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diff --git a/lib/odbc/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/odbc/doc/src/notes.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1f9b3b4290 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/odbc/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -0,0 +1,492 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> +<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd"> + +<chapter> + <header> + <copyright> + <year>2004</year><year>2009</year> + <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> + </copyright> + <legalnotice> + The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, + Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in + compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the + Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be + retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/. + + Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" + basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See + the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations + under the License. + + </legalnotice> + + <title>ODBC Release Notes</title> + <prepared>otp_appnotes</prepared> + <docno>nil</docno> + <date>nil</date> + <rev>nil</rev> + <file>notes.xml</file> + </header> + <p>This document describes the changes made to the odbc application. + </p> + + <section><title>ODBC 2.10.6</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Applied a patch from Andrew Thompson, which fixes some + error cases.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8291</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The documentation is now built with open source tools + (xsltproc and fop) that exists on most platforms. One + visible change is that the frames are removed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8250</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + </section> + + <section><title>ODBC 2.10.5</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + A missing return statement in a non void function has been fixed in <c>odbc</c>. (Thanks to Nico Kruber) + </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7978</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + </section> + + + <section><title>ODBC 2.10.4</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + param_query now handles the in_or_out parameter + correctly.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7720</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Changed the internal socket use so that it will become + more robust to non-functional ipv6 and fallback on ipv4.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7721</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + </section> + + <section><title>ODBC 2.10.3</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Configure update for mac.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7418</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Known Bugs and Problems</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + describe_table/[2,3] on mac gives an empty result</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7478</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + + <section><title>ODBC 2.10.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + SQLINTEGERs where not retrieved correctly on 64 bit + platforms as an SQLINTEGER is defined to be a 32 bit + integer and not a true long.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7297</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + </section> + + <section><title>ODBC 2.10.1</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Now supports out and input parameters for stored + procedures.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7019</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + ODBC is now prebuilt for SLES10 in the commercial build + and parameters to error_logger:error_report/1 has been + corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7294</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Parametrized queries will now work correctly when using + Erlang R12B-2 on Linux (SuSE 10.3), MySQL 5.0.45, myodbc + 3.51 and unixODBC 2.2.12. Earlier it could happen that an + error was returned even though data was correctly + inserted into the database.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7307</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Known Bugs and Problems</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + SQLINTEGERs are not retrieved correctly on 64 bit + platforms as an SQLINTEGER seems to be defined to be a 32 + bit integer and not a true long.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7297</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + </section> + + <section><title>ODBC 2.10</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Enhanced configure to among other things work better when + there is a library found but it is not usable e.i. 32 bit + library in 64 bit build.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7062</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + </section> + + <section><title>ODBC 2.0.9</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The odbc application now has to be explicitly started and + stopped e.i. it will not automatically be started as a + temporary application as it did before. Although a + practical feature when testing things in the shell, it is + not desirable that people take advantage of this and not + start the odbc application in a correct way in their + products. Added functions to the odbc API that calls + application:start/stop.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-6984</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Changed Makefile.in so that odbc is not disabled on + 64-bits architectures. It was earlier disabled due to + that it had never been tested in that environment.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-6987</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>ODBC 2.0.8</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Minor Makefile changes.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6689</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>ODBC 2.0.7</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>When using a parameterized query on a windows platform + the data was inserted in the table on the sql-server but + the connection was lost, this seems to be due to a + compiler error that has now been worked around, but + further investigation is ongoing to verify that that + really was the problem.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5504</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>param_query/[3,4] could return an unexpected row count + for some drivers, in this case a postgresdriver.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6363</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>ODBC 2.0.6</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>pthread header and library mismatch on linux systems (at + least some SuSE and Debian) with both NPTL and + Linuxthreads libraries installed.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5981</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Changed configure to find odbc in /usr/local too</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5966</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Known Bugs and Problems</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>When using a parameterized query on a windows platform + the data is inserted in the table on the sql-server but + for some reason the connection is lost.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5504</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>ODBC 2.0.5</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Fixed bug, reported error when deleting nonexisting rows, + thanks to Laura M. Castro for reporting this.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5759</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Known Bugs and Problems</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>When using a parameterized query on a windows platform + the data is inserted in the table on the sql-server but + for some reason the connection is lost.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5504</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Odbc 2.0.4</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>/usr was added as a default place for configure to look + for the odbc library on unix/linux platforms.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5501</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>A legacy timer in the c port program was set to infinity. + All timeout handling is handled by the erlang code and a + extra timeout in the c code will just lead to confusion + if it is released.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5502</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Known Bugs and Problems</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>When using a parameterized query on a windows platform + the data is inserted in the table on the sql-server but + for some reason the connection is lost.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5504</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Odbc 2.0.3</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>odbc now uses configure as all "normal" applications + instead of providing special Makefiles for each + commercial supported platform. This also makes it easier + to build odbc on non supported platforms.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5437</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>odbc 2.0.2</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>When issuing a batch of queries and one of the queries + fail the odbc port program crashed. This is no longer the + case.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5176</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>odbc 2.0.1</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Added use of the socket option TCP_NODELAY, as in the + case of Erlang odbc the Nagel algorithm will never help, + but always cause an unnecessary delay.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5100</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>odbc 2.0</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Erlang ODBC now handles batches of queries and can return + multiple result sets.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4642 Aux Id: seq7766 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The old interface that became deprecated in odbc 1.0 has + now been removed.</p> + <p>*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4794</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The port program now sends different exit codes to Erlang + when it exits due to failure. This instead of sending the + same exit code and then trying to write to stderr. Erlang + encodes the exit code to a descriptive atom.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4813</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Erlang ODBC now supports parameterized queries for the + most common ODBC data types.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4821</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>SQL_NUMERIC and SQL_DECIMAL columns are converted to + integer and float values if possible.</p> + <p>*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4826</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Result sets are now by default returned as a list of + tuples which is the most intuitive and useful mapping. To + keep some degree of backwards compatibility you may turn + this off to get the old behavior that result sets are + returned as lists of lists. However do not use this in + new code as it is considered a deprecated feature that + eventually will disappear.</p> + <p>*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4850</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The odbc implementation now mostly uses sockets to + communicate between the c and the erlang process, this is + to avoid a lot of problems arising from different + odbc-drivers doing strange things that disturbed the + port-program communication mechanism.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4875</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + <!-- p>For information about older versions see + <url href="part_notes_history_frame.html">release notes history</url>.</p --> + </section> +</chapter> + + |