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Function and Design Documentation

InterBase documentation to help developers and users to more fully understand both the software and source code.

• InterBase 5.x Function and Design Documentation
• InterBase 6.0 Functional Specifications
• InterBase 6.0 Design Specifications
• Future versions of InterBase?

InterBase 5.x Function and Design Documentation

From the archives of InterBase Engineering.

InterBase 5.0

• Engine Changes
• Gbak Improvements
• Gds_Lock_Print
• Gsplit
• Gbak Enhancement for Gsplit
• InterBase Guardian
• Other Utility Improvements

InterBase 5.11

• InterBase 5.11 Project Specification
• Memory Trace
• Support Adding a New Not Null With Default Value - Design Specifcation
• Support Adding a New Not Null With Default Value - Functional Specifcation

InterBase 5.5

• Configuring the TCP remote buffer size in isc_config

InterBase 6.0 Functional Specifications

InterBase 6.0

• 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 - Functional Specification
• InterBase Components for Delphi - Functional Specification
• InterBase Components for Delphi - Interface Specification
• InterBase 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 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

InterBase 6.0 Design Specifications

InterBase 6.0

• Alter Column Definitions - Design Specification
• Database Level Security - Design Specification
• 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 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.

• Thoughts on what should have been in InterBase 7.0
• InterBase 7.0 Product Proposal
• InterBase 7.0 Questionnaire