RELEASE HISTORY: PROGRESS® DATADIRECT® SEQUELINK
Progress DataDirect SequeLink is a data connectivity solution that extends your application's access to data sources with limited platform or API access. SequeLink also provides broad access to all major databases using a single universal client component for ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, or ADO/OLE DB.
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Feature
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SequeLink Servers
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- Greater scalability and performance using a thread-pool engine
- Idle timeout mechanism for all SequeLink Servers
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New SequeLink Server for JDBC Socket
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- Provides access to any databases that are accessible through a JDBC 2.0 or higher driver
- Includes a set of utilities to provide easier installation
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SequeLink Server for ODBC Socket
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- Includes the DataDirect Driver Manager on UNIX
- Includes a set of utilities to provide easier installation
- Optimizes performance by reducing ODBC calls to the backend ODBC driver
- Provides specific support for third-party ODBC drivers such as Lotus Notes, Microsoft Access, Cincom Supra, Progress, and DB2 Information Integrator Classic Federation
- Support for keyset-driven cursors can be enabled
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SequeLink Server for DB2 UDB on z/OS
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- UID mapping on data source level
- Threadpool monitoring
- Support for explicit batches
- Improved installation procedure creates distinct distribution data set and SequeLink Server-specific data sets
- Certified against DB2 UDB for z/OS v8 (compatibility mode)
- Certified against DB2 UDB for z/OS v8 (new function mode)
- Improved performance by using array fetch and array insert features of DB2 UDB v8
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SequeLink Server for DB2 UDB on Windows/Linux/UNIX
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- DB2 UDB v8 support
- Enhanced performance, including reduced network traffic, caching metadata, and reduced database calls
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SequeLink Server for Oracle
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- Certified against Oracle10g
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SequeLink Client for JDBC
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- J2EE certified
- JDK 1.5 enabled
- Allows applications to dynamically enable and disable DataDirect Spy
- Limited parameter metadata support for databases that do not natively support parameter metadata
- Scrollable sensitive cursor support
- Enhanced internationalization support for Japanese code pages
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SequeLink Client for ODBC
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- Performance enhancements include:
- Reduced network traffic by caching of metadata
- Arrays of parameter support
- Keyset-driven cursor support
- Improved internationalization support includes:
- ICU 2.8 support
- Support for UTF-16 Unicode applications on UNIX
- Enhanced internationalization support for Japanese code pages
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SequeLink Client for ADO
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- Qualified with all SequeLink Servers
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SequeLink Client for .NET
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- Enhanced connection pooling
- Microsoft-compatible connection pooling
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| All SequeLink Servers and Clients |
- Support for Windows Server 2003 32-bit
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SequeLink Server for DB2 UDB on z/OS
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- Improved performance and reduced CPU consumption
- DB2 UDB v8.1 (also was supported with SequeLink 5.3, Service Pack 1)
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SequeLink Server for DB2 UDB on Windows/Linux/UNIX
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- DB2 UDB v8.1 (also was supported with SequeLink 5.3, Service Pack 1)
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SequeLink Server for Oracle
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SequeLink Server for Informix
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SequeLink Client for JDBC
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- Broader JDBC 3.0 support:
- Updated interfaces for LOBs (for DB2, Informix, and Oracle)
- LOB emulation for SQL Server and Sybase
- Support for multiple open ResultSet objects
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SequeLink Client for ODBC
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- 64-bit ODBC clients on Solaris and AIX
- Improved internationalization, including support for Unicode ODBC functions, allowing Unicode connectivity between applications and the database server (for all databases except Informix and DB2 on z/OS)
- SQLDescribeParam support (for all databases except Oracle and Informix)
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SequeLink Client for .NET
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- Improved internationalization features
- Support for data scrambling algorithms (byteswap and fixed key DES/3DES)
- Support for ODBC escapes.
- Verification of ADO.NET client with Socket Server opens up the range of data stores accessible from a managed provider environment
- Support for parameter arrays
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