[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 130345] FIREBIRD: Impossible to create an autovalue key when inserting a new table

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=130345

--- Comment #8 from Julien Nabet <serval2412 at yahoo.fr> ---
(In reply to mhonline from comment #7)
> dropping support of firebird within LO might be a good idea.
> Non working and no developement on their site visable (last FB 4.0Beta is 15
> month old, ODBC 3 Year, all new stuff around FB JAVA-based only)
> m.

LO uses Firebird 3.0.0 whereas 3.0.5 exists but it needs some working to use it
since it must work on Linux, Mac and Windows (so patches may be necessary).
For the rest, that's the reason why Firebird has been put back experimental.
So you can't create new ODB files with Firebird when experimental features are
disabled. You can still open existing Firebird odb files even if experimental
features are disabled.

About dropping support of Firebird, I wouldn't oppose against this. The initial
goal to support Firebird was to use a non Java dependent database like HSQLDB
and one day, drop HSQLDB support. There was even a migration tool for this.
But migration tool is quite buggy and Firebird implementation isn't complete.
About HSQLDB, there are more recent versions released but since there was
Firebird, nobody worked on this.
In brief, we're in the middle of a bridge and are stuck for the moment.

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