CHAPTER 1: Overview

Empress version 8.62 is a release which offers new features, some functional enhancements and bug fixes.

Version 8.62 provides the following new features:

1. New products/features:

Case Insensitivity Support
Using Empress Dynamic/Embedded SQL in Persistent Stored Modules
Database Roles
User Defined Lock Granularity
Triggers On Select Statements
Multi-Threaded Clients
Empress JAVA Interactive SQL
Support for ANSI SQL-99 SET Operations
Support for ANSI SQL-99 Outer Joins

2. Enhancements:

Empress Performance Improvement
SQL Extension
Data Type Conversion Improvement For SET Operation
New Variables
Empress Import Utility Enhancement
Reserved Keywords
Support for Java Data Sources and JNDI
ODBC Local Access via ODBC Manager
Multiple Connections in Local Access Mode
Empress ODBC Data Source Name Setup Improvement
Providing standard (default) labels for ODBC Drivers in Data Sources
Empress Visual Basic ADO Demo
Compliance to Microsoft .NET Technologies