Firebird 2.5.1 Release

Firebird 데이터베이스의 새 버전이 공개 되었다. 이번 버전은 2.5 버전의 마이너 업그레이드 버전으로 버그픽스와 성능 개선이 이루어 졌다고 한다.

Firebird 2.5.1 버전의 개선 사항

• The SQLSTATE code has been made available as a PSQL context variable, for use in WHEN .. exception blocks, in the same manner as GDSCODE and SQLCODE
• Now it is possible to write to global temporary tables in a read-only database
• Diagnostics for internal trace errors were improved
• The fbtracemgr utility will now do a periodic flush to output
• Performance of gbak restore at the data insertion stages has improved
• Conversions between BLOBs and other data types can now be effected in the API functions
• The Services API now supports the “metadata-only” restore
• A “silent install” switch has been implemented for make install on POSIX
• The unused bytes of VARCHAR values in the message buffer are now set to zero
• The actual record compression ratio is now estimated in the optimizer
• The MON$STATEMENT_ID value now stays constant among monitoring snapshots
• The SO_KEEPALIVE option on the client TCP socket will now be set, as a measure to guard against aggressive timing out of sockets by newer Windows systems
• Lock Manager can now cancel waits that become interminable
• A platform port of v.2.5.1 for HPPA has been done for both Linux and Alpha

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