v1.9.0

• New: Initial (as for Beta 1) support for Firebird 5.0 API and features.

  • New and extended types: Extended DbInfoCode, StmtInfoCode, DPBItem, SrvRepairOption, SrvBackupOption, SrvNBackupOption, Implementation, SrvRepairFlag, SrvBackupFlag and new ResultSetInfoCode.

  • API: iResultSet.get_info method available for FB5 attachments.

  • Parallel workers: Added DatabaseConfig.parallel_workers configuration option, added parallel_workers parameter to ServerDbServices3.backup, ServerDbServices3.restore and ServerDbServices3.sweep, added parallel_workers to DPB

  • New ServerDbServices.upgrade method (in-place minor ODS upgrades)

• Test: Fix name for to_dict() test.

• Add: Classic API functions for BLR and BLOB manipulation to FirebirdAPI.

• Fix: Wait for completion of ServerDbServices services that do not return data. Otherwise subsequent service calls may end with “Service is currently busy” error.

• Improvement: Internal handling of attachment and trasansaction handles.

• Fix: Documentation link for the driver, provided by @mariuz

• Fix #20: Cursor.description returning () instead of None when the cursor has no rows, which is violation of PEP 249. Fix provided by @fdcastel