Firebird 5.0 released

[Pieter Bas Hofstede 14]

https://firebirdsql.org/en/firebird-5-0/

 

New In Firebird 5.0

Summary of New Features

Firebird 5.0 introduces many improvements without any changes in architecture or operation, the most important are:

• Parallel (multi-threaded) operation for backup/restore, sweep and index creation;

• Partial indices;

• SKIP LOCKED clause for SELECT WITH LOCK, UPDATE and DELETE statements;

• Inline minor ODS upgrade;

• Compiled statement cache;

• PSQL and SQL profiler;

• Support for WHEN NOT MATCHED BY SOURCE for MERGE statement;

• Support multiple rows for DML RETURNING;

• New built-in functions and packages;

• Denser record-level compression;

• Network support for scrollable cursors;

[MichaelT 6]

Great!