07 May 2017
We are happy to announce the release of Jaybird 3.0.0.
Jaybird 3.0 is a big change from Jaybird 2.2 and earlier. The entire low-level implementation has been rewritten to be able to support protocol improvements in newer Firebird versions. We have also made changes with a stricter interpretation of the JDBC requirements, and removed some parts that were either obsolete or not functioning correctly.
Most notable changes in Jaybird 3:
Support for wire protocol versions 11, 12, and 13 (without support for encryption and compression); protocol version 13 contributed by Hajime Nakagami
Support for the Firebird 3 SRP (Secure Remote Password) authentication mechanism (contributed by Hajime Nakagami)
Support for streaming backup and restore (contributed by Ivan Arabadzhiev)
Improved Firebird 3 support
Improved and stricter JDBC support (including improved java.time support, and more optional methods implemented)
Initial JDBC 4.3 (Java 9) support (without real module support)
New implementation of the native/embedded Type 2 driver using JNA (a jaybird .dll/.so is no longer needed)
Improved character set handling
Removal of (buggy) connection pool implementation
Removal/replacement of (internal) GDS API
And a large number of smaller bug fixes, improvements, and changes.
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We recommend that you do not consider Jaybird 3.0 a drop-in replacement for Jaybird 2.2, and study the release notes carefully. Test your application with Jaybird 3.0 before using it in production. |
Jaybird 3.0 supports Firebird 2.0 and higher, on Java 7, 8 and 9. Basic Java 9 compatibility is provided through the Java 8 version of the driver.
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