The newest release features full JDBC 2.0 compatibility (passed JDBC CTS 1.3.1 suite), new JDBC and X/Open specification features and a group of Firebird-specific interface features.

The Type 2 driver support now enables use of all of the supported Firebird client models, including Windows embedded server. This driver can also be used with InterBase 6.5 and 7.0.

The JDBC connection pool has been completely reimplemented, with multi-threaded connections, prepared statement caching and more enhancements.