Firebird Type 4 JDBC Driver Downloads

• Jaybird 6
• Jaybird 5
• Jaybird 4

Jaybird 6

Jaybird 6 is now available for testing. You can download it from Jaybird 6.0.0-beta-1 (GitHub).

Jaybird 5

Jaybird 5.0.6 released.

Jaybird 5.0.6 is the sixth maintenance release of Jaybird 5.

See the full release notes for more information.

The release is also available on maven(*):

groupId: org.firebirdsql.jdbc
artifactid: jaybird
version: 5.0.6.java11*

* The version depends on your target Java version: 5.0.6.java11 for Java 11 and higher, 5.0.6.java8 for Java 8.

Additional resources:

• Jaybird 5.0.x javadoc
• Jaybird Frequently Asked Questions
• Jaybird JDBC Driver Java Programmer's Manual

About Jaybird 5

Jaybird 5 is — from a JDBC perspective — an incremental change from Jaybird 4. However, internally, Jaybird underwent some major changes, the biggest was the removal of JCA (Java Connector Architecture) support.

The main new features are:

Upgrading from Jaybird 4 to 5 should be simple, but please make sure to read Compatibility changes before using Jaybird 5. See also Upgrading from Jaybird 4 to Jaybird 5.

Bug reports about undocumented changes in behavior are appreciated. Feedback can be sent to the Firebird-java mailing list or reported on the issue tracker https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/jaybird/issues.

See also the full Jaybird 5 release notes.

Jaybird 4

Jaybird 4.0.10 released.

Jaybird 4.0.10 is the tenth and final maintenance release of Jaybird 4. Jaybird 4 is now end-of-life and we recommend upgrading to Jaybird 5.

See the full release notes for more information.

The release is also available on maven(*):

groupId: org.firebirdsql.jdbc
artifactid: jaybird
version: 4.0.10.java11*

* The version depends on your target Java version: 4.0.10.java11 (for Java 11 and higher), 4.0.10.java8, or 4.0.10.java7

Additional resources:

• Jaybird 4.0.x javadoc
• Jaybird Frequently Asked Questions
• Jaybird JDBC Driver Java Programmer's Manual

About Jaybird 4

Jaybird 4 is - compared to Jaybird 3 - an incremental release that builds on the foundations of Jaybird 3. The focus of this release has been on further improving JDBC support and adding support for the new data types and features of Firebird 4.

The main new features are:

• Wire encryption support (backported to Jaybird 3.0.4)
• Database encryption support (backported to Jaybird 3.0.4)
• Wire compression support
• Authentication plugin improvements
• Firebird 4 data type bind configuration support (since Jaybird 4.0.0-beta-2)
• Firebird 4 DECFLOAT support
• Firebird 4 extended numeric precision support
• Firebird 4 time zone support
• Firebird 4 statement timeout support (since Jaybird 4.0.0-beta-2)
• JDBC RowId support
• DatabaseMetaData getPseudoColumns implemented
• DatabaseMetaData getVersionColumns implemented
• DatabaseMetaData getFunctions implemented (since Jaybird 4.0.0-beta-2)
• DatabaseMetaData getFunctionColumns implemented (since Jaybird 4.0.0-beta-2)
• Improved JDBC function escape support
• New JDBC protocol prefix jdbc:firebird:
• URL encoding in query part of JDBC URL (backported to Jaybird 3.0.9)
• Generated keys support improvements
• Operation monitoring

Upgrading from Jaybird 3 to 4 should be simple, but please make sure to read Compatibility changes before using Jaybird 4. See also Upgrading from Jaybird 3 to Jaybird 4.

Bug reports about undocumented changes in behavior are appreciated. Feedback can be sent to the Firebird-java mailing list or reported on the issue tracker https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/jaybird/issues.

See also the full Jaybird 4 release notes.