nice changelog from bazaar imports

flamerobin is daily mirrored to bazaar repository from ubuntu

here is the nice changelog for the head

and to get it from bzr write just this


bzr branch lp:flamerobin
cd flamerobin
./configure
make ; make install

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

Build details on Ubuntu Itrepid Ibex

Builds

• intrepid sparc Successfully built (DONE)
• intrepid powerpc Successfully built (DONE)
• intrepid lpia Successfully built (DONE)
• intrepid ia64 Chroot problem
• intrepid hppa Needs building
• hardy i386 Successfully built (DONE)
• hardy amd64 Successfully built (DONE)

here are the build details for the flamerobin source package in Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex


..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

flamerobin Portability

Damyan Ivanov wrote on the mailing list :

Recently Flamerobin Debian package was built[1] on arm, ia64
(Itanium), mips, mipsel (little-endian mips), powerpc and sparc.

[1]http://buildd.debian.org/build.cgi?pkg=flamerobin

The failures in the above table are due to Firebird not being ported
to hppa, m68k and s390.

So, I want to say "Good work everyone!" and thanks for writing
portable code :)


..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

flamerobin with tabs screenshot

here are the screenshots with new tabbed browser and wxAUI build

http://javivf.alasombra.net/blog/?p=988

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

software listing for flamerobin has been updated

macosx section
http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Business/FlameRobin.shtml
linux section
http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Database/Administrative-frontents/FlameRobin-3807.shtml
windows
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Servers/Database-Utils/FlameRobin.shtml

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

Nominate Firebird & Flamerobin for SourceForge awards

This link is for firebird nomination

This link is for flamerobin nomination

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

Ubuntu 8.04 released with Firebird+Flamerobin included

Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 is released with firebird2.0 and flamerobin included in their repository

Here is an easy guide for installing firebird2.0 and then follow the flamerobin 0.8.6 guide

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..:: ubuntu ::..:: hardy ::..

Tabbed browser and wxAUI - build

Milan Babuskov wrote:

> Any chance of making an experimental Windows build, so people who
> don't compile FR can test?

Test builds (Ansi + Unicode) for Windows can be loaded at

<http://www.flamerobin.org/mghie/flamerobin-0.8.7.1684.zip>


Thanks

--
Michael Hieke


..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

Roadmap changes

Some changes in the roadmap wiki with features already done and what is left to be done
Also some rewrite ideas are already implemented

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

simple way to install flamerobin in ubuntu hardy

flamerobin 0.8.6 is now included in official hardy rapository
and can be installed by an simple

$sudo apt-get install flamerobin
Or click here to install

First question on apt-url install

Another question about apt changes

Downloading the package

Screenshot with flamerobin 0.8.6 after all is finished



..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::...:: Ubuntu ::..

Tabbed browser and wxAUI

Milan wrote on devel-list

I have committed to SVN the experimental tab-based implementation of
property pages (using wxAUI). I have developed it on Linux, but it
would be nice if others (i.e. you) could test on other platforms to
see how it works. It's a single commit, and if it turns out that it
doesn't work, we can revert it (at least it would be a nice demo for
what I'd like to see in 'new' FR Michael is working on).

What is done:

- added a notebook control to the main frame (when you start FR,
maximize the window)
- notebook control shows tabs of all opened metadata item property pages
- you can also open links in separate "windows" like the "old" FR
using the "open link in a new window" context menu
- browsing around should be complete and bug free
- maybe adding a 'open link in a new tab' would also be a good idea,
as you currently cannot watch both 'triggers' and 'fields' of a table
(for example) in separate tabs (only in a separate window).

- I also added a special "items" tab, that shows children of the
currently selected tree item (in the main tree)
- "items" tab is only a 'demo', it just shows items, you cannot do
anything with them
- also, each part of the address label (home > localhost > ... ) could
be made a clickable link to go back in hierarchy

Here are some screenshots:

Table properties:
http://www.flamerobin.org/aui/table_properties.png

Showing how list control makes browsing a lot of objects easier:
http://www.flamerobin.org/aui/tables_list.png

Simple split view:
http://www.flamerobin.org/aui/split_view.png

Users can easily split the screen however they want:
http://www.flamerobin.org/aui/split_3way.png

How table columns are displayed (useful when field properties page
cannot fit the screen):
http://www.flamerobin.org/aui/table_columns.png


To do all this, I moved all the property-page functionality from
MetadataItemPropertiesFrame to a new class,
MetadataItemPropertiesPanel. Currently, MetadataItemPropertiesFrame
only show a single item, but I guess it could be extended to support
multiple tabs as well.

Before going further I have few doubts, and I'd like others to try it
out and give some input. There seem to be many ways to handle
'tab-based browsing'. We can have the current code, or have ability to
have multiple MainFrame's (i.e. tree+notebook), or we can have a
single main frame (tree-only) and many notebook-frames.

The more 'separation' (i.e. freedom) we have for these elements, it
would be harder to do navigation. Currently it's easy since one tree
maps to one list control.

Also, there seem to exist some wxAUI classes for MDI, so maybe they
would be interesting to play with.

P.S. I know that some of the classes might need to get renamed after
this, for example framemanager doesn't make much sense when it
actually manages panels. If left it as-is as it's a public interface
to other classes, and I'm still not sure about the final shape of the
whole thing.

--
Milan Babuskov


..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

flamerobin used at infovark.com

We’ve been using Firebird as infovark’s SQL database for several months now. It’s an open source fork of Borland’s InterBase SQL server. So far, we’ve been extremely impressed by the database itself. Its companion database administration tool, FlameRobin, is shaping up nicely too. It’s currently in version 0.86, but it handles most of what we need.


..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

flamerobin 0.8.6 officially acepted in ubuntu hardy

it should appear soon in the official hardy repository

http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/utils/flamerobin

here is the distro list where flamerobin 0.8.6 is included
Debian http://packages.debian.org/lenny/flamerobin
Gentoo http://gentoo-portage.com/dev-db/flamerobin


..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

flamerbin mention

one mention about flamerobin and the multithreading thread
..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

Gnome Files page updated

Gnome Files page is now updated

http://gnomefiles.org/app.php/FlameRobin

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

icewalkers page is now updated

with the new release
(it should appear soon the 0.8.6 version )

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

sf.net newspage is now updated

https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=803985

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

Usage Statistics For FlameRobin on sf.net

download and usage stats are growing on sf.net
https://sourceforge.net/project/stats/?group_id=124340&ugn=flamerobin&type=&mode=alltime

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

freshmeat page updated

i have updated the freshmeat page
http://freshmeat.net/projects/flamerobin/
i work now to update the r sf.net news , icewalker , gnomefiles

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

firebird 2.1 rc2+flamerobin for ubuntu hardy/gutsy are ready

Here is the guide to install firebird2.1 and flamerobin on ubuntu hardy/gutsy



..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

Notes about multithreading and download link

you can follow this thread about the multithreading and at the end there is an download link

for windows only for the moment
http://www.flamerobin.org/mghie/flamerobin-boosted.zip


run the included executable. It should load your current
fr_databases.conf file and show the databases in a tree.
Double-clicking a database node initiates the connection in a worker
thread. Please note that you can try to connect to a database on an
unavailable server, and continue to work with the program. Current FR
would freeze until the timeout.

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

Notes about multithreading

I have created a new branch in SVN with the code that I have currently
written for a multi-threaded FlameRobin, using Boost libraries.

If you are interested you can check it out from

<https://flamerobin.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/flamerobin/branches/fr-with-boost>

I have built it using MSVC++ on Windows, and using gcc on Ubuntu. Boost
libraries need to be installed on the machine, that can be done using
apt-get on Ubuntu, and by manually installing the latest libraries
installer from www.boost.org on Windows. On Windows the environment
variable BOOST_ROOT needs to be defined.

The code doesn't do a whole lot currently: It loads the
fr_databases.conf file and shows the databases in a tree view.
Double-click or [Return] on a database node connects / disconnects a
database. Connected databases show the lists of system tables and user
tables. These lists are populated on-demand, when the collection nodes
are to be expanded. All access to the database (API calls) is performed
in a background thread.

The most interesting (as in different from current FlameRobin sources)
code can be found in src/hierarchy (DBH uses Boost smart pointers) and
in src/engine (multi-threaded API calls).

Tests of the code and comments are very welcome.

Thanks

--
Michael Hieke


..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

flamerobin 0.8.6 included in gentoo

here is the changelog for the package

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

Accepted 0.8.6-1 in debian unstable

flamerobin 0.8.6 is available in unstable and can be installed /compiled in any debian version

here is the message from the debian package page

[2008-03-18] Accepted 0.8.6-1 in unstable (low) (Damyan Ivanov)

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..:: Debian ::..

flamerobin - 0.8.6 package for ubuntu hardy/gutsy is ready

flamerobin - 0.8.6 added to ubuntu hardy/gutsy repository and uploaded

flamerobin 0.8.6 is now included in official hardy rapository
and can be installed by an simple

$sudo apt-get install flamerobin
Or click here to install


If you want to use it with firebird 2.1 in hardy or have gutsy installed then you will need to use this repository

https://launchpad.net/~mapopa/+archive

you can install flamerobin 0.8.6 final + firebird2.1 in ubuntu 8.04 by adding these lines in the /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mapopa/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mapopa/ubuntu hardy main

$sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install flamerobin

$flamerobin

and now check the about box , make an screenshot and put it on flickr or

make an video and upload it to youtube

for gutsy you need to use these lines in /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mapopa/ubuntu gutsy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mapopa/ubuntu gutsy main

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..:: ubuntu ::..:: gutsy ::..:: hardy ::..

FlameRobin 0.8.6 is out

This is mostly a bug-fix release, probably a first ’stable’ 0.8
version without major bugs. Windows, Linux and Mac OS X binaries and
source code package are available for download. I recommend all Linux
distribution packagers to upgrade (especially if you still use 0.8.3
or lower). Here’s the changelog since 0.8.3:

New features
- DataGrid: BLOB data is now (optionally) shown in cells. Read-only for now.
- DataGrid: A basic ORDER BY clause building when column header is
double-clicked
- Support for LIST function in Firebird 2.1
- Support for MON tables in Firebird 2.1 (Read-only for now.)

Enhancements and Bug fixes
- DataGrid: FR no longer crashes when transaction has ended
(commit/rollback) and grid edit control is active
- DataGrid: Complete string is now shown for editing and copying multiline text
- DataGrid: Copy command now copies a single cell if nothing is selected
- DataGrid: Fixed mixup between BLOB ID and data it contains
- DataGrid: Fixed bug when editing or deleting in grid causes exceptions.
- DataGrid: Successfully deleted rows are deselected, so user can
easily see what is done.
- DDL extraction for GRANTs now only quotes names when needed
- DDL extraction for defaults does not use double quotes anymore.
- Database property page now shows minor ODS version when it is not zero
- Hovering over icons in privileges window, now really shows the grantor
- Improved parsing of SELECT statements
- Support for INSERT..RETURNING and EXECUTE STATEMENT that return a
single record
- Fixed messagebox flood when Execute Procedure called and it doesn’t
return anything
- Print preview and SaveToHtmlFile works again for manual and changelog
- Extracting invalid DDL (missing domain data in system tables) does
not crash FR anymore
- Silent installation (on Windows) does not show changelog window anymore
- Autogenerated domains (system domains) do not show up in the tree anymore
- Added ALTER DOMAIN action for domains
- Tree now shows NOT NULL for columns that inherit NOT NULL from domain
- Fixed parsing bug when non-reserved keyword is used as identifier
- Fixed autocomplete for selectable procedure alias when procedure
call contains parameters (in PSQL)

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

Gtk2 snapshot will become final 0.8.6 release

You'll be glad to know that I just built and uploaded 0.8.5.1645 Gtk2
package - which will probably become the official 0.8.6 release in the
next few days.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=124340&package_id=251789

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

Changes in FlameRobin 0.8.6 ALPHA

From the svn changelog

New features

- DataGrid: BLOB data is now (optionally) shown in cells. Read-only for now.
- DataGrid: A basic ORDER BY clause building when column header is double-clicked
- Support for LIST function in Firebird 2.1
- Support for MON tables in Firebird 2.1 (Read-only for now.)


Enhancements and Bug fixes

- DataGrid: FR no longer crashes when transaction has ended (commit/rollback) and grid edit control is active
- DataGrid: Complete string is now shown for editing and copying multiline text
- DataGrid: Copy command now copies a single cell if nothing is selected
- DataGrid: Fixed mixup between BLOB ID and data it contains
- DataGrid: Fixed bug when editing or deleting in grid causes exceptions.
- DataGrid: Successfully deleted rows are deselected, so user can easily see what is done.
- DDL extraction for GRANTs now only quotes names when needed
- DDL extraction for defaults does not use double quotes anymore.
- Hovering over icons in privileges window, now really shows the grantor
- Improved parsing of SELECT statements
- Support for INSERT..RETURNING and EXECUTE STATEMENT that return a single record
- Fixed messagebox flood when Execute Procedure called and it doesn't return anything
- Print preview and SaveToHtmlFile works again for manual and changelog
- Extracting invalid DDL (missing domain data in system tables) does not crash FR anymore
- Silent instalation (on Windows) does not show changelog window anymore
- Autogenerated domains (system domains) do not show up in the tree anymore
- Added ALTER DOMAIN action for domains
- Tree now shows NOT NULL for columns that inherit NOT NULL from domain
- Fixed parsing bug when non-reserved keyword is used as identifier.
- Fixed autocomplete for selectable procedure alias when procedure call contains parameters (in PSQL)

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

flamerobin 0.8.5 snapshot for ubuntu 8.04 hardy heron is ready

you can install flamerobin 0.8.5 snapshot into ubuntu 8.04 by adding these lines in the /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mapopa/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mapopa/ubuntu hardy main

$sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install flamerobin

$flamerobin

and now check the about box , make an screenshot and put it on flickr or

make an video and upload it to youtube

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

flamerobin 0.8.5 snapshot ready in the debian repository

you can test it in debian unstable (amd64 and i386)
http://packages.debian.org/sid/flamerobin

Other binary snapshots for 0.8.5 are here
(you can tests on other operating systems)


..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

New Firebird Silver Sponsor from South Africa

And some nice words about flamerobin :) (kudos to the flamerobin team)

From Firebird Foundation blog via firebirdnews.org:

QuickEasy Software, from Cape Town, today became a Silver sponsor, with CEO Heinrich van der Vyver stating “…recently converted our software from IB6 to run on Firebird 2.0.3 and I’m very pleased with the result, also with the backend utility Flamerobin.”

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

flamerobin 0.8.3 in ubuntu's ppa gutsy repository

I have added i386 and amd64 packages for gutsy (stable version)
You can install flamerobin 0.8.3 this way

add these lines in /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mapopa/ubuntu gutsy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mapopa/ubuntu gutsy main

then
$sudo apt-get update
$sudo apt-get install flamerobin
you will have an authentication error (an small bug in ppa)

WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
flamerobin
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y

$flamerobin

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..:: ubuntu ::..:: gutsy ::..

flamerobin 0.8.3 in ubuntu's ppa repository

For the moment i have i386 and amd64 packages for hardy (devel version)
You can install flamerobin 0.8.3 this way

add these lines in /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mapopa/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mapopa/ubuntu hardy main

then
$sudo apt-get update
$sudo apt-get install flamerobin
you will have an authentication error (an small bug in ppa)

WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
flamerobin
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y

$flamerobin


..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::....:: Ubuntu ::....:: Hardy ::..

ppa builds complete

	lpia build of flamerobin 0.8.3-1ubuntu7 in ubuntu hardy RELEASE Build started 25 minutes ago on rhenium (xen-lpia) and finished 17 minutes ago taking eight minutes — see the log
	i386 build of flamerobin 0.8.3-1ubuntu7 in ubuntu hardy RELEASE Build started 27 minutes ago on thallium (xen-i386) and finished 18 minutes ago taking nine minutes — see the log
	amd64 build of flamerobin 0.8.3-1ubuntu7 in ubuntu hardy RELEASE Build started 25 minutes ago on osmium (xen-amd64) and finished 16 minutes ago taking eight minutes — see the log

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..:: ubuntu ::..:: hardy ::..

flamerobin 0.8.3 is uploaded to ppa.launchpad.net

First version is for ubuntu hardy amd64, i hope to add soon the other versions (gutsy)
The packages must be approved first then they will be visible here https://launchpad.net/~mapopa/+archive

Here is how it was done folowing this quick ppa howto
I have created an configuration file
$vi ~/.dput.cf
[my-ppa]
fqdn = ppa.launchpad.net
method = ftp
incoming = ~mapopa/ubuntu/
login = anonymous
allow_unsigned_uploads = 0

Then downloaded and extracted flamerobin debian version
$dget -x http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/flamerobin/flamerobin_0.8.3-1.dsc

$cd flamerobin-0.8.3

I have installed quilt/dput on my machine
$apt-get install quilt dput
I have modified debian/rules and debian/control to add myself to the maintainers
something like is described in this document
Increased the ubuntu package nr
$dch -i
$debuild -S -sa
$dput my-ppa flamerobin_0.8.3-1ubuntu6_source.changes
Here is the log

Checking Signature on .changes
gpg: Signature made Fri 22 Feb 2008 08:54:52 AM EST using DSA key ID 350F6DE9
gpg: Good signature from "Popa Adrian Marius (Mariuz) "
Good signature on /home/mariuz/work/flamerobin/flamerobin_0.8.3-1ubuntu6_source.changes.
Checking Signature on .dsc
gpg: Signature made Fri 22 Feb 2008 08:54:45 AM EST using DSA key ID 350F6DE9
gpg: Good signature from "Popa Adrian Marius (Mariuz) "
Good signature on /home/mariuz/work/flamerobin/flamerobin_0.8.3-1ubuntu1.dsc.
Uploading to my-ppa (via ftp to ppa.launchpad.net):
Uploading to ubuntu (via ftp to upload.ubuntu.com):
flamerobin_0.8.3-1ubuntu6.dsc: done.
flamerobin_0.8.3.orig.tar.gz: done.
flamerobin_0.8.3-1ubuntu6.diff.gz: done.
flamerobin_0.8.3-1ubuntu6_source.changes: done.
Successfully uploaded packages.
Not running dinstall.




..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

building flamerobin from debian git repository

git-clone git://git.debian.org/git/collab-maint/flamerobin.git
cd flamerobin

debuild -i -us -uc -b

ls -lah ../*deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 900K 2008-02-22 12:45 ../flamerobin_0.8.3-1_i386.deb
dpkg -i ../flamerobin_0.8.3-1_i386.deb
..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

GCC slowness... problem solved

[Ed: Milan solved the speed problem for g++, here is what he wrote on devel-list]
Hi all,

Today I tried building FlameRobin with MSVC Express. It works really
nice and it builds FR from scratch in about 2.5 minutes on this
machine where I tried it (Intel Celeron M 1.4GHz with 256MB RAM). This
in on Windows XP Pro with all anti-virus and similar software turned
off.

Then I tried on Linux (it's a dual boot machine) and GCC took 272
seconds, i.e. 4.5 minutes. Both compilers are using PCH. I got really
frustrated about this in the past, so much that I considered to
install Windows on my machine and do FR development there.

But, I suddenly got the idea that GCC might be losing too much time
optimizing. So, I tried to lover the optimization from level 2 to
level 1. I got slight improvement: 225 seconds. Still too slow. Then I
turned it off, and I got the amazing 130 seconds, i.e. 2:10. This is
quite acceptable to development and I guess I'll only use -O2 when we
build the release versions from now on.

The option can be changed by setting CXXFLAGS environment variable
before you run 'configure' script. Something like this (if your shell
is bash):

$ export CXXFLAGS=
$ ../configure ...
$ make

It looks like GCC isn't that bad after all.

--
Milan Babuskov


..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

uploading flamerobin to download.com

One way to spread the word about flamerobin is to upload it to download.com
Here are some of the " benefits " , Linux world is better than the winworld
..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

building flamerobin package - debian/ubuntu way

Here is how to build flamerobin package from debian repository (sid) experimental
sudo apt-get install libwxgtk2.6-dev quilt
wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/flamerobin/flamerobin_0.8.3.orig.tar.gz
tar -zxvf flamerobin_0.8.3.orig.tar.gz
wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/flamerobin/flamerobin_0.8.3-1.diff.gz
gunzip flamerobin_0.8.3-1.diff.gz
cd flamerobin-0.8.3-src/
patch -p1 < ../flamerobin_0.8.3-1.diff
debuild -i
[drink some beer]
ls -lah *.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 mariuz mariuz 907K 2008-02-02 11:39 flamerobin_0.8.3-1_i386.deb

sudo dpkg -i flamerobin_0.8.3-1_i386.deb

flamerobin

ps: i used an previous firebird guide

..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

Flamerobin code used with wxLua

I never used wx's ODBC classes; I'm using SQLite3 (via wxSQLite3) / FireBird (via IBPP) databases. I already have -hand written- Lua bindings of wxSQLite3 and IBPP. In a recent C++ project, I used wxGrid/FireBird (code taken from FlameRobin); I like it. Now I want to test/use them with wxLua.

Re: About wxGrid with database wxPropertyGrid usage

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Displaying multiline text and blobs

Milan wrote on the mailing lists :

I have implemented the ability to show blob data in the grid and now the
need to show multiline text has increased. I have some ideas about it,
but I'd like to see as much possible feedback as I believe many users
are using multiline text columns. Here are the ideas of UI to cover
it:

a) show tooltip while mouse hovers over cells
b) show tooltip on some user action (like double-click)
c) have a separate subwindow (split grid or sql editor adding another
column to it) which stays on screen until user closes (hides) it
d) have a separate window/dialog that would only show the data

c) and d) is something I plan for Blobs with tabs for
text/hex/image/etc. representation, so maybe it is the best idea for
text as well? Such dialog could have some options like 'save to file'
and similar.

Please give any comment or your own idea. I might even set up a
website poll if we can't figure out what is the best solution.

Thanks,

--
Milan Babuskov
http://www.flamerobin.org


..:: FlameRobin ::..:: Firebird ::..

FlameRobin 0.8.3 released

We've rolled out a new release as promised, mostly bugfixes with some important improvements in efficiency(faster work over slow links, faster processing of long SQL statements and more responsive data grid when used with large datasets), please download it and try it. We have binary packages for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and sources, of course. This is a bugfix release for 0.8.1. Here are the things fixed in 0.8.3.

wxWidgets 3.0

However soon -- hopefully in the beginning of the next year -- we will release wxWidgets 3.0 which will be the first change of major version since a long time and only the second time it happens in wxWidgets history. So it may be interesting to look at what exactly has changed to warrant this and I'll try to briefly describe it in this post.
[Hurray we will get rid of wxT() macro in code ]

wxBlog

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x2develop: Jiří Činčura : FlameRobin Portable

I like the software without installation, just one exe, one config saved on some well know place or near exe. For Firebird administration, I'm mainly using wfsql (better isql), IBExpert and FlameRobin (and sometimes isql).

x2develop: Jiří Činčura : FlameRobin Portable

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Quick Start Firebird : Perkenalan Praktis « Let’s Go Green !

Quick Start Firebird in indonesian language

Spotted on worpress.com firebird tag area

with an small note about flamerobin :P

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Windows test builds

I will be posting test builds of the SVN code for Windows (Ansi and Unicode versions) from time to time. You will be able to find them at the test-builds directory of the FlameRobin website.

The first available version is built from SVN trunk, revision 1522.

Just unzip the proper version (vc/flamerobin.exe for Windows 95 and 98, vcu/flamerobin.exe for Windows 2000, XP and Vista) into your program directory. The builds are for testing new features and may have bugs, so if you depend on FlameRobin and want to make sure that you can go back to the last official version, just rename the original executable instead of overwriting it.

Accepted flamerobin 0.8.1 in debian

it was accepted into unstable version

http://packages.qa.debian.org/f/flamerobin.html
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Mandriva 2008 errata with new flamerobin 0.8.1 included

Various crasher bugs in Flamerobin

The version included with Mandriva Linux 2008 of Flamerobin, a database administration tool, contained various bugs that could potentially lead to crashes.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a new release through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, flamerobin-0.8.1-1mdv2008.0, was released on October 23rd 2007. It provides version 0.8.1, which fixes several of these crasher bugs. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Releases/Mandriva/2008.0/Errata#Various_crasher_bugs_in_Flamerobin

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New test version available

I have posted a new version with the mask creation parameter set to 16.
Please download it at

http://www.flamerobin.org/mghie

and try on Windows 95, 98, 2000 and so on.

Thanks

--
Michael Hieke

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flamerobin 0.8.1 in gentoo portage already

http://gentoo-portage.com/dev-db/flamerobin
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flamerobin on torry.net

http://www.torry.net/pages.php?id=1417#375874
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flamerobin 0.8.1 released

Changes: And here's the changelog for 0.8.1: New features - SQL Editor: added command to Execute statements from cursor position - SQL Editor: themable toolbar icons (support for entire FR in next version) Enhancements and Bug fixes - SQL Editor window now has a standard menu and toolbar - Editable grid: fields are now set to NULL when DELETE key is pressed in empty box - Fixed crash when Insert clicked after transaction Commit/Rollback - Fixed crash when Insert clicked while editing field value - Fixed problem with Insert being disabled until column info is loaded - Fixed charset conversion problems with editable grid and insert dialog - Insert and Delete buttons are now properly enabled and disabled - Fixed DDL extraction for usernames in privileges - Windows version can be installed without administrative privileges

SourceForge.net: Files

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Download FlameRobin 0.8.0 - FlameRobin is a database administration tool for Firebird DBMS. - Softpedia

Also the softpedia page seems to be updated with some screenshots (don't know what version it is...)

Download FlameRobin 0.8.0 - FlameRobin is a database administration tool for Firebird DBMS. - Softpedia

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Flamerobin 0.8.0 download - Flamerobin (aded to icewalkers.com)

Release Notes : The ability to edit, add, and remove existing rows of the DataGrid directly was added. This works even for joins and complex queries. A basic Test Data Generator was added, as was the ability to create a selectable stored procedure for a table.

Flamerobin 0.8.0 download - Flamerobin

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FileForum | FlameRobin for Linux 0.8.0 aproved

The update of your program FlameRobin for Windows/Linux/Macosx to version 0.8.0 has been approved.

maybe i should update the screenshot also on our main screenshots area with new version 

FileForum | FlameRobin for Linux

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FileForum | FlameRobin for Windows/Linux/Macosx

BetaNews.com has received a new release submission of:

    FlameRobin for Linux/Windows/Macosx version 0.8.0

Once the release has been approved by FileForum editors, it will appear on the site.

FileForum | FlameRobin for Windows

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Changes in FlameRobin 0.8.0 ALPHA

New features in FlameRobin 0.8.0

- DataGrid: ability to edit (UPDATE) existing rows directly in the grid
- DataGrid: ability to add (INSERT) rows in the grid (with BLOB support)
- DataGrid: ability to remove (DELETE) one or multiple rows from the grid
- DataGrid: all features of editable grid work even for joins and complex queries
- DataGrid: data can now be exported as CSV values
- A basic Test Data Generator (please test, we need your feedback to improve it)
- Ability to create a selectable stored procedure for a table

Complete changelog

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flamerobin/firebird livecd+bootable usb key with mandriva this time

I made a Mandriva Live CD with Firebird

Inside is Mandriva 2007.1, Firebird 2.0.1 Classic, Flamerobin, Ibwebadmin,
kinterbasdb.

Default language is French, but you can change it.
The good news is that it made with MCNLive so you can do your own iso from it
and even make your own bootable usb key, simply using a wizzard !
Thanks MCNLive.

To download it :
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/firebird-fr/fbmdv.iso
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/firebird-fr/fbmdv.iso.md5.txt

Next step will be to add Lazarus FreePascal on it with UIB components

–
Philippe Makowski
http://www.ibphoenix.com
Supporting users of Firebird and InterBase
Firebird serveur SQL open-source en français http://firebird-fr.eu.org

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creating an flamerobin/firebird livecd with ubuntu feisty fawn

You can download the final live cd from this page 
i used this guide
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization
download ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso from http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
in my case my nearest mirror
wget http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/ubuntulinux.org/releases/feisty/ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso
sudo apt-get install squashfs-tools mkisofs qemu
sudo modprobe squashfs
cp ~/ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso ~/live/
cd ~/live
mkdir mnt
sudo mount -o loop ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso mnt
mkdir extract-cd
rsync --exclude=/casper/filesystem.squashfs -a mnt/ extract-cd
mkdir squashfs
sudo mount -t squashfs -o loop mnt/casper/filesystem.squashfs squashfs
mkdir edit
sudo cp -a squashfs/* edit/
sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf edit/etc/
sudo cp /etc/hosts edit/etc/
sudo chroot edit
mount -t proc none /proc
mount -t sysfs none /sys
export HOME=/root
export LC_ALL=C
in the Customization part (after you do sudo chroot edit)
I decomented the two lines in /etc/apt/sources.list  sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty universe 
apt-get update 
apt-get install flamerobin 
apt-get install firebird2-super-server 

Please enter new password for SYSDBA user:masterkey 
apt-get clean 
rm -rf /tmp/* 
rm /etc/resolv.conf 
umount /proc 
umount /sys
exit
chmod +w extract-cd/casper/filesystem.manifest
sudo chroot edit dpkg-query -W --showformat='${Package} ${Version}\n' > extract-cd/casper/filesystem.manifest
sudo cp extract-cd/casper/filesystem.manifest extract-cd/casper/filesystem.manifest-desktop
sudo sed -ie '/ubiquity/d' extract-cd/casper/filesystem.manifest-desktop

sudo rm extract-cd/casper/filesystem.squashfs
sudo mksquashfs edit extract-cd/casper/filesystem.squashfs
sudo -s
rm extract-cd/md5sum.txt
cd extract-cd && find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum > md5sum.txt
exit
sudo mkisofs -r -V "$IMAGE_NAME" -cache-inodes -J -l -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o ../ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386-flamerobin.iso .
qemu -cdrom ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386-flamerobin.iso -boot d

or write the iso ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386-flamerobin.iso on the dvd with k3b or nautilus
after the system boots you can create an database with
the username:sysdba
password:masterkey
and the path
/tmp/flamrobin.fdb

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Popularity contest statistics for flamerobin (in debian )

popcon graph

http://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=flamerobin

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browser usage on the flamerbin.org page

More than 57% are using firefox also the other browsers are in the charts too

konqueror, safari , opera

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install firbird 2.0.2 and flamerobin on ubuntu dapper LTS version (amd64)

I have been a big fan of the Firebird database for a while now. It is a fast, reliable and maintenance free database which suits my needs. While it is very good at a couple of things, one of the features that I like is the fact that the entire database is stored in one file. In principle this is not important, but it is pretty clean and can be very useful.

trying to solve IT problems » Blog Archive » install firebird 2.0.2 on Ubuntu dapper amd64

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flamerobin 0.7.6-3 in ubuntu gutsy launchpad

flamerobin 0.7.6-3 (i386 binary) in ubuntu gutsy, the interesting thing is about the building log

flamerobin 0.7.6-3 (i386 binary) in ubuntu gutsy

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OT:Milan is very close to Romanian border

Maybe we can get together in one place (alex,me, milan)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Subotica&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=54.357317,82.265625&ie=UTF8&ll=45.943511,20.742188&spn=3.017639,6.943359&z=8&iwloc=addr&om=1

FlameRobin worth $1.2 milion

I added FlameRobin to ohloh.net. It took our code from repository and calculated the development cost: 1.200.000 USD. Wow, I guess nobody would want to invest that kind of money into FR, but we invested our time/work instead :)

presentations held at eliberatica

Below you can find in the order listed on the conference schedule, the presentations held at eLiberatica.

eLiberatica Conference - 2007 - Welcome!

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open with flamerobin screen shot

open_with on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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screenshots for the eliberatica

Here are the Screenshots alex did  for the eliberatica.ro event

Screenshots - a photoset on Flickr

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new 0.7.7 version with wxwidgets 2.8.x

flamerobin_about on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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nice new feature in flamerobin

nice new feature for flamerobin

open_with flamerobin screen shot

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New testing version is here

I rebuilt FR against wxWidgets 2.8.4, with only one small change: In
Ansi build the fr_databases.conf file is saved now with the system
character set. The conversion to and from UTF-8 does not work in the
Ansi build, anyway, so all characters >= 128 (like umlaut chars) where
mangled.

I hope these work for all of you, but please make a backup copy of your
fr_databases.conf file *before* you test the new executables. Please
find them at

http://www.flamerobin.org/mghie/FR_0.7.7_wx2.8.4.zip>

and check them out. Should work much better than the build against CVS
HEAD, and could be a good test for using 2.8.4 for the next official
FlameRobin build.

Thanks for any feedback

--
Michael Hieke


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First step to make compatible with wxWidgets CVS HEAD

*Michael commited First step to make compatible with wxWidgets CVS HEAD (see http://www.wxwidgets.org/wiki/index.php/Development:_UTF-8_Support for reasons of wxChar type casts)

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Keyboard shortcuts for advanced users ?

Eugen Stoianovici wrote on the flamerobin-devel lists :

First of all, i've been using flamerobin ever since i've switched from postgress to firebird(some time last spring or summer) and it's great .
Are there any keyboard shortcuts implemented in flamerobin's main window?

It would be great if i could use my mouse less than now. Here's what i have in mind
:
main window
1. Shortcut for registering new server
2. Shortcut for registering new database
3. Shortcut for running a query
4. Shortcut for disconnect

query window

1. Shortcut for new window

I'ld be more than happy to implement these features but instead of diving right into coding, i wanted to ask for an unified view on this matter

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Flamerobin+Firebird mention in an Indonesian blog

3. Database Front End

Open Source Toolkit For Developer « Let’s Go Green !

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flamerobin+firebird+ibutils mentioned on one blog post (written in Italian language)

In particolare, in seguito alla continua ricerca in rete di "strumenti" (sempre aggratiss) per lavorare con Firebird e in seguito a ripetuti confronti tra tutto ciò che offre il web, mi sento di poter riassumere in due link quelli che sono attualmente i miei ferri del mestiere che, quindi, consiglio a tutti: Flamerobin, per lavorare via sql con tabelle e procedure, IBUtils per disegnare la struttura del db in maniera grafica e visuale.

michele de meo

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Fikret Added instruction how to build flamerobin using MS VC++ 2005 Express

 MSW - Visual C++ 2005 Express Build Instructions  Microsoft Visual C++ Express is a freeware version of MS Visual Studio. There are two ways to build FlameRobin. One is via the dsp/dsw  project files, and the other is via the makefile.vc command line makefile.

SourceForge.net Repository - [flamerobin] View of /trunk/flamerobin/BUILD.txt

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rate flamerobin on linuxappfinder

Login or Register to rate FlameRobin, add a Tag, or designate as an alternative to a Windows app

FlameRobin | Linux App Finder

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flamerobin used in osFinacials software

After downloading the osFinancials software, you may proceed to install the software.

The Installation process consists of 3 basic steps:

1. Installation of the osFinancials program http://www.osfinancials.org
2. Installation of the Firebird Database Engine http://www.firebirdsql.org
3. Installation of FlameRobin Database Admin Software http://www.flamerobin.org

Single User Eng Install manual - OsFinancials Wiki

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Help us improve FlameRobin

Do you use fast-search bar ? vote in this pool

flamerobin.org

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wrapped Millan :)

Milan got one of themand was immediately wrapped in it

Firebird Conference 2006 - ... Milan got one of them

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milan babuskov doing the presentation @ conference

He showed us the techniques he uses to do metadata updates. That was quite interesting and there was some discussion coming up how other people do it. The problem seems to be the same everywhere but there is not one solution for all ...

Firebird Conference 2006 - Milan Babuskov

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milan @ firebird conference

The Tourist

Firebird Conference 2006 - The Tourist

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Firebird Conference 2006 papers

The papers  for the Firebird Conference 2006 talks are available for download here (you need to right click and use “Save As”).
watch the
Developing Cross-Platform Applications with Firebird and wxWidgets
Milan Babuskov

Digg - Papers of Firebird Conference 2006

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how to create an local svk mirror

Here is how i created an local svk mirror for me

svk mirror http://flamerobin.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/flamerobin/trunk //mirror/flamerobin
svk sync //mirror/flamerobin
svk cp //mirror/flamerobin //local/flamerobin
mkdir ./mariuz-flamerobin
cd ./mariuz-flamerobin
svk co //local/flamerobin


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Distributed Revision Control System and flamerobin

In case you want to use an Distributed Revision Control System like SVK (and work on a local mirror) Here  is an guide writen for Gnome project but you can apply it to flamerobin too (just replace the project name and repository)

For Once I Oneder » Blog Archive » Distributed Revision Control and Gnome

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flamerobin release aproved on fileforum

[17:38] astanciu: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/FlameRobin_for_Windows/1097506373/1
[17:38] astanciu: Wheee
[17:38] astanciu:

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what is new in feisty fawn ? flamerobin by default

So what are we going to get? It is hard to exactly predict, but some things seem certain. Feisty will certainly lead the way with new desktop technologies, including 3d effects and windows that wobble.
[ED: now flamerobin is included by default and can be installed by doing:
 sudo apt-get install flamerobin in linux console]

FeistyFawn/Herd1 - Ubuntu Wiki

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BetaNews.com has received a new release submission of:

    FlameRobin for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows for  version 0.7.6

Once the release has been approved by FileForum editors, it will appear on the site.

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FlameRobin 0.7.6 screenshot ( for reference )

Mariuz said he needs one, so here it is. This one's on Windows XP

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[BetaNews]: Program Release Submission Approved!

The update of your program FlameRobin for Linux/Windows/Macosx to version 0.7.5 has been approved.

You can find it on BetaNews at the following address:

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/FlameRobin_for_Linux/1097506373/3

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/FlameRobin_for_Mac_OS_X/1097506373/2

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/FlameRobin_for_Windows/1097506373/1

please give us some votes :)

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flamerobin is updated on beta news fileforum page

FlameRobin has the following other editions available

seems that flamerobin is updated on beta news

Your releases pending approval:

FlameRobin for Linux 0.7.5

FlameRobin for Mac OS X 0.7.5

FlameRobin for Windows 0.7.5

submitted 11/13/2006

FileForum | FlameRobin for Windows

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flamerobin 0.7.5 available in Gentoo

I recently committed an ebuild for FlameRobin 0.7.5 into Gentoo's
portage repository. Should sync to mirrors in a few hours and users can
then

emerge flamerobin on Gentoo

I have had an ebuild for FlameRobin since 0.4.8. I posted to the list
long ago about it I believe. I became a dev a few months back, and not
sure why I did not think to commit it sooner.

The ebuild is masked/keyworded unstable/experimental. Although it's been
stable for me on both x86, and amd64 for some time. In 30 days or so,
baring any bug reports. I will file stabilization requests with the arch
teams.

Thanks for all the hard work on a great tool. Hopefully this will help
to increase the user base a bit, so your work can be appreciated by even
more.

--
William L. Thomson Jr.
Gentoo/Java


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firebird conference demo project (wxwidgets+ibpp)

you can download the demo project from here http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flamerobin/EmptyProject.zip?download

After unpacking, follow the HOWTO.txt for a short step-by-step explanation.

Using stuff from FR, I made a minimal program structure (bakefile,makefiles, etc.) that enables anyone to have a quick start when creatingnew applications with IBPP and wxWidgets. The program allows you to typethe project name, and it does search&replace on all files, giving you anempty project where you can easily add new .cpp and .h files to thebakefile.

FlameRobin: flamerobin @ Firebird Conference 2006

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wxBlog: wxWidgets at Firebird Conference 2006

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