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Oracle® Rdb for OpenVMS Oracle® Rdb for OpenVMS Table of Contents Oracle® Rdb for OpenVMS..............................................................................................................................1 Release Notes.......................................................................................................................................................2 February 2006.....................................................................................................................................................3 Contents...............................................................................................................................................................4 Preface..................................................................................................................................................................5 Purpose of This Manual.....................................................................................................................................6 Intended Audience..............................................................................................................................................7 Document Structure............................................................................................................................................8 Chapter 1Installing Oracle Rdb Release 7.0.8.3..............................................................................................9 1.1 Requirements...............................................................................................................................................10 1.2 Invoking VMSINSTAL..............................................................................................................................11 1.3 Stopping the Installation............................................................................................................................12 1.4 After Installing Oracle Rdb.......................................................................................................................13 1.5 Spurious SYSVERDIF Message During Installation..............................................................................14 1.6 Maximum OpenVMS Version Check Added...........................................................................................15 Chapter 2Software Errors Fixed in Oracle Rdb Release 7.0.8.3..................................................................16 2.1 Software Errors Fixed That Apply to All Interfaces...............................................................................17 2.1.1 Recovered Database Missing Updates..........................................................................................17 2.1.2 Various Bugchecks Due to Memory Corruption..........................................................................19 2.1.3 Wrong Result from Query with Zigzag Strategy..........................................................................20 2.1.4 Query Slows Down Significantly After Upgrade From Rdb Release 7.0.7.3..............................23 2.2 SQL Errors Fixed.......................................................................................................................................30 2.2.1 Unexpected Errors when Accessing Declared Local Temporary Tables.....................................30 2.2.2 SQL$MOD Bugcheck for Undefined Function Parameter...........................................................30 2.2.3 DDL Statements Caused Bugchecks with Various Exceptions....................................................31 2.3 Oracle RMU Errors Fixed.........................................................................................................................33 2.3.1 RMU REPAIR Did Not Retry Root File Open for Offline Access..............................................33 i Oracle® Rdb for OpenVMS Table of Contents Chapter 3Software Errors Fixed in Oracle Rdb Release 7.0.8.2..................................................................34 3.1 Software Errors Fixed That Apply to All Interfaces...............................................................................35 3.1.1 Journals Not Initialized After Backup if Backing Up to Tape Device.........................................35 3.1.2 Wrong Result From UNION Query With Outer Join Leg............................................................35 3.1.3 COSI_MEM_FREE_VMLIST Bugcheck with Vertical Partitioning..........................................42 3.1.4 Bugcheck from INSERT with Partition Index..............................................................................42 3.1.5 Wrong Result from Constant View Column.................................................................................43 3.1.6 Wrong Result from UNION View Query with NOT STARTING WITH Clause.......................45 3.1.7 Unexpected Bugcheck when Formatting Illegal Date/Time Value..............................................47 3.1.8 Wrong Result by Query with Constant Column Defined in a View.............................................48 3.1.9 Bugchecks or Corruption in Indexes of TYPE IS SORTED RANKED......................................50 3.2 Oracle RMU Errors Fixed.........................................................................................................................53 3.2.1 RMU /UNLOAD Output File Maximum Record Size.................................................................53 3.3 LogMiner Errors Fixed..............................................................................................................................54 3.3.1 RMU /UNLOAD /AFTER_JOURNAL Field Order Clarification...............................................54 Chapter 4Software Errors Fixed in Oracle Rdb Release 7.0.8.1..................................................................56 4.1 Software Errors Fixed That Apply to All Interfaces...............................................................................57 4.1.1 Problem with Rdb 7.0.8 and VMS Versions Below V7.1............................................................57 4.1.2 Wrong Results Generated by Query With Common Boolean Elements......................................57 4.1.3 Query With Shared Expressions in OR Predicates Returns Wrong Result..................................58 4.1.4 Various Errors or Corruption of Ranked Indexes.........................................................................60 4.1.5 Wrong Result From Query With Common Join Booleans in OR................................................61 4.1.6 Wrong Result Selecting From a Derived Table of UNION Clause..............................................62 4.1.7 Incorrect Foreign Key Constraint Behavior on Update................................................................64 4.1.8 Bugchecks in PSII2SPLITNODE When Using Ranked Indexes.................................................65 4.1.9 Connection Name Longer than 31 Characters Mishandled..........................................................66 4.2 SQL Errors Fixed.......................................................................................................................................67 4.2.1 Dynamic SQL Rounds Results from Division Operator...............................................................67 4.3 LogMiner Errors Fixed..............................................................................................................................68 4.3.1 RMU /UNLOAD /AFTER_JOURNAL Incorrect Settings in Null Bit Vector............................68 Chapter 5Enhancements Provided in Oracle Rdb Release 7.0.8.1...............................................................69 5.1 Enhancements Provided in Oracle Rdb Release 7.0.8.1..........................................................................70 5.1.1 New DEFAULTS Qualifier Added to RMU Extract....................................................................70 Chapter 6Enhancements Provided in Oracle Rdb Release 7.0.8..................................................................72 6.1 Enhancements Provided in Oracle Rdb Release 7.0.8.............................................................................73 6.1.1 Support for OpenVMS Version 8.2..............................................................................................73 6.1.2 RDM$BIND_SNAP_QUIET_POINT Logical Reinstated...........................................................73 ii Oracle® Rdb for OpenVMS Table of Contents 6.1 Enhancements Provided in Oracle Rdb Release 7.0.8 6.1.3 RMU Unload After_Journal/Ignore Old_Version Keyword........................................................74 6.1.4 New Features in RMU Extract......................................................................................................75 RMU Extract Command........................................................................................................................75 DESCRIPTION.....................................................................................................................................75 COMMAND PARAMETERS...............................................................................................................76 root−file−spec..................................................................................................................................76 COMMAND QUALIFIERS..................................................................................................................76 Items[=item−list].............................................................................................................................76