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{ Monthly Archives } December 2004

The Graphing Calculator Story

A funny history of a software project.

2004 12 27 General Software Development Comments (0)

InterBase 7.5 Desktop Upgrade Tips

The instruction screen that is displayed when you select the download
(http or ftp) on Borland.com is an abbreviated instruction that may
leave you short. Instead, unpack the zip file after you download it and
print IBSetup.html from the zip. It is 13 pages but includes more
detailed upgrade instructions.
For example….

2004 12 27 InterBase Comments (0)

Understanding Transaction Lifetimes in Russian

Thanks to Dmitri Kouzmenko for translating my article Understanding Transaction Lifetimes into Russian.
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2004 12 24 InterBase
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MAX_THREADS default incorrect on InterBase 7.5

An IB 7.5 regression which is easy to work around:
If MAX_THREADS is not set in the ibconfig file, InterBase 7.1 defaults to setting MAX_THREADS to 1 on single CPU systems and to 1000000 on systems with more than one CPU.
InterBase 7.5 inadvertantly sets MAX_THREADS to 1000000 for all systems, which may result in [...]

2004 12 17 InterBase Comments (2)

Want to Test IBConsole for Linux?

Click the link above if so.
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2004 12 14 InterBase Comments (0)

Delphi to Gain C++ Support

For those of you who don’t follow BCB news:
The next version of C++Builder will be part of the Delphi IDE family, enabling you to take advantage of the latest Delphi VCL and IDE framework and many of the new C++ features that you have requested. It is our intention to include this personality in or [...]

2004 12 14 Delphi
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InterBase 7.5 Release Notes

The link above allows you to read the IB 7.5 release notes without having to download the full installation.
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2004 12 08 InterBase Comments (0)

Another Undocumented Feature in InterBase 7.5 — ORDER BY and Column Aliases

The ORDER BY clause of a SELECT statement now allows you to order by a field name which has been renamed using the AS operator. In previous versions, you had to order by the field number instead.
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2004 12 08 InterBase Comments (0)

New Reserved Words in InterBase 7.5

This article lists the new reserved words introduced in InterBase 7.5.
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2004 12 08 InterBase Comments (2)

Addtional Information on TMP$HEAPS and TMP$TRIGGERS Tables

InterBase 7.5 introduces two new system temporary tables, TMP$HEAPS and TMP$TRIGGERS. InterBase Performance Monitor in IB 7.5 introduces support for these tables, as well. The BDN article linked in the title contains additional discussion on these new tables written by their architect.
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2004 12 08 InterBase Comments (0)

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