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RELEASE NOTES FOR

Informix OLE DB PROVIDER

Date: 09/27/99

Version: 2.1


TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. OVERVIEW OF RELEASE NOTES
II. INFORMIX DATABASE SERVER COMPATIBILITY
III. NEW FEATURES
IV. KNOWN PROBLEMS
V. FIXED PROBLEMS

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I. OVERVIEW OF RELEASE NOTES

The purpose of these release notes is to make you aware of any special actions required to configure and use Informix OLE DB Provider on your computer. This file also describes new features and feature differences from earlier versions of this product. In addition, this file 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 OLE DB Provider Programmer's Guide," which provides thorough information about product features and behavior.

These release notes are written for the following audience:


II. INFORMIX DATABASE SERVER COMPATIBILITY

Client-side OLE DB Provider is compatible with the following Informix database servers:

Server-side OLE DB Provider is compatible with Informix Dynamic Server 2000, Version 9.2x (Windows NT).


III. NEW FEATURES

Version 2.1 of Informix OLE DB Provider introduces the following features:


IV. KNOWN PROBLEMS

For information about resolving problems that you encounter while installing, configuring, or using OLE DB Provider, see "Resolving Problems" in the "Informix OLE DB Provider Programmer's Guide."


V. FIXED PROBLEMS

Storage objects created on string identifiers in schema rowsets now correctly reflect the object data type.

Problem: The Visual Basic Data Environment schema browser displayed incorrect table, column, and procedure names when it fetched data from schema rowsets.

Cause: The VB Data Environment schema browser fetches string-type data (such as schema names) as storage objects with a Unicode DBTYPE_WSTR binding. However, earlier versions of OLE DB Provider created these objects over MBCS (Multibyte Character Sequence) data.

Resolution: In OLE DB Provider 2.1,the storage objects are created over Unicode data rather than MBCS. The VB Data Environment schema browser now displays the correct schema names.


Informix OLE DB PROVIDER
Version 2.1 , 09/27/99
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