities
- Firebird Interactive SQL Utility
- Firebird Null Guide
- Firebird Generator Guide
- Firebird's nbackup Tool
- Firebird Password File Utility
- Firebird Backup & Restore Utility
- Firebird Database Housekeeping Utility
- Firebird Backup File Splitting Filter
- Firebird Shell Scripts
- Firebird Database Statistics Reporting Tool
- Firebird and InterBase command-line utilities
| InterBase® documentation |
The complete range of InterBase 6.0 documentation is available for download at the IBPhoenix website:
The full range of InterBase documentation since version 7.5 can be found at the Embarcadero website.
| Firebird/InterBase® character sets |
- Overview of the main character sets in Firebird
- InterBase character sets and collation orders
- Please also refer to the Database Technology Articles section, Character sets
| Miscellaneous |
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