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ElevateDB 2.28 Released

Posted by Tim Young on Wed, May 2 2018

ElevateDB 2.28 is now available for download. If you're an existing customer, then you should be receiving an email shortly with download instructions.

The breaking changes and new features for the ElevateDB VCL/LCL, DAC, and PHP products are below. In addition, this release contains several bug fixes, which are detailed here.

2.28 Breaking Changes for VCL/LCL Products

The following are breaking changes in 2.28:

Large file support is now enabled by default in ElevateDB. Along with this change, the TEDBEngine LargeFileSupport and TEDBSession LocalLargeFileSupport properties have been removed.

These are published properties, so please be sure to open, ignore any warnings about these properties being absent, and re-save any forms or data modules that use the TEDBEngine or TEDBSession components to ensure that you do not see any runtime missing property errors in your application(s).

If you are using local ElevateDB sessions to directly access shared databases on a file server, you need to make sure that all client applications that are accessing the data are either updated to 2.28 or have their pre-2.28 TDBISAMEngine LargeFileSupport and/or LocalLargeFileSupport properties set to True. Failure to do so can cause the local ElevateDB sessions to not see each other's locks, which can lead to database corruption.

The TEDBEngine ExclusiveFileAccess property has been removed and replaced with the TEDBEngine BufferedFileIO property. Please see the new features in 2.28 section below for more information on the new buffered file I/O functionality in ElevateDB.

2.28 New Features for VCL/LCL Products

The following are the new features in 2.28:

ElevateDB now includes new global buffered file I/O functionality. There are new TEDBEngine BufferedFileIO, BufferedFileIOSettings, and BufferedFileIOFlushInterval properties for configuring the buffered file I/O in the engine. Please see the Buffering and Caching topic in the SQL manual for more information.

ElevateDB now includes new SQL statement and function/procedure caching functionality. There are new TEDBSession SQLStmtCacheSize and FuncProcCacheSize properties for configuring the caching, as well as the TEDBSession FreeCachedSQLStmts and FreeCachedFuncProcs methods for freeing cached SQL statements and functions/procedures. Please see the Buffering and Caching topic in the SQL manual for more information.

There are two new system information tables, the FileIOStatistics table, and the SessionStatistics Table table.

There is a new CURRENT_SESSIONID function for returning the current session ID in SQL/PSM routines.

2.28 Breaking Changes for DAC Products

The following are breaking changes in 2.28:

Large file support is now enabled by default in ElevateDB. Along with this change, the LARGEFILESUPPORT connection attribute has been removed.

If you are using local ElevateDB sessions to directly access shared databases on a file server, you need to make sure that all client applications that are accessing the data are either updated to 2.28 or have their pre-2.28 LARGEFILESUPPORT connection attributes set to True. Failure to do so can cause the local ElevateDB sessions to not see each other's locks, which can lead to database corruption.

2.28 New Features for DAC Products

The following are the new features in 2.28:

ElevateDB now includes new global buffered file I/O functionality. Please see the Buffering and Caching topic in the SQL manual for more information.

ElevateDB now includes new SQL statement and function/procedure caching functionality. There are new STMTCACHESIZE and PROCCACHESIZE connection attributes for configuring the caching, as well as the EDBConnection FreeCachedStatements and FreeCachedProcedures methods for freeing cached SQL statements and functions/procedures in the ElevateDB .NET Data Provider (there are no equivalents for the ElevateDB ODBC Driver. Please see the Buffering and Caching topic in the SQL manual for more information.

There are two new system information tables, the FileIOStatistics table, and the SessionStatistics Table table.

There is a new CURRENT_SESSIONID function for returning the current session ID in SQL/PSM routines.

2.28 Breaking Changes for PHP Products

The following are breaking changes in 2.28:

Large file support is now enabled by default in ElevateDB. Along with this change, the LARGEFILESUPPORT connection attribute has been removed.

If you are using local ElevateDB sessions to directly access shared databases on a file server, you need to make sure that all client applications that are accessing the data are either updated to 2.28 or have their pre-2.28 LARGEFILESUPPORT connection attributes set to True. Failure to do so can cause the local ElevateDB sessions to not see each other's locks, which can lead to database corruption.

2.28 New Features for PHP Products

The following are the new features in 2.28:

ElevateDB now includes new global buffered file I/O functionality. Please see the Buffering and Caching topic in the SQL manual for more information.

ElevateDB now includes new SQL statement and function/procedure caching functionality. There are new STMTCACHESIZE and PROCCACHESIZE connection attributes for configuring the caching, as well as the edb_freecachedstmts and edb_freecachedprocs functions for freeing cached SQL statements and functions/procedures. Please see the Buffering and Caching topic in the SQL manual for more information.

There are two new system information tables, the FileIOStatistics table, and the SessionStatistics Table table.

There is a new CURRENT_SESSIONID function for returning the current session ID in SQL/PSM routines.

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DBISAM 4.45 Released

Posted by Tim Young on Mon, Apr 30 2018

DBISAM 4.45 is now available for download. If you're an existing customer, then you should be receiving an email shortly with download instructions.

The breaking changes and new features for both the DBISAM VCL and ODBC products are below.

4.45 Breaking Changes for VCL Products

The following are breaking changes in 4.45:

The TDBISAMEngine LargeFileSupport property has been removed and large file support is now always on. This functionality has its roots in the old Windows 9x series of operating systems and is no longer relevant.

If you are using local DBISAM sessions to directly access shared databases on a file server, you need to make sure that all client applications that are accessing the data are either updated to 4.45 or have their pre-4.45 TDBISAMEngine LargeFileSupport property set to True. Failure to do so can cause the local DBISAM sessions to not see each other's locks, which can lead to database table corruption.

The TDBISAMSession PrivateDir property has been changed from being a published property to a public property, so you may see a missing property error when loading forms or data modules in the IDE that contain the TDBISAMSession component after updating to 4.45. This property is typically only useful at run-time, and setting it at design-time could cause run-time errors if its value did not work properly with the target operating system's configuration.

To make sure that you don't experience any "missing property" exceptions at run-time in your application, please open any forms or data modules in your application that contain an existing TDBISAMSession component at design-time, ignore any "missing property" errors, and then re-save the owner form(s) or data module(s) that contain the TDBISAMSession component(s).

The TDBISAMEngine TableReadLockRetryCount, TableReadLockWaitTime, TableTransLockRetryCount, TableTransLockWaitTime, TableWriteLockRetryCount, and TableWriteLockWaitTime properties have been replaced with the equivalent TableReadLockTimeout, TableTransLockTimeout, and TableWriteLockTimeout properties.

To make sure that you don't experience any "missing property" exceptions at run-time in your application, please open any forms or data modules in your application that contain an existing TDBISAMEngine component at design-time, ignore any "missing property" errors, and then re-save the owner form(s) or data module(s) that contain the TDBISAMEngine component.

4.45 New Features for VCL Products

The following are the new features in 4.45:

The SQL join performance has been improved by up to 30-40%, depending upon how join-intensive the SQL being executed is. For example, SQL SELECT statements that contain INNER JOINs but no WHERE clauses are very join-intensive, and will benefit the most from this performance improvement.

The internal bitmap set handling for filters and SQL has been changed so that DBISAM uses sparse bitmaps instead of linear bitmaps, resulting in faster performance and less memory consumption. Part of the join performance improvements mentioned previously are due to the use of the new sparse bitmaps.

The sockets functionality in the DBISAM engine has been replaced with a new implementation, which should result in better overall performance and stability for remote sessions and the database server.

There is a new NOWHEREJOINS clause available for the SQL SELECT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements. This clause allows you to prevent DBISAM from treating any inner joins in the WHERE clause (SQL-89-style joins) as optimized joins, instead allowing the expressions to be treated as un-optimized expressions that will be evaluated after any joins are executed.

There are new TDBISAMEngine StoreActive, TDBISAMSession StoreActive, TDBISAMDatabase StoreConnected, TDBISAMTable StoreActive, and TDBISAMQuery StoreActive properties for specifying whether the component's related Active and Connected properties are stored in the owner form or data module.

4.45 Breaking Changes for ODBC Products

The following are breaking changes in 4.45:

The large file support driver configuration option has been removed and large file support is now always on. This functionality has its roots in the old Windows 9x series of operating systems and is no longer relevant.

If you are using local DBISAM ODBC Driver connections to directly access shared databases on a file server, you need to make sure that all client applications that are accessing the data are either updated to use the 4.45 DBISAM ODBC Driver or turn on the pre-4.45 large file support driver configuration option turned on by using the ODBC Driver Configuration Utility that is included with the DBISAM ODBC Driver installation. Failure to do so can cause the local DBISAM sessions to not see each other's locks, which can lead to database table corruption.

The DBISAM ODBC Driver Table Read Lock Retry Count, Table Read Lock Wait Time, Table Transaction Lock Retry Count, Table Transaction Lock Wait Time, Table Write Lock Retry Count, and Table Write Lock Wait Time driver configuration options have been replaced with Table Read Lock Timeout, Table Transaction Lock Timeout, and Table Write Lock Timeout configuration options. These options can be modified using the ODBC Driver Configuration Utility that is included with the DBISAM ODBC Driver installation.

4.45 New Features for ODBC Products

The following are the new features in 4.45:

The SQL join performance has been improved by up to 30-40%, depending upon how join-intensive the SQL being executed is. For example, SQL SELECT statements that contain INNER JOINs but no WHERE clauses are very join-intensive, and will benefit the most from this performance improvement.

The internal bitmap set handling for filters and SQL has been changed so that DBISAM uses sparse bitmaps instead of linear bitmaps, resulting in faster performance and less memory consumption. Part of the join performance improvements mentioned previously are due to the use of the new sparse bitmaps.

The sockets functionality in the DBISAM engine has been replaced with a new implementation, which should result in better overall performance and stability for remote sessions and the database server.

There is a new NOWHEREJOINS clause available for the SQL SELECT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements. This clause allows you to prevent DBISAM from treating any inner joins in the WHERE clause (SQL-89-style joins) as optimized joins, instead allowing the expressions to be treated as un-optimized expressions that will be evaluated after any joins are executed.

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ElevateDB 2.27 Released

Posted by Tim Young on Thu, Jan 11 2018

ElevateDB 2.27 is now available for download. If you're an existing customer, then you should be receiving an email shortly with download instructions.

The complete list of breaking changes and new features is below.

2.27 Breaking Changes

The following are breaking changes in 2.27:

The XML output from the EXPORT TABLE SQL statement now includes a top-level "table" element in order to properly adhere to the XML specifications and allow exported XML files to be properly validated.

The IMPORT TABLE SQL statement can still import XML files formatted with or without the top-level "table" element.

Comparisons between timestamp values and date values now ignore the time portion of the timestamp value and only compare the date portion of the timestamp value with the date value. This means that you can now execute queries like the following:
```
SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE TimeStampColumn = DATE '2017-10-17'
```
and the query will return all rows where the TimeStampColumn column contains a timestamp value whose date portion matches the specified date constant value.

As indicated in incident report #4609:

# 4609 Default Expressions for DECLARE SQL/PSM Statements Not Being Properly Type-Checked

default expressions for DECLARE SQL/PSM statements were previously not being type-checked properly, so you may see new type errors during compilation of routines that do not specify correct default expressions for a given variable type.

2.27 New Features

The following are the new features in 2.27:

New VCL TEDBDataSet Import and Export methods have been added to allow for the import/export of files to/from TEDBTable, TEDBQuery, TEDBScript, and TEDBStoredProc components.

A new LOG EVENT SQL/PSM statement has been added in order to allow SQL/PSM routines (scripts, procedures/functions, triggers, and jobs) to log information, warning, and error events directly to the logged events for the current ElevateDB configuration.

There are new VCL TEDBEngine AddDayTimeToDateTime, AddDayTimeToTime, AddYearMonthToDate, AddYearMonthToDateTime, SubtractDateFromDateAsDayTime, SubtractDateFromDateAsYearMonth, SubtractDateTimeFromDateTimeAsDayTime, SubtractDayTimeFromDateTime, SubtractDayTimeFromTime, SubtractTimeFromTimeAsDayTime, SubtractYearMonthFromDate, and SubtractYearMonthFromDateTime methods that allow for basic interval math directly from native code, in addition to SQL.

As noted above in the breaking changes section, you can now directly compare the date portion of timestamp values with date values.

ElevateDB now logs warning events to the logged events for the current ElevateDB configuration when a database is opened and the database path does not exist, or if the database catalog does not exist.

The ALTER INDEX and ALTER TEXT INDEX SQL statements no longer alter the entire index when only the description is changed.

In addition, this release contains several bug fixes, which are detailed here.

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ElevateDB 2.26 Released

Posted by Tim Young on Mon, Jun 26 2017

ElevateDB 2.26 is now available for download. If you're an existing customer, then you should be receiving an email shortly with download instructions.

The complete list of breaking changes and new features is below.

2.26 Breaking Changes

The following are breaking changes in 2.26:

The following incident report:

Incident Report #4528 - Altering a Table Results in an Incorrect Table Structure Checksum

deals with an issue with incorrect checksum calculations during table alterations. This bug can affect your ability to restore backups when restoring only table files without also restoring the database catalog. However, please keep in mind that the table structure checksums are only re-computed when a table is altered in some way, and under normal operation are simply just stored and compared to ensure that the physical table files match the table structure for the table in the database catalog.

There is a new JOININDEXTHRESHHOLD keyword available for the SQL SELECT statement. This keyword controls how ElevateDB handles optimized (indexed) WHERE conditions on tables that are the target of INNER JOINs. For more general information, please see the How ElevateDB Selects the Rows section in the Optimizer topic in the SQL manual.

Previously, ElevateDB would simply use any available, usable index and build a bitmap that represented the set of rows, irrespective of how many rows were selected. This works fine when there are no joins, but can be problematic when the number of rows selected is large and the table is also the target of an INNER JOIN. In such cases, the INNER JOIN condition's bitmap must constantly be assigned/ANDed with the WHERE condition's bitmap and, because the join condition's bitmap typically represents a much smaller set of rows than the WHERE condition, this process of reconciling the bitmaps becomes computationally expensive and a drag on performance.

The value provided with JOININDEXTHRESHHOLD clause is an integer value representing a percentage of rows that, when exceeded, causes ElevateDB to treat such WHERE conditions as un-optimized row scans instead of index scans. This eliminates the computationally expensive bitmap operations and drastically improves the performance of the SELECT statement. The default value for the JOININDEXTHRESHHOLD is 75. This means that a WHERE condition must select at least 75% of the rows in a table is also the target of an INNER JOIN condition in order to be converted into a row scan.

2.26 New Features

The following are the new features in 2.26:

There is a new NO BACKUP FILES clause included with the ALTER TABLE, CREATE INDEX, CREATE TEXT INDEX, ALTER INDEX, ALTER TEXT INDEX, DROP INDEX, and OPTIMIZE TABLE SQL statements. This clause allows you to stop ElevateDB from retaining backup files (*.old) for physical table files after the execution of the SQL statement completes.

The NO BACKUP FILES clause does not apply to physical backup files created for the database catalog, which are always created and retained. Also, if the application executing the SQL statement is killed for any reason, it is still possible for these backup files to be present and not removed.

There is a new FROM PUBLISHED UPDATES clause included with the CREATE TABLE statement. This clause allows you to create a table (permanent or temporary) that includes all pending published updates for all, or some, of the tables in the database.

Query execution can now be cancelled while ElevateDB is executing un-optimized WHERE conditions on tables. Previously, ElevateDB would need to wait until such conditions were executed before it could cancel the query execution, and could only cancel query execution while executing joins and building the result set. This design was used for performance reasons, but it resulted in situations where runaway un-optimized queries could never be killed without killing the application itself.

In addition, this release contains several bug fixes, which are detailed here.

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DBISAM 4.44 Released with RAD Studio 10.2 Tokyo Support

Posted by Tim Young on Mon, Apr 17 2017

DBISAM 4.44 is now available for download. If you're an existing customer, then you should be receiving an email shortly with download instructions.

DBISAM 4.44 now includes support for Embarcadero RAD Studio 10.2 Tokyo (Delphi 10.2 32/64-bit, and C++Builder 10.2 32/64-bit).

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ElevateDB 2.25 Released with RAD Studio 10.2 Tokyo Support and Advantage Database Migration Support

Posted by Tim Young on Fri, Apr 14 2017

ElevateDB 2.25 is now available for download. If you're an existing customer, then you should be receiving an email shortly with download instructions.

ElevateDB 2.25 now includes support for Embarcadero RAD Studio 10.2 Tokyo (Delphi 10.2 32/64-bit, and C++Builder 10.2 32/64-bit). Currently, this support for Windows only, but will be expanded over the next two months to include MacOS, followed by support for the next-generation compiler and Linux, Android, and iOS.

Included with the ElevateDB Additional Software and Utilities download is a new Advantage Database migrator that can migrate any Advantage Database 9.x or higher database to an ElevateDB database. Please see Migrating a Database topic in the SQL manual for more information.

The ElevateDB 2.25 .NET Data Adapter now includes Visual Studio 2017 IDE integration support.

The ElevateDB 2.25 PHP Extension now includes support for 64-bit PHP 5.6 environments (Windows-only).

The complete list of breaking changes and new features is below.

2.25 Breaking Changes

The following are breaking changes in 2.25:

ElevateDB no longer logs row lock errors in the logged events for a given configuration. Such errors are a normal part of multi-user database usage and tended to "pollute" the logged events, making it harder to find actual errors.

The TEDBEngine TempTablesPath and TEDBSession LocalTempTablesPath properties have been moved from being published to public, so you may see a missing property error when loading forms in the IDE that contain the TEDBEngine or TEDBSession properties. These properties are typically only useful at run-time, and setting them at design-time could cause run-time errors if their values did not work properly with the target operating system's configuration.

2.25 New Features

The following are the new features in 2.25:

The ElevateDB Server now supports global request/response tracing for analyzing performance issues or finding the source of bugs in client applications. The core TEDBEngine component supports tracing via its ServerTrace property and OnServerTrace event. The compiled ElevateDB Server that is provided with ElevateDB uses this functionality to implement logging of all traced events. You can find out more information on the built-in tracing in the Starting and Configuring the ElevateDB Server topic in the ElevateDB SQL Manual.

The performance of string comparisons using the default ANSI and UNI collations has been improved.

The TEDBSession TEDBSession RecordLockProtocol, RecordLockRetryCount, and RecordLockWaitTime properties can now be modified when a session is connected. Previously, these properties could only be modified before a session was connected.

In addition, this release contains several bug fixes, which are detailed here.

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