Release Notes

Version 3.0.0.0 Build 0 - April 9, 2008

• Allow four part names when used from SQL Server.
• Unicode/Wide Character conversions corrected in the OLEDB Provider
• Optimized Omnidex Keyword searches when more than one key can be used for a table.
• Permit long Image passwords (Eloquence)
• odbc.ini search directory fix for Mac OSX.

Version 2.2.8.0 Build 0 - January 25, 2008

This is a general or "push" release. This release contains important modifications and improvements that should be deployed to all sites.

•  OJ mixed form multiple "on" clause fix.
• Added Ignore UID/PWD option.
• Fixed syslogd message leak.
• Log IP address on connection error.
• Added MSTRACELOGON.
• DECODE return value type now string.
• Mismatched quotes.

Version 2.2.7.6 Build 3 - November 15, 2007

This is a "pull" release. Please contact Minisoft support for update files.  A general release is planned with these changes and a new manual.

• Include version information.
• Allow tracing SQL Statements without fully enabling tracing.
• Increased tracing details.
• Support for UNIX based qsort routine.
• Configurable temporary directory.
• Support for CYYMMDD.
• Fix Packed number conversion for non-MPE.
• Support Omnidex on UNIX.
• Fix Unsigned Integer conversions.
• Option added to use native Eloquence calls.
• Fix defunct processes left when launching from a shell script.
• Fixed locking level on record delete and insert.
• Fixed dblock descriptor Endean issue with Windows based Eloquence.
• Added option to Ignore UID/PWD.
• Fixed 64bit Endean issues.
• Correct handling of GROUP BY syntax.
• Fixed handling of scaled constants.
• Corrected JOIN processing.
• Support for 64bit libraries.
• Cleanup memory when disposing of Statement Handles.
• Fixed multiple SQLGetData calls for truncated data.
  

Version 2.2.7.0 Builds as of October 12, 2006

• Build for Release.
• Return 08S01 in place of 08004 if server disconnects unexpectedly.
  (i.e. Job stopped for backup.)
• Long File Names.
• Return Item Type Meta Information.
• Performance (speed) optimizations.
• Adding ROWID.
• Consolidate platform source.
• Omnidex support with Eloquence
• Supports Robelle SD Files on UNIX

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Version 2.2.6.5 Builds as of March 31, 2005

• Option for no auto _TPI suffix."
• Add limit to write packet size."
• Dynamic allocation of space for tracing buffer."
• Remove Uppercase only Database name"
• Remove requirement for {oj ... } syntax"
• Add Trace for SQL statement size (OPNS).
• Add url_unescape ( Value );"
• Refine TPI Token parsing."

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Version 2.2.6.4 Build 2 - June 14, 2004

Problems Corrected:

• Fix for parameterized Big Integers.
• Fix for truncation of record sets over 2000 bytes.
• Fix for TPI token parsing. If the search value contained a '-' the record would not be found unless the wildcard '@' was used.

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  Version 2.2.6.4 Build 0 - January 21, 2004

New Features:

• Modifications for source code portability.
• Support for SQLDECIMAL and SQLBIGINT.
• Added results for SQLColumns when no table is given.
• Logging improvements.
• Diagnostic messages enhanced.
• Support for multiple server types.
• Support for multiple client types.
• Improved support of long server transactions.
• Added the functions ROUND, COALESCE, ISNULL, ISNUMERIC, SIGN, and DECODE.
• Added statement type HOSTCOMMAND.
• Allow 3kodbc.dll to self-install.

Problems corrected:

• Fix for ADO and NULLABLE columns.

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Version 2.2.6.2 Build 7 - August 5, 2003

New Features:

• Speed improvements.
• Improvements to the tracing facilities.
• Additional Oracle support.
• Consolidation of code from different operating systems.
• Added ROUND function.

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Version 2.2.6.2 Build 0 - July 3, 2003

New Features:

• The primary feature added to this release is support for a variety of client types. In addition to Windows, we now support the driver running from HPUX, Solaris, Linux, and Mac OSX. Clients other than Windows must be licensed either individually (based upon HW) or by client type.
• Support for Oracle.
• An OS independent logging facility has been added to enhance support.
• Exception conditions (such as sign on failure) can now be logged to OS dependant processes (Application Event Log under Windows and syslogd under UNIX).
• The space between some of the properties is now optional. "Account Password" can now be represented as "AccountPassword". This feature was added for web based (primarily Java) tools that could not parse connection properties that included an embedded space.

Problems corrected:

• CONCAT now handles data types other than CHAR and VARCHAR.
• Timing for checking whether the client is still alive was not accurate and has been fixed.
• Syntax errors in UPDATE statements are now reported.

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