It took a little longer than expected by version 0.4.0 of the FireRuby library has been released. As noted in the previous news item this release provides some alterations and additions to aid in the development of the Firebird ActiveRecord adapter. The other major change is the addition of functionality to extract SQL field type information. The gem files for the release are available from the Ruby Forge site so download them and give them a try.
Its been a quiet few months for the FireRuby library as I've been bounced around quite a bit over the last while. Things are finally starting to settle down and I've managed to assemble a stable work environment. Over this weekend I've incorporated a few (minor) bug fixes and made some alterations requested by Ken Kunz in support of the ActiveRecord adapter. I will hopefully be releasing this as version 0.4.0 in the not too distant future.
A new Firebird adapter for Ruby On Rails has been created and submitted for acceptance. This adapter is uses the FireRuby library to provide access to Firebird. The Rails ticket for the new adapter can be found here. Instructions on how to deploy and use the adapter can be found here. If you make use of this adapter please provide feedback as to its stability or any issues you encounter on the adapter ticket.
Version 0.3.2 of the FireRuby library has been released. This version mainly incorporates work relating to database connections. It is now possible to obtain a database connection using host user validation (on POSIX systems). Functionality has also been added to allow for connection options. This connection option support has been mainly used to add support for character sets relating to connections. See the README file that accompanies the release for more information.
This is a fairly minor release. The Connection class has been enhanced such that it will attempt to rollback all outstanding transaction whenever the connection is closed. This will insure that a clean up is at least attempt whenever something goes wrong. A small amount of extra documentation was also added.
Version 0.3.0 of the FireRuby library has been released. The main provision of this release has been the addition of functionality that allows for database administration tasks (backup, restore and user management). Please consult the project README file for a more extensive discussion of additions, fixes and alterations.
This new release of the FireRuby extension provides a Linux i386 build of the library for the first time (thanks to Ken Kunz for his help and assistance in providing this). No new functionality has been added for this and no bugs have been fixed. If you are using version 0.2.1 for Windows or Mac OS X there is no need to upgrade.
This is a bug fix release of the FireRuby library. No new functionality has been added. Please consult the read me for details of the changes made.
This releases adds some new functionality, corrects a bug and improves upon the documentation for the library. See the README file in the documentation directory for more information.
This initial release provides gems for Mac OS X (with the Firebird server installed as a framework) and Windows. Please read the README file in the release doc directory for more information.
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