What’s New in This Release?

The highlights of Release 7.0.1 are:

■	New database version support

●	PostgreSQL 9.1

●	Sybase 15.7

●	Database.com, using the Salesforce driver

●	Greenplum 4.1

■	New operating system version support

●	Red Hat Linux 6.1

●	Oracle Solaris 11 and Oracle Solaris 11 Express

■	New drivers

●	Progress OpenEdge Wire Protocol driver

●	Sybase IQ Wire Protocol driver

■	OpenSSL version 1.0.0d support

■	Microsoft SQL Server Wire Protocol driver enhancements

●	NTLM authentication from UNIX

■	PostgreSQL driver enhancements

●	The MaxVarcharSize connection option specifies the maximum size of columns of type SQL_VARCHAR that the driver describes through result set descriptions and catalog functions.

●	The MaxLongVarcharSize connection option specifies the maximum size of columns of type SQL_LONGVARCHAR that the driver describes through result set descriptions and catalog functions.

■	Greenplum driver enhancements

●	The MaxVarcharSize connection option specifies the maximum size of columns of type SQL_VARCHAR that the driver describes through result set descriptions and catalog functions.

●	The MaxLongVarcharSize connection option specifies the maximum size of columns of type SQL_LONGVARCHAR that the driver describes through result set descriptions and catalog functions.

●	The Enable Keyset Cursors connection option enables emulated Keyset cursors to provide scrollable cursors to an ODBC application.

●	The Keyset Cursor Options connection option determines which columns are used to comprise the keyset that the driver uses to create the initial keyset on which cursor operations are based.

■	Salesforce driver enhancements

You can now configure the Salesforce driver to operate in server mode, which allows the driver to connect to a 32-bit SQL engine JVM running as a separate service.The SQL Engine Mode connection option specifies whether the driver’s SQL engine runs in the same 32-bit process as the driver (direct mode) or runs in a process that is separate from the driver (server mode). The Server Port Number connection option specifies a valid port on which the SQL engine listens for requests from the driver.

Other enhancements include:

●	Fetch, insert, update, and delete support for data from Database.com

●	Create, alter, and drop table support in Salesforce.com, Force.com, and Database.com

●	Update, delete, and upsert bulk operation support

●	Bulk delimiter support

NOTE: For the Salesforce Web Service API versions supported by the Salesforce driver, refer to the product matrix on the Progress DataDirect Web site:

http://www.datadirect.com/products/odbc/matrix/connectodbc.htm

■	Sybase IQ Wire Protocol driver support

●	Connection, Extended Connection, and Select failover support

●	Connection pooling

●	Stored procedures

●	Parameter arrays

●	IPv6 support

●	Cancel and Query Timeout