Getting Started with Cloudscape
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What's New in Version 3.6?

New features have been introduced in the following areas:

Cloudscape

Cloudview

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Server

Cloudsync

Cloudscape

The following new features have been introduced in this version of Cloudscape:

  • Autoincrement

    You can define integer columns to have a default of AUTOINCREMENT, which means that Cloudscape automatically generates a sequential number for the value of the column for each new row.

  • Enhanced Ability to Change Database Schemas

    Change the width of character or byte columns

    • Cloudscape allows you to increase the width of columns that are of type VARCHAR, NVARCHAR, or BIT VARYING.

      Drop NOT NULL Constraints

    • Cloudscape allows you to drop NOT NULL constraints from columns.
  • Configurable Encryption

    Cloudscape now supports both diverse encryption algorithms and encryption providers other than the default Sun JCE provider. Configurable encryption allows non-U.S. customers to plug encryption providers available in their country into Cloudscape and to strengthen the encryption algorithm.

  • Updatable VTIs

    Cloudscape's new VTI interface allows you to create VTI classes that present external data as a table that you can insert into and delete from, as well as select from.

  • Improved support for J2EE Features

    Cloudscape has extended support for some J2EE features such as global transactions and connection pooling.

  • Support for More Isolation Levels

    Cloudscape 3.6 now supports the JDBC isolation level TRANSACTION_REPEATABLE_READ (ANSI level 2).

Cloudview

  • Aliases

    You can now create class aliases and user-defined aggregates in Cloudview.

  • Configurable Encryption

    The New Database dialog contains a tab for specifying encryption algorithms.

  • Autoincrement

    The Table creation tab now lets you specify autoincrement type columns, as well as the starting value and the increment amount.

  • Shutdown Database

    You can shut down or close a database from Cloudview.

  • Convert to Source

    You can convert a non-synchronization-enabled database to be a source database from Cloudview.

  • Set Table Locking

    You can set table locking levels from Cloudview. Locking can be set to row-level or table-level.

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  • Automatic URL Attribute Validation

    ij now automatically parses database connection URL attributes for errors in spelling or case. The property URLCheck has been provided for turning this feature off.

Server

  • RmiJdbc Version Checker

    The RJPing utility has a new rmiJdbcVersion argument.

  • RmiJdbc Connection Pooling

    Connection pooling is supported under RmiJdbc.

  • RmiJdbc XA

    XA interfaces are now accessible through RmiJdbc.

Cloudsync

  • Refresh authentication

    Cloudsync supports authentication of incoming refresh requests for improved security. You can configure your system to use built-in refresh authentication, two-way refresh authentication using SSL, or application-defined refresh authentication.