Bugfixes and Additions since Release 1.0

Bug # 567931

Partly fixed by D. Yemanov

(1.5) A metadata security hole.

Unregistered bug

fixed by Artem Petkevych

(1.5) BigInt arrays didn't work.

Bug # 538201

fixed by Claudio Valderrama

(1.5) Crash with extract from null as date.

Unspecific

fixed by N. Samofatov

(1.5) Deferred metadata compilation: solved a lot of causes of the well-known "object in use" error.

Known Issues

The following outstanding issues were known at sub-release 1.5.1.

Never-Implemented gbak Feature

Note added at v.1.5.4 release:

In the v.1.0 release notes, a new, optional numeric argument for gbak's -v[erbose] switch was announced, supposedly to track commands as a restore proceeded. This feature was withdrawn during Firebird 1.0 beta development due to regression effects and never appeared in any Firebird release.

Issue with SQL Plans

PLANs for selectable procedures having multiple FOR loops are reported in the wrong order.

Example (from QMDB test):

create procedure proc1 returns (a integer) as

begin

for select a from table1 into :a do suspend;

for select b from table2 into :a do suspend;

end ^^

...

select * from proc1^^

1.5.1 produces the PLAN:

PLAN (TABLE2 NATURAL) (TABLE1 NATURAL)

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instead of

PLAN (TABLE1 NATURAL) (TABLE2 NATURAL)

UPDATE :: This issue was fixed in release v.1.5.2.

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