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Differences between IBProvider versions

Master table
Capabilities IBProvider Free Edition IBProvider Professional Edition
Summary IBProvider v1 IBProvider v2 IBProvider v3
Global
Support of Firebird up to 2.0 version yes yes yes yes yes
Support of Interbase up to 6.0 yes yes yes yes yes
Support of Yaffil yes yes yes yes yes
Support of Firebird begin from 2.1 version, including Firebird 2.5 no yes yes yes yes
Support of Interbase begin from 6.5 version, including Interbase 2009 no yes yes yes yes
Support of the 64 bit architecture no yes yes yes yes
Allows selecting client library (gds32.dll or fbclient.dll). See the dbclient_library initialization property yes yes no no yes
Support information properties which contain client library info. IB Client, IB Client Version, IB Client Name yes yes no no yes
No restrictions on data size. Using the own hard disk cache with 64 bit access. yes yes yes yes yes
Support of server and client cursors yes yes yes yes yes
Bookmark type 8 bytes 4 bytes/8 bytes 4 bytes 8 bytes 8 bytes
Distributed transactions and DTC yes yes yes yes yes
Transaction savepoints yes yes yes yes yes
Nested transactions yes yes no no yes
Subscribtion on transaction commit/rollback events yes yes no no yes
Support of information properties and algorithms implemented in Firebird 2 (for example, you can get database creation date) yes yes no no yes
Updatable rowsets no yes no yes not yet
Connection pooling yes yes yes yes yes
Query pooling no yes no no yes
Character sets processor yes yes no no yes
Read metadata through the OLE DB schematics no yes yes yes yes
Extended SQL support
DDL queries (ALTER, DROP, CREATE) yes yes yes yes yes
Support of changes in DML (Data Model Language) for Firebird 2.0 - EXECUTE BLOCK, INSERT RETURNING yes yes no no yes
Support of changes in DML (Data Model Language) for Firebird 2.1 - UPDATE OR INSERT, UPDATE RETURNING, DELETE RETURNING yes yes no no yes
Support of ODBC Escape Sequences (used in Crystal Reports, MS SQL Server, SSAS) ODBC 3.5 ODBC 3.5 a partly a partly ODBC 3.5
ADO, Visual Basic, VBScript, JavaScript, Microsoft Office, etc
Support of ADO (ActiveX Data Objects), Visual Basic, VBScript, JavaScript yes yes yes yes yes
Visual Basic For Applications (VBA) yes yes yes yes yes
new! Microsoft Word. Using FB/IB databases as the source for emailing through the Mail Merge (menu item: Tools->Letters and Mailings->Mail Merge) no yes yes yes yes
new! Microsoft Excel. Using FB/IB databases as the source for importing in Excel (menu item: Data->Import External Data->Import Data) no yes yes yes yes
Visual Studio .Net 2003, 2005, 2008 (Orcas)
Connecting to IB/FB using C++ client library for any OLE DB Provider (Visual C++ only) yes yes yes yes yes
Access to Firebird and Interbase from the ADO .Net library (C#, VB.Net, etc) yes yes yes yes yes
Extended support of the ADO .Net and Visual Studio wizzards and code generators :
  • Data Source Configuration Wizzard
  • Build queries with Query Builder
  • Generate DataSet
  • Generate Table Adapters
  • DataSet designer
  • Server Explorer
 yes yes yes yes yes
MS SQL Server
Connect Firebird and Interbase to the Linked Server in SQL Server 2005/2000 no yes read only yes read only
new! Support SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence (Analisys services, Integration Services , Reporting Services) no yes no yes yes
Borland Delphi, C++ Builder
Interacting with IB/FB through the our C++ client library for any OLE DB Provider yes yes yes yes yes
OLE DB Direct VCL library yes yes yes yes yes
Interacting with IB/FB through the standard components dbGo (ADO Express). The article: Working with Interbase and Firebird in Delphi no yes yes yes yes

IBProvider Professional Edition (32 bit)

Professional distribution kit contains:

IBProvider ver. 3.0.0.8628 RC4
It is the most modern provider based on a new core. Our new data control technology is the result of the 5 years research in to large corporate applications and data access libraries. It while not support the updatable rowsets, but we are plan to implement this feature in the next releases.

IBProvider ver. 2.6.17.3024
Special designed for working with SQL Server using the Linked Server.

IBProvider ver. 1.9.23.3024
This provider compatible with components based on the 4-byte rowset bookmarks (for example, dbGo, ADO Express for Delphi and C++ Builder).

IBProvider Professional Edition (32/64 bit)

Special 32/64 bit edition contains all IBProvider drivers from 32-bit edition and latest 64-bit IBProvider ver. 3.0.0.8628 RC4.

Download IBProvider Professional Edition (32/64 bit)

IBProvider Free Edition

We believe in IBProvider v3 quality and robustness. And we want to make a gift for all Interbase and Firebird Community users. New IBProvider v3 Free Edition is absolutely free of charge and most powerful version based on the commercial core of IBProvider v3. We are sure, the community will appreciate our gift, since previous free IBProvider v1.5 (Dec 2001) still counts about a thousand downloads a month.

Download IBProvider Free Edition

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