Bagas31: Firebird is a Windows program that is a free cross-platform relational database management system. It runs on macOS, Linux, Microsoft Windows and some Unix platforms. It was created in 2001 as a fork of Interbase 6.0 and is developed by a community of developers. It supports SQL-92 Entry Level 1 and most of the SQL-99 standard. Here is a brief description of its capabilities:
Multi-user access to data. Firebird allows multiple users from different computers to work with the database simultaneously. It uses MVCC (multi-version concurrency control) to provide high performance and data consistency when reading and writing simultaneously.
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Stored procedures and triggers. Firebird allows you to define stored procedures in PSQL, which is an extension of SQL. Stored procedures can perform complex logic and return results as recordsets or scalar values. Triggers are special stored procedures that are automatically called when data is inserted, updated, or deleted in a table. Triggers can be used for data validation, business rules implementation, auditing, and other purposes.
Sequence generators. Firebird supports transaction-independent 64-bit sequence generators that can be used to create unique identifiers for entries in tables. Sequence generators ensure that values are unique even when accessing the database in parallel.
External functions. Firebird supports external functions (UDFs), which can be written in any language and easily connected to the server as shared libraries. External functions can extend the server’s capabilities by adding new data types, functions, or procedures.
Cross-platform and compatible. Firebird runs on different operating systems and hardware platforms such as Windows, Linux, macOS, HP-UX, FreeBSD, Solaris and others. It supports different server architectures: ClassicServer (one process per connection), SuperServer (all connections use one process), SuperClassic Server (one process, but its own thread per connection) and Embedded (the system is contained in one library). It also supports different database file formats: ODS 11.x (Firebird 2.x), ODS 12.x (Firebird 3.x) and ODS 13.x (Firebird 4.x).
Firebird is a reliable and efficient software for managing relational databases on Windows PC. It is intended for anyone who wants to work with data in SQL or PSQL. It has a simple and intuitive interface in Russian & English and supports Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 and XP.
