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Contributed Research Articles

Limits of the Event Parameter Buffer?
by Paul Reeves
New Pseudocolumn RDB$RECORD_VERSION
by Pavel Cisar
False index corruption (CORE-3916)
by Pavel Cisar
The Mystery of the RDB$DB_KEY
by By Claudio Valderrama

From Firebird Conference 2016 (Prague)

Optimizing Queries and Transactions (.pdf) (358.60K)
by Jason Wharton
Firebird Today - Goals and Perspectives (.pdf) (107.31K)
by Dimitry Yemanov
Firebird and Disk IO (.pdf) (113.29K)
by Dimitry Yemanov
How to implement the full text search using only what PSQL offers (.pdf) (114.27K)
by Jiri Cincura
More on - How to implement the full text search using only what PSQL offers
by Jiri Cincura
Upgrading from Firebird 1.5 to 2.5 and beyond (.pdf) (161.31K)
by Pavel Cisar
Firebird development process — Past, present and future (.pdf) (283.60K)
by Pavel Cisar
What's new in .NET provider and overview of new features (.pdf) (124.17K)
by Jiri Cincura
Implementing a safe authorisation infrastructure for Firebird (.pdf) (127.49K)
by Alex Peshkov
Encrypting Firebird databases (.pdf) (142.92K)
by Alex Peshkov
Introduction to CloudaIDE — Web Framework requiring only database programming skills (.pdf) (5.26M)
by Wieslaw Poszewiecki, CloudaIDE
Firebird performance comparisons (.pdf) (342.94K)
by Paul Reeves
Managing Firebird with Ansible (.pdf) (262.27K)
by Philippe Makowski
SQL best practices (.pdf) (205.20K)
by Philippe Makowski
New features of Firebird ported from RedDatabase (.pdf) (1.27M)
by Roman Simakov, RedSoft
HA cluster based on RedDatabase engine-level replication (.pdf) (917.62K)
by Dmitry Starodubov, RedSoft
Firebird nbackup evolution (.pdf) (161.93K)
by Vlad Horsun
Statement-level read consistency in read committed transactions (.pdf) (215.10K)
by Vlad Horsun

From Firebird Conference 2014 (Prague)

Orphans, Corruption, Careful Write, and Logging (.pdf) (408.11K)
by Ann Harrison
Threading in Firebird and the Future (.pdf) (221.00K)
by Ann Harrison
Creating logs for data auditing (.pdf) (170.33K)
by Carlos Cantu
Understanding numbers in Firebird (.pdf) (409.84K)
by Carlos Cantu
Firebird performance counters in detail (.pdf) (342.45K)
by Dimitry Yemanov
Firebird release strategy and roadmap for 2015 & 2016 (.pdf) (330.25K)
by Dimitry Yemanov
Tips for using system tables (.pdf) (487.00K)
by Ivan Prenosil
A year in the life of the .NET provider (.pdf) (249.63K)
by Jiri Cincura
Using Azure cloud and Firebird to develop applications (.pdf) (150.46K)
by Jiri Cincura
Using TPC-C to study Firebird performance (.pdf) (1.60M)
by Paul Reeves
Using monitoring tables & trace/audit for system analysis (.zip) (4.32M)
by Pavel Cisar
SuperServer in Firebird 3 (.pdf) (503.72K)
by Vlad Horsun
New SQL features in Firebird 3 (.pdf) (634.83K)
by Vlad Horsun
Firebird OLTP test (.pdf) (944.97K)
by Pavel Zotov
Introduction to Node (.pdf) (446.32K)
by Marius Popa
IB Objects (.pdf) (266.77K)
by Jason Wharton

From Firebird Conference 2012 (Luxembourg)

Firebird development in 2012: Whats New (.pdf) (83.89K)
by Dimitry Yemanov
Firebird in a Virtual Environment (.pdf) (253.68K)
by Claus Heeg
New SQL features in Firebird (.pdf) (347.54K)
by Vlad Horsun
Optimizer: Issues and Solutions (.pdf) (116.34K)
by Dimtry Yemanov
Trace Services and Audit in Firebird (.pdf) (195.13K)
by Vlad Horsun
Working with very large Firebird databases (.pdf) (2.92M)
by Paul Reeves
Fun with Firebird and Python
by Pavel Císař
Examples for Fun with Firebird and Python
by Pavel Císař
Data and Information
by Pavel Císař

From Firebird Conference 2011 (Luxembourg)

Firebird in 2011/2012 - Development Review (.pdf) (137.30K)
by Dimitry Yemanov
Understanding the lock manager with the lock print utility (.pdf) (118.02K)
by Dimitry Yemanov
Firebird3: Provider based architecture, plugins and OO approach to API (.pdf) (205.83K)
by Alex Peshkov
What is new in the NET provider (.pdf) (186.76K)
by Jiri Cincura
Firebird and RAID (.pdf) (784.54K)
by Paul Reeves
Measuring Firebird disc IO (.pdf) (177.36K)
by Paul Reeves
Firebird drivers for Python (.pdf) (71.01K)
by Pavel Cisar
Tips for success (.pdf) (93.04K)
by Pavel Cisar
Firebird on Linux (.pdf) (244.11K)
by Philippe Makowski
Firebird 3 Windowing Functions (.pdf) (272.45K)
by Philippe Makowski
New SQL Features in Firebird (.pdf) (429.25K)
by Vlad Horsun

From Firebird Conference 2007 (Hamburg)

Firebird development and release plan (.pdf) (86.21K)
by Dimitry Yemanov
Firebird Scalability (.pdf) (120.85K)
by Dimitry Yemanov
Firebird and Security (.pdf) (116.16K)
by Pavel Cisar
Who is who (.pdf) (595.27K)
by Pavel Cisar
Indexing tips and tricks (.pdf) (267.57K)
by Arno Brinkman
Understanding the Firebird optimizer (.pdf) (325.40K)
by Arno Brinkman
Whats new in Firebird 2.1 (.pdf) (553.95K)
by Thomas Steinmaurer
System monitoring with Firebird 2.1 (.pdf) (116.67K)
by Martijn Tonies

From Firebird Conference 2006 (Prague)

Solution Stacks Built on Firebird and PHP - Another Flame in the LAMP? (.zip) (225.95K)
by Paul Ruizendaal
Developing Cross-Platform Applications with Firebird and wxWidgets (.zip) (844.37K)
by Milan Babuskov
The Firebird System Tables (.zip) (213.01K)
by Martijn Tonies
Supporting Complex On Line Systems with Satellite Databases (.zip) (1.51M)
by Mauricio Longo
Owner Migration, the Easy Way (.zip) (716.20K)
by Thomas Steinmaurer
Firebird clients and system tables (.zip) (161.74K)
by Bjoern Reimer, Dirk Baumeister
Cross-Platform Development Using Lazarus (.zip) (955.07K)
by Fikret Hasovic
Firebird Conference 2006 - Opening and Welcome (.zip) (9.28M)
by Firebird Foundation
Building Firebird on Windows and Linux (.zip) (357.51K)
by Paul Reeves
Replicating with IBReplicator 2.5 (.zip) (79.92K)
by Dmitry Sibiryakov
New Shutdown Modes and Backups in Firebird 2.0 (.zip) (96.17K)
by Carlos Cantu
Cost-based Optimization and Statistics (.zip) (22.94K)
by Dmitry Yemanov
N-Tier applications with Firebird and RemObjects DataAbstract (.zip) (521.03K)
by Erick Sasse
Creating modern database webapplications using Firebird, php and AJAX (.zip) (126.04K)
by Holger Klemt
Data Types in Practice/Optimizing Counts (Dual Topics) (.zip) (36.69K)
by Ivan Prenosil
Real World Applications Using Firebird (.zip) (378.77K)
by Gary Franklin, Bill Oliver
Firebird Connectivity Tools or Is there any performance loss out there? (.zip) (486.57K)
by Alex Skvirski
External routines: interfaces, usage and possibilities (.zip) (62.70K)
by Roman Rokytskyy
Application Development with Morfik WebOS and Firebird (.zip) (158.97K)
by Mauricio Longo
Optimizing Server Performance (.zip) (202.24K)
by Dmitri Kouzmenko
Creating Transaction Logs in Firebird (.zip) (95.95K)
by Holger Klemt
Managing Metadata Changes (.zip) (645.68K)
by Milan Babuskov
Delivering and Using the Vulcan Embedded Server as Part of the SAS System (.zip) (578.98K)
by Gary Franklin, Bill Oliver
New SQL Features in Coming Versions of Firebird (.zip) (38.41K)
by Vladislav Horsun
Stored Procedures, Triggers and Views, Why and How (.zip) (101.01K)
by Martijn Tonies
Jaybird: new release, new features (.zip) (459.39K)
by Roman Rokytskyy
Database Health and Corruption (.zip) (124.02K)
by Dmitri Kouzmenko
Updating Database Structures (.zip) (77.67K)
by Carlos Cantu
Character Sets and Unicode in Firebird (.zip) (236.51K)
by Stefan Heymann
Integration of Firebird with PalmOS Handhelds and Smartphones (.zip) (354.00K)
by Erick Sasse
Making your own Firebird PowerTools with Python (.zip) (117.08K)
by Pavel Cisar
Full text search in Firebird without a full text search engine (.zip) (525.64K)
by Bjoern Reimer, Dirk Baumeister
Transportable Firebird Databases (.zip) (118.34K)
by Ann Harrison
Fyracle, Oracle-mode Firebird (.zip) (385.63K)
by Paul Ruizendaal
Managing Firebird Transactions with FIBPlus (.zip) (3.25M)
by Serg Vostrikov
Firebird v2.x and v3.0: the Foreseeable Future (.zip) (16.76K)
by Dmitry Yemanov

From Firebird Conference 2005 (Prague)

Embedding and using sophisticated mathematics in Firebird: Fast Fourier transforms, data smoothing and high order derivatives (.zip) (8.75M)
by Andrew Morgan
Implementing applications using Firebird API (Interbase 6 API) in Delphi, Lazarus and Free Pascal (.zip) (9.29M)
by Luiz Paulo de Oliveira Santos
Migration and integration of other databases into Firebird using Cold Fusion (.zip) (8.91M)
by Claus Heeg
The power of Firebird events (.zip) (7.52M)
by Milan Babuskov
Detecting, correcting, and preventing database corruption (.zip) (9.61M)
by Ann Harrison
IB Objects for Newbies (.mp3) (9.69M)
by Jason Wharton
Setting Up a bidirectional Replication and other Solutions based on EXECUTE STATEMENT Commands (.zip) (9.84M)
by Holger Klemt
The Firebird system tables (.zip) (9.69M)
by Martijn Tonies
Firebird and Java Stored Procedures (.zip) (9.13M)
by Evgeney Putilin
Techniques for migrating from MySQL to Firebird (.zip) (7.16M)
by Luiz Paulo de Oliveira Santos
Solution Stacks Built on Firebird and PHP - Another Flame in the LAMP? (.zip) (18.32M)
by Paul Ruizendaal
SAS/Firebird performance testing strategy (.zip) (1.10M)
by Bill Oliver, Tom Cole
Configuring Firebird and Vulcan for your application (.zip) (10.05M)
by Jim Starkey
Deploying Firebird transparently on Windows (.mp3) (10.48M)
by Nando Dessena
What Developers Should Know about Character Sets, Unicode etc. (.zip) (7.44M)
by Stefan Heymann
Firebird Quality Assurance (.zip) (10.85M)
by Pavel Cisar
SOA using kbmMW (Delphi Win32/.Net), BCB, Kylix) (.zip) (9.25M)
by Kim Madsen
Vulcan status, features, and goals (.zip) (4.75M)
by Jim Starkey
Developing DataBase ASP.net Application with Delphi 2006: Part 1 (.mp3) (5.19M)
by Daniel Magin
Developing DataBase ASP.net Application with Delphi 2006: Part 2 (.mp3) (11.48M)
by Daniel Magin
SAS and Firebird (.zip) (3.70M)
by Bill Oliver, Tom Cole
From Basic to Advanced ISQL scripting (.zip) (9.58M)
by Paul Reeves
Stored Procedures (.zip) (10.09M)
by Lucas Franzen
Firebird Performance Optimization for Different Applications (.zip) (10.58M)
by Dmitri Kouzmenko
Dynamic Databases - A Conceptual Overview (.zip) (9.48M)
by Mauricio Longo
Understanding the Optimizer I (.zip) (8.37M)
by Arno Brinkman
Open source Delphi (.zip) (9.45M)
by Fikret Hasovic
Ready Packaged Firebird on PHP (.zip) (551.85K)
by Lester Caine
Audit Trails, Transaction Log, Redo with the IB LogManager product family (.zip) (9.02M)
by Thomas Steinmaurer
PSQL in Action (.zip) (11.80M)
by Carlos Cantu
Firebird future development: what to expect (.zip) (6.78M)
by Paul Beach, Dmitry Yemanov
FireQ - Firebird Based Messaging Infrastructure (A Dynamic Database Implementation) (.zip) (2.96M)
by Mauricio Longo
Firebird Server Performance - How to make your application run faster (.mp3) (10.30M)
by Holger Klemt
Getting Started with FIBPlus (.mp3) (10.19M)
by Serg Vostrikov
JayBird - JCA/JDBC driver for Firebird (.zip) (18.92M)
by Roman Rokytskyy
First steps in performance tuning (.zip) (11.07M)
by Ann Harrison
Under the hood: Data access paths (.zip) (10.39M)
by Arno Brinkman, Dmitry Yemanov
Firebird on PHP – Integrate or Abstract (.zip) (6.32M)
by Lester Caine
Fyracle, Oracle-mode Firebird (.zip) (10.93M)
by Paul Ruizendaal
Making your own Firebird PowerTools with Python (.zip) (9.24M)
by Pavel Cisar
From Model Driven Development to Model Driven Architectures (.zip) (8.74M)
by Jeanot Bijpost
Firebird Stored Procedures - why and how (.zip) (7.70M)
by Martijn Tonies
Migrating a PHP application to Firebird (.zip) (588.64K)
by Paul Reeves
Using Firebird for Quality Management Software (.zip) (6.19M)
by Stefan Heymann
Embedded Classic (.zip) (3.41M)
by Tom Cole, Bill Oliver
An introduction to Cathedron (.zip) (5.94M)
by Jeanot Bijpost
FlameRobin - administration tool for Firebird DBMS (.zip) (19.48M)
by Milan Babuskov
Owner Migration - The Easy Way (.zip) (859.22K)
by Thomas Steinmaurer
Firebird Embedded Server (.zip) (7.87M)
by Lucas Franzen
Record versions: consistent read, concurrency control, and undo log (.zip) (118.12K)
by Ann Harrison
Special FIBPlus features: network traffic optimization and FIBPlus Repository (.zip) (7.98M)
by Serg Vostrikov
Understanding the Optimizer II (.zip) (4.34M)
by Arno Brinkman
Creating and managing recursive structures (.zip) (10.20M)
by Andrew Morgan
Building ERP web applications based on Firebird and Cold Fusion. Migrating from 4GL applications to web based Applications (.zip) (7.77M)
by Claus Heeg
Firebird in n-tier setup with Delphi (and kbmMW) (.zip) (14.93M)
by Fikret Hasovic