RELEASE NOTES FOR
Informix ODBC Driver
DATE 10/17/00
Version 3.33
Table of Contents
I.Overview of Release Notes
II.Database Server Names and Versions
III.New Features
IV.Known Problems
V.Fixed Problems
I.OVERVIEW OF RELEASE NOTES
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The purpose of these release notes is to make you aware of any special
actions required to configure and use the Informix ODBC Driver on your
computer. This file also contains information about known bugs and their
workarounds.
This release notes document is not intended to be all-inclusive; it should
be used as an addendum to the Informix ODBC Driver, which provides
thorough information about product features and behavior.
These release notes are written for the following audience
o System administrators who install Informix database servers
o Database administrators who control access to Informix databases
o Developers who write applications using ODBC
Version 3.33 of Informix ODBC Driver has been tested with the following
database se3ver configurations
o Informix Dynamic Server, Version 5.10
o Informix Dynamic Server, Versions 7.24 and 7.3x
o Informix Dynamic Server with Advanced Decision Support and Extended
Parallel Options, Version 8.21 and Extended Parallel Server, Version
8.3x
o Informix Dynamic Server with Universal Data Option, Version 9.14
(Windows NT) and Informix Dynamic Server 2000, Version 9.2x (UNIX)
II.DATABASE SERVER NAMES AND VERSIONS
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This manual might not reflect the latest names of Informix database
servers. The following table lists the database server versions and their
corresponding names.
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| Database Server | Database Server Names |
| Version Numbers | |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 5.x | INFORMIX-OnLine and INFORMIX-SE |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 7.1x, 7.2x | INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server and |
| | INFORMIX-SE |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 7.3x | Informix Dynamic Server |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 8.1x | INFORMIX-OnLine XPS |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 8.2x | Informix Dynamic Server with Advanced Decision |
| | Support and Extended Parallel Options |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 8.3 | Informix Extended Parallel Server (XPS) or |
| | Informix Enterprise Decision Server |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 9.01, 9.1 through | INFORMIX-Universal Server |
| 9.13 | |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 9.14 | Informix Dynamic Server with Universal Data |
| | Option |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 9.2 | Informix Dynamic Server 2000 |
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III.NEW FEATURES
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ODBC 3.33
Supports for new/enhanced SQL statements of latest 9.x Server
Supports for new SQL statements of 8.3x Server
IV.KNOWN PROBLEMS
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This section describes the known problems with this release of the
Informix ODBC Driver and, if possible, shows how to work around these
problems.
1. Bug 129096
"USING FULLY-QUALIFIED HOST NAME IN ODBC DRIVER SETUP CORRUPTS REGISTRY"
Workaround Use HOST name without domain qualifier.
2. Bug 120521
SQLTABLES DOES NOT TREAT CATALOGNAME (DATABASE NAME) AS A PATTERN
VALUE. IT ALWAYS TREATS IT AS AN ORDINARY ARGUMENT OR AS AN IDENTIFIER
V.FIXED PROBLEMS
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The following problems have been fixed in the Informix ODBC Driver in
ClientSDK 2.60.
1. Bug 130096
SQLEXECDIRECT DUMPS CORE EXECUTING A SELECT STATEMET WITH A LONG IN
CLAUSE AND ODBC TRACE IS ON USING DRIVER MANAGER REPLACEMENT MODULE
IDMRS09A.SO
2. Bug 130975
ODBC ARRAY INSERT DOESN'T CORRECTLY REPORT STATUS FOR INDIVIDUAL ROWS
(DUPLICATE KEY REPORTED FOR WRONG ROW) !SAP!
3. Bug 131653
/VOBS/TRISTARM/ODBC/ODSQLI.C CAUSES COMPILE ERRORS DUE TO TYPE MISMATCH.
4. Bug 132158
SQLFREESTMT WILL CORE DUMP WHEN TRYING TO FREE A PREVIOUSLY PREPARED
STATE MENT IF THAT STMT CONTAINS MORE THEN 258 NUMERIC FIELDS IN THE
SELECT LIST
5. Bug 126817
ODBC DRIVER FAILS TO ENLIST TRANSACTION WHEN USING DSNLESS CONNECTION
WITH MTS
6. Bug 131006
CONNECTION ATTRIBUTES WHICH CAN BE SET THROUGH A CALL TO
SQLSETCONNECTATTR OR THE DSN ARE IGNORED IF SET THROUGH THE FUNCTION
BEFORE CONNECTING
7. Bug 131012
SQL_INFX_ATTR_ODBC_TYPES_ONLY CAN NOT BE SET THROUGH SQLSETCONNECTATTR
8. Bug 116726
SQLGETDATA PUTS THE WRONG VALUE IN THE LENGTH OR INDICATOR POINTER WHEN
SELECTING AN INTERVAL DAY TO HOUR INTO AN SQL_C_CHAR
9. Bug 117572
DOCODBC 3.30 DRIVER MANUAL STATES WRONG PATH FOR TRANSLATION LIBRARY
10. Bug 131011
CALLING SQLSETCONNECTATTR(SQL_ATTR_CURRENT_CATALOG) CAN CAUSE AN ACCESS
VIOLATION
11. Bug 131229
DSNLESS CONNECTION WITH 3.32 DRIVER RETURNS 25596 ERROR WHEN SETNET32
IS NOT POPULATED
12. Bug 132186
IN SQLDRIVERCONNECT API "FILEDSN" KEYWORD GENERATES ERROR NO -11060
13. Bug 132301
ABSOLUTE PATH DOES NOT WORK WITH SAVEFILE AND FILEDSN KEYWORD IN
SQLDRIVERCONNECT