In FB 1.5 you can check the new features in the release notes. As for
FB 2.0, I think Helen already answered, but here are some of the new
features that *probably* will be found in FB 2.0:

Derived tables (aka SELECT FROM SELECT) - *ready*
New local protocol (aka XNET) - *ready*
Explicit cursors in PSQL - *ready*
Incremental backup - *ready*
Smart optimizer - *in progress*
SQL Functions – *in progress*
New B-tree code
Security changes (metadata protection, PAM, etc.)
More internal functions
Expression indexes
New optimized network protocol

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Carlos
http://www.warmboot.com.br
FireBase - http://www.FireBase.com.br

SMN> Hi

SMN> Thank you for the answer. Now how can users of FireBird make use of alle
SMN> these nice new features if they are not documented. :-)

SMN> Now I would like to collect some information about the features of the
SMN> different versions, but I need a little help as I haven't been following the
SMN> improvements to FireBird. I have started by making a *very* small feature
SMN> matrix on http://www.smn.dk/FireBird. I hope the page will grow with
SMN> information about the functionallity of FireBird versus the Interbase 6.0
SMN> documentation. I would appreciate very much if you would send any additions,
SMN> corrections, etc to firebird@....

SMN> -
SMN> Svend