Bug#251458: [Pkg-firebird-general] Re: Bug#251458: firebird: remote vulnerability

[Remco Seesink]

> > 2. Not all applications will work out of the box from 1.0.x moving to
> >    1.5.x
> 
> Do you have in mind some example incompatibility? I don't think there is 
> something fatal.

That could be true. I noticed ibconsole from IB6 doesn't work well with
firebird 1.5. It is complaining the version is to *old*.

Also firebird 1.5 is more strict with sql and can trigger bugs
not noticed in 1.0.x. Of course this is minor when developing, but can
be a pain for people just deploying. An example I ran into: doing an order
by in a select count(*) query is no longer allowed. (and shouldn't be)

There may be other issues.

Cheers,
Remco.