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Mimer Web Sites: http://developer.mimer.com http://www.mimer.com Mimer SQL i Features and Functionality History Contents Chapter 1 New Features and Functions ........................................................... 1 The Mimer SQL Database Server..................................................................................1 Internal Databank Identifier Invalid (V9.3.8B) ............................................................... 1 Background Dbcheck Hang (V9.3.8).............................................................................. 1 LOGDB Restart (V9.3.8).................................................................................................. 1 Improved Control of LOB References Outside Databank End-of-file (V9.3.8) ......... 1 LOB’s In Databank Created By an Old Mimer Version (V9.3.7G).............................. 2 Problem With Large SQL Statements (V9.3.7F)........................................................... 2 Table Control Area Exhausted (V9.3.7F)....................................................................... 2 SQLPool Exhausted During Restore (V9.3.7E) ............................................................ 2 Recompilation of Views Closing Cursors (V9.3.7)........................................................ 2 Online Backup (V9.3.7).................................................................................................... 2 Large Object Restart (V9.3.7) ......................................................................................... 3 Write Set Corrupt when Automatic Refresh (V9.3.6) ................................................... 3 Server Hangs when Less than Seven 16K Pages (V9.3.6) ........................................ 3 Read-only Transactions (V9.3.3) .................................................................................... 3 -19078 Warning on the Error Log (V9.3.3) .................................................................... 3 ALTER DATABANK’S FILESIZE Option (V9.3.2) ........................................................ 3 ALTER DATABANK To READ ONLY (V9.3.2) ............................................................. 3 CAST Boolean AS Varchar (V9.3.2) .............................................................................. 3 Update Statistics (V9.3.1) ................................................................................................ 4 Performance (V9.2.1)....................................................................................................... 4 LOAD/UNLOAD (V9.1.1) ................................................................................................. 4 PSM Debugger (V8.2.4)................................................................................................... 4 Mimer SQL Structured Query Language......................................................................5 Sub-queries Returning Lob’s (V10.1.3A)....................................................................... 5 Spatial Data Types and Functionality (V10.1.0) ........................................................... 5 User-Defined Types and Methods (V10.1.0)................................................................. 5 Support For FOR Loop in PSM (V9.3.7)........................................................................ 5 BEGINS Function (V9.3.7)............................................................................................... 5 Automatic Refresh of Precompiled Statements (V9.3.6)............................................. 6 Removable Databanks (V9.3.4)...................................................................................... 6 ALTER DATABASE SET AUTOUPGRADE (V9.3.4)................................................... 6 Specifying Size Limits for Databank Files (V9.3.3) ...................................................... 6 Read Only Databanks (V9.3.3) ....................................................................................... 7 Parameter Overloading (V9.3.0)..................................................................................... 7 Specific Names (V9.3.0) .................................................................................................. 7 Boolean Data Type (V9.3.0)............................................................................................ 7 ii Contents Compound Statement (V9.3.0)....................................................................................... 8 SUBSTRING on CLOB and NCLOB Columns (V9.2.5).............................................. 8 Using LIKE Predicate for CLOB and NCLOB Columns (V9.2.4) ............................... 8 ORDER BY on Expressions (V9.2.4) ............................................................................ 8 INSERT Large Object Column With a Subselect (V9.2.3).......................................... 9 Extended Support for Collations (V9.2.1) ..................................................................... 9 New Scalar Functions (V9.2.1)....................................................................................... 9 New Views in INFORMATION_SCHEMA (V9.2.1)...................................................... 9 Support for Scalar Subqueries (V9.2.1) ........................................................................ 9 WITH HOLD (V9.2.1)..................................................................................................... 10 NCLOB Data Type (V9.2.1) .......................................................................................... 10 ALTER STATEMENT (V9.2.1) ..................................................................................... 10 Triggers (V8.2.1) ............................................................................................................ 10 Instead-of Triggers (V8.2.1).......................................................................................... 10 PSM Functions (V8.2.1) ................................................................................................ 10 Schema Support (V8.2.1).............................................................................................. 11 Sequences (V8.2.1) ....................................................................................................... 11 Relaxed Rules for Views (V8.2.1)................................................................................ 11 Updateable Primary Keys (V8.2.1) .............................................................................. 11 Named Constraints (V8.2.1) ......................................................................................... 12 Recursive Procedures (V8.2.1) .................................................................................... 12 Record Data Type (V8.2.1)........................................................................................... 12 ATOMIC (V8.2.1)............................................................................................................ 12 UNDO (V8.2.1) ............................................................................................................... 12 128 Character Names (V8.2.1) .................................................................................... 12 System View Support (V8.2.1) ..................................................................................... 13 Like Expression (V8.2.1) ............................................................................................... 13 Soundex Function (V8.2.1) ........................................................................................... 13 New Reserved Words (V8.2.1)..................................................................................... 14 SESSION_USER (V8.2.1) ............................................................................................ 14 UNIQUE Columns May Be NULL (V8.2.1) ................................................................. 14 OVERLAPS (V8.2.1)...................................................................................................... 14 GRANT/REVOKE on Individual Column (V8.2.1)...................................................... 14 Revoke GRANT OPTION (V8.2.1)............................................................................... 14 COMMENT ON New Objects (V8.2.1) ........................................................................ 15 Optional AS in Select List (V8.2.1)............................................................................... 15 Explicit Defaults (V8.2.1)............................................................................................... 15 LOCALTIME, LOCALTIMESTAMP (V8.2.1)............................................................... 15 SET Statement