InterBase 2017 Update 1

Released: Oct 31, 2017

Updates in 2017 Update 1

Features

  • New Supported Platforms
    • InterBase Developer and Server editions now support the following macOS versions:
      • El Capitan
      • Sierra
      • High Sierra
    • InterBase 2017 Update 1 on macOS now supports 64-bit architecture.
    • InterBase Developer and Server editions now support the following Windows versions:
      • Windows 10 Creators Update
  • Expression Index - Support for Expression Indices (EI) enhance the index definition and optimization of queries.
  • Enhancements to GROUP BY and ORDER BY - GROUP BY has been enhanced to take in an ordinal value (INT) referring to a select list item position. GROUP BY and ORDER BY have also been enhanced to take in an "expr" that would result in a single value.
  • Change View Performance - In InterBase 2017 Update 1 Change View retrieval performance has been enhanced. This performance enhancement only works on ODS 17 databases.
  • First Sweep of a Restored Database is now a Fast Sweep - Any database that you restore is immediately marked as swept, therefore the first sweep of that database is a fast sweep.