Caché 3.2 Release Notes

Last Revision Date: 23 March 2000

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: New System and Language Features

• Supported Platforms and Upgrade Paths
• Caché Configuration Manager Enhancements
• Caché Control Panel Enhancements
• Caché Explorer Enhancements
• Caché Studio and Object Architect Enhancements
• Caché SQL Manager
• Licensing Enhancements
• Caché ObjectScript Enhancements
• New and Extended Functions
• New %PRIO Entry Points
• Unicode Enhancements
• Unicode Compaction
• Unicode Characters in Backup Labels
• Platform-specific Enhancements
• ODBC Shared Memory Connections
• Windows Terminal Server Support
• Automatic Detection of UNIX Configured CPUs
• UNIX Memory Locking Support
• Sun Solaris Support
• OpenVMS Resident Memory Sections
• General System Enhancements
• Cvendian Multivolume Support
• Support for Larger Partitions
• Support for Larger UNIX DB and Sequential Files
• Increased Number of Global Mappings
• CACHETEMP Dataset for Temporary Globals
• JOB Command Performance Improvement
• Journaling Changes
• Shadowing Improvements
• Support for DDP Groups
• INTEGRIT Utility Improvements
• Backup Versions of Configuration Files
• $ZOS Added to MSM Compatibility Mode
• Online Documentation and HTML Help

Chapter 2: Caché SQL and Objects Enhancements

• New Caché SQL Documentation
• Dynamic Caché Class Reference
• Improved VB Forms Wizard
• Increase in Number of Open Objects
• Larger Routines and Methods
• New %Routine Class
• Default Collation for %String
• Collation Now Applied to Equality Conditions
• New String Collation Parameter
• New Structure for Indexes
• New SQL Collation Functions
• SQL View Keywords
• Dynamic Queries
• Namespace-level Security
• Mapping of DataTypes in DDL
• ALTER TABLE SQL Synax
• DDL ALTER TABLE Change
• QueryToTable Utility
• Transaction Processing and ActiveX
• Factory.GetConnectionList Method
• %OnSave Methods
• %DeleteId Method
• Enhancements to %Populate Class
• %GetObjectId Method
• %Exists and %ExistsId Methods
• %TimeStamp Class Changes
• Support for ODBC BIT Datatype
• ID Allowed in UPDATE Statement
• ResultSet Changes
• Unicode Characters Allowed in Object Identifiers
• RunTime Format Selection in SQL
• Locking for %CacheSQLStorage
• Additional SQL Identifiers
• SQL Functions
• %apiOBJ Changes
• Use of Macros in SQL Code

Chapter 3: Caché 3.2.1 Enhancements

• Windows 2000 Support
• New SQL Functions
• Change to Unique and PrimaryKey Indices
• SQL Foreign Key Referential Actions
• Physical Cursor Addressing for CHARWIN
• Collation Number Change for Japanese Table
• Spooling Device Now Correctly Updating $X/$Y Table
• COM Port Section in Configuration Manager
• COM Port Enhancements

Chapter 4: Upgrade Issues and Limitations

• Compatibility and Migration Issues
• Versions of Caché on Same Machine
• Caché SQL and Objects Issues
• Port Number Connectivity
• ODBC Driver Compatibility
• UDP/DCP Networking Compatibility
• Differences in 2.1 and 3.2 Division Licenses
• %USTART and %UHALT Replacements
• Journal File Conversion
• Configuring the 2.x Utilities
• Using the Caché Studio on Non-3.x Systems
• Save Existing Classes Before Upgrading
• Duplicate Labels in ObjectScript Code
• Caché Object Architect and Mapping
• Indexed Classes With No Defined Collation
• Unicode Locks
• Moving Classes Without Exporting the CDL
• Other Changes Affecting 2.x Applications
• Limitations
• Networking Limitations
• GUI Interface Limitations
• Utility Limitations
• Other Limitations
• Documentation Corrections and Additions

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