Time flies, and now we have the second edition of the must-have book for every Firebird developer. 

This 129-page book has 11 chapters that explain how Firebird 5's new features work and how to use them. It covers the most important changes: faster database upgrades without backups, better data compression, statement caching, and parallel processing. The chapter on SQL profiling tools helps you find and fix slow queries.

The book focuses on practical examples instead of just listing features. You get real performance tests and step-by-step guides for common tasks. The new BLOB chapter is especially useful because these improvements make applications much faster when working with large files.

Here you can see the table of contents and purchase the book in Firebird SQL shop for only US$19.99 (EUR 16.99). The full profit of this book sales through Firebird Shop goes to Firebird Foundation to finance development of free Firebird SQL.