Omnidex Version 5.0 Important Information

OdxAdmin, the Microsoft Windows based Omnidex Administrator which provides an easy to use GUI environment for maintaining Omnidex Environments is currently available in preview version only and may or may not work on your particular distribution.

DISC expects to have OdxAdmin available in production sometime in the first half of 2010.

Currently the 5.0 documentation contains information on version 5.0 as well as some information on the 5.1 Data Definition Language statements such as:

• CREATE ENVIRONMENT
• CREATE DATABASE
• CREATE TABLE
• CREATE INDEX
• DROP INDEX
• DROP TABLE
• DROP DATABASE
• DROP ENVIRONMENT

Note that the DDL statements will not be available until the Omnidex 5.1 release.

For existing customers transitioning from Omnidex version 4.x to Omnidex version 5.0 and Omnidex version 5.1, note that Omnidex Environments can now take two different forms:

1. Omnidex Compiled Environments
2. Omnidex XML Environments

Omnidex XML Environments are the new and preferred method of maintaining Omnidex's view of your underlying data. However, until 5.1 is released in January, 2010 with support for the Omnidex Data Definition Statements, Omnidex Environments must continue to be maintained by compiling an Omnidex Environment Source. Please refer to the Omnidex Version 4.x documentation for information on how to create an Omnidex Environment Source.

Use the following guide to determine whether to use an Omnidex XML Environment or an Omnidex Compiled Environment.

• Previous to version 5.0, use OACOMP to compile an Omnidex Environment Source into an Omnidex Compiled Environment.

• After version 5.0 and before version 5.1, use OACOMP to translate an Omnidex Environment Source into an Omnidex XML Environment.

• After version 5.1 and before version 5.2, use OdxSQL and Omnidex Data Definition Language Statements such as CREATE ENVIRONMENT and CREATE TABLE to maintain an Omnidex XML Environment.

• After version 5.2, use the Windows application OdxAdmin or OdxSQL to maintain an Omnidex XML Environment.

• For all versions after version 5.0, continue to use an Omnidex Compiled Environment for features only supported with an Omnidex Compiled Environment.