Function and Design Documentation
-
Indices and Sparse Bit Maps
by Paul Beach
- How the Validation Tools Work
-
Firebird for the Database Expert: Episode 1 - Indexes
by Ann Harrison
-
Firebird for the Database Expert: Episode 2 - Page Types
by Ann Harrison
-
Firebird for the Database Expert: Episode 3 - On disk consistency
by Ann Harrison
-
Firebird for the Database Expert: Episode 4 - OAT, OIT, & Sweep
by Ann Harrison
-
Firebird for the Database Expert: Episode 5 - Locking and Record Versions
by Ann Harrison
-
Firebird for the Database Expert: Episode 6 - Why can't I shrink my databases
by Ann Harrison
-
Database Header page structure
by Ann Harrison
-
OSRI Architecture
by Jim Starkey
-
Dynamic SQL, Plumbing, and the Internal API
by Jim Starkey
-
Conceptual Architecture for InterBase/Firebird
by Hubert Chan and Dmytro Yashkir
InterBase 5.x Function and Design Documentation
From the archives of InterBase Engineering.
InterBase 5.0
InterBase 5.1
InterBase 5.5
InterBase 6.0 Function and Design Documentation
Functional Specifications
- Alter Column Definitions - Functional Specification
- Database Level Security - Functional Specification
- Delimited SQL Identifiers - Functional Specification
- Delimited SQL Identifiers in Gpre - Functional Specification
- Exact Numerics - Functional Specification
- Exact Numerics in Gpre - Functional Specification
- Exception Handling - Functional Specification
- Gbak - Functional Specification
- Gpre Migration Issues
- Components for Delphi (IBX) - Functional Specification
- Components for Delphi (IBX) - Interface Specification
- Installation API - Functional Specification
- Solaris Install Routine - Functional Specification
- Unix Install Routine - Functional Specification
- isc_rollback_retaining - Functional Specification
- Keyword Migration - Functional Specification
- Allow Read Only External Files - Functional Specification
- Read Only Database - Functional Specification
- Sequential Scans - Functional Specification
- SQL 92 Date and Time - Functional Specification
- SQL 92 Date Support in Gpre - Functional Specification
- SQL Dialects - Functional Specification
- SQL Dialect Support in Gpre - Functional Specification
- SQL Dialect Summary
- SQL Dialect Matrix
- Updated Status Vector - Functional Specification
- Stored Procedure Changes - Functional Specification
- Database Warning Messages - Functional Specification
- Administration API (isc_service_attach) - Functional Specification
- Administration API (isc_service_detach) - Functional Specification
- Administration API (isc_service_query) - Functional Specification
- Administration API (isc_service_start) - Functional Specification
Design Specifications
- Alter Column Definition - Design Specification
- Database Level Security - Design Specification
- Support for Delimited SQL Identifiers - Design Specification
- SQL 92 Date and Time - Design Specification
- Administration API - Design Specification
- Exact Numerics - Design Specification
- InterBase Installation API - Design Specification
- isc_rollback_retaining - Design Specification
- Keyword Migration - Design Specification
- Read Only Database - Design Specification
- Allow Read Only External Files - Design Specification
- Sort Merge Join Algorithm - Design Specification
- SQL 92 Date Support in Gpre - Design Specification
- SQL Dialects - Design Specification
- SQL Dialect Support in Gpre - Design Specification
- Updated Status Vector - Design Specification
- Stored Procedure Changes - Design Specification
Future versions of InterBase?
This section contains information on what was initially proposed for InterBase V7.0 - pre December 1999.