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Download Firebird 2.5.1 (32-bit)

Firebird 2.5.1 (32-bit)

  -  14.05 MB  -  Open Source

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system. Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of Firebird 2.5.1 (32-bit).


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of Firebird for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

- 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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