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Bugs Fixed Firebird 2.5.2 Security Update 1, March 2013 Firebird 2.5.2 Release Firebird 2.5.1 Release Firebird 2.5.0 Release Old Bugs Fixed 18. Platform Ports HPPA IBM eServer z-Series Linux/sh4 (Renesas SH) HP-UX Port for Very Old Windows 32-bit Platforms 17. Compatibility Issues Effects of Unicode Metadata Configuration Parameters Removed SQL Language Changes Utilities API Changes Security Hardening Access Path for Services Known Platform Issues 16. Installation Notes Linux (POSIX) Windows 15. Command-line Utilities fbtracemgr Retrieve Password from a File or Prompt gsec fbsvcmgr gbak nBackup isql gpre (Precompiler) gstat 14. International Language Support (INTL) Default COLLATION Attribute for a Database ALTER CHARACTER SET Command Connection Strings & Character Sets Other Improvements 13.

Procedural SQL (PSQL) Quick Links Autonomous Transactions Borrow Database Column Type for a PSQL Variable New Extensions to EXECUTE STATEMENT Other PSQL Improvements 12. Data Manipulation Language (DML) Quick Links 11. Data Definition Language (DDL) Quick Links 10. Administrative Features New RDB$ADMIN System Role Trace and Audit Services Monitoring Improvements 8. Configuration Parameter Additions and Changes AuditTraceConfigFile Parameters Affecting Filesystem Cache Usage ConnectionTimeout Authentication MaxUserTraceLogSize OldSetClauseSemantics RemoteAuxPort For Classic and Superclassic Use Hostname for RemoteBindAddress RemoteFileOpenAbility 7.

Reserved Words and Changes Clean-up of Reserved Words Newly Reserved Words Keywords Added as Non-reserved 6. Changes to the Firebird API and ODS ODS (On-Disk Structure) Changes API (Application Programming Interface) Extensions 5.

Changes in the Firebird Engine New Threading Architecture Thread-safe Client Library Improvements 4. New in Firebird 2.5 Firebird 2.5.1 Release (September 2011) Firebird 2.5 Release (October 2010) Other New Features 3. General Notes Firebird 2.5.2 Security Update 1 Firebird 2.5.2 Sub-release Firebird 2.5.1 Sub-release Bug Reporting Documentation 2.
