This page lists the functionality added in each version of InterBase Data Access Components. To view the full changelog including bug fixes, consult the IBDAC revision history.

27-Sep-07 New Features in IBDAC 2.20

• CodeGear RAD Studio 2007 supported
• Added ability to treat integer fields as TBooleanField when the domain name contains "BOOLEAN"

15-Jun-07 New Features in IBDAC 2.10

• C++Builder 2007 supported

22-Mar-07 New features in IBDAC 2.00

• New functionality:
  • Delphi 2007 for Win32 supported
  • Disconnected model for working offline and automatically connecting and disconnecting supported
  • Local failover for detecting connection loss and implicitly reexecuting some operations supported
  • Added DataSet Manager to control project datasets
  • New component for transferring data between all types of TDataSet descendants added
  • Data export and import to/from XML supported
  • WideMemo field type in Delphi 2006 supported
  • Support for sending messages to DBMonitor from any point of your program added
• Support for more InterBase/Firebird server functionality:
  • RETURNING clause in the INSERT SQL statement (Firebird 2 server only) supported
  • EXECUTE BLOCK syntax (Firebird 2 server only) supported
  • Automatic updates by DB_Key unique field (Firebird 2 server only) supported
  • Default values in stored procedures supported
• Extensions and improvements to existing functionality:
  • General performance improved
  • Master/detail functionality extensions:
    • Local master/detail relationship support added
    • Master/detail relationship in CachedUpdates mode support added
  • Connection pool functionality improvements:
    • Efficiency significantly improved
    • API for draining the connection pool added
  • TIBCScript component improvements:
    • Support for executing individual statements in scripts added
    • Support for executing huge scripts stored in files with dynamic loading added
    • Ability to use standard ISQL tool syntax added
  • Working with calculated and lookup fields improvements:
    • Local sorting and filtering added
    • Record location speed increased
    • Improved working with lookup fields
  • Ability to customize update commands by attaching external components to TOraUpdateSQL objects added
  • Ability to include all fields in automatically generated update SQLs added
• Usability improvements:
  • Syntax highlighting in design-time editors added
  • Easy-to-use demo projects

28-Aug-06 New features in IBDAC 1.10

• Professional editions of Turbo Delphi, Turbo Delphi for .NET, Turbo C++ supported