Embarcadero InterBase 2020 Update 7 released
News|by Leanne Bevan|20 May 2025

Embarcadero's released a new update to their powerful database tool. InterBase 2020 Update 7 comes with some impressive performance improvements to improve the quality and useability. We breakdown the enhancements below.
Installer enhancements for a more robust and modern installation experience
- Updated installer for Windows and Linux Server editions.
- Now includes 64-bit Eclipse Temurin OpenJDK JRE 21.0.6 for better compatibility and performance.
- Improved support for silent installs on Windows for automated deployments.
General quality improvements to enhance customer experience and long term uninterrupted use
- Stability fixes for the InterBase server core and tools like IBConsole.
- Enhanced Interactive SQL results in IBConsole to better handle null or empty strings.
- Improved Performance Monitoring and Monitor Servers features, especially when saving logs.
Driver updates
- ADO.NET drivers updated to version 10.0.3 (available on GitHub and NuGet).
- Python driver updated with BOOLEAN support, also available on GitHub.
What is InterBase?
InterBase is a lightweight, zero-admin database engine suitable for servers and embedded use. It's an ultrafast SQL database with top-of-the-line data security, instant disaster recovery, and unique, award-winning change synchronisation technology.
With editions for mobile, desktop and server, InterBase gives multi-device, multi-platform apps a clear dependability edge and cost advantage as you scale.
InterBase 2020 introduced features like tablespaces, new OS support, SQL optimisations, and enhanced monitoring.
Ready to try InterBase for yourself?
As you can see, InterBase 2020 Update 7 has some brilliant enhancements to improve your database management. If it's a tool you'd like to find out more about, get in touch.
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