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Software Installation: Release Notes
Each new version of Omnidex brings a collection of improvements, from new features to increased performance. Here are the primary features and enhancements in the major releases of Omnidex:
Omnidex 5.2 Release History
5.2.01A
Release Date: Planned for 2011)
Connection and Query Monitoring
Autocomplete
Connection strings
Broader support for connection strings throughout Omnidex
Support for local and remote environment variables in connection strings
Support for connection options in connection strings
Omnidex Grids
Support for ROLLUP nodes, distinct from UNPARTITIONED nodes
Support for UNINDEXED clause
Support for REQUIRED_OPTIMIZATION=NO_GRID_AGGREGATIONS
Support for Connection Pooling for grids
Support for a thin grid client-server relationship
Possible: Support for taking nodes online and offline
Possible: Support for clustered grids
Licensing
Support for three editions of Omnidex:
License all database drivers and optimization options for each edition
Support for SHOW LICENSE, REQUEST LICENSE and REGISTER LICENSE commands
Possible: Support for licensing validation via DISC website
SQL Engine
Improved support for Read-Only Filesystems
Support for $GETENV function
Support for more functions used in the ORDER BY clause.
Support for timezones.
Improved support for paths and filenames containing spaces
Support for [NO_]CACHEHDC optimization
Support for CACHE= on queries?
Possible: Support for PowerSearch option
Integration
Improved support for Pentaho
EXTRACT DDL FROM <ORACLE | SQLSERVER | MYSQL | ODBC>
Use correct number of bytes on national character sets
Support for LOAD OFX FOR <ENVIRONMENT | DATABASE>.
Possible: Support for HDFS files
Network Services
Backward compatibility:
ODBC Driver registration
The NODE clause within the CREATE ENVIRONMENT statement now uses ConnectionString rather than Environment for specifying remote node locations.
Change MDK_RETRIEVAL_THRESHOLD to QUALIFICATION_THRESHOLD and change ASK_RETRIEVAL_THRESHOLD to AGGREGATION_THRESHOLD.
Correct spelling of MaxSonProcesses in odxnet configuration files.
Statistics files are now required to use optimization.
Change TDF files to DELIMITED files, though TDF is still an accepted synonym.
Change FLATFILE database types to FILE database types, though FLATFILE is still a supported synonym.
Change C STRING datatypes to STRING datatypes, though C STRING is still a supported synonym.
Dates are now left justified when Omnidex converts them to string format.
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