Oracle Rdb Beta Test Programs

	Oracle SQL/Services and OCI Services for Oracle Rdb Release 7.3 Beta Test Program (Closed)
	Oracle Rdb 7.2.1 Beta Test Program (Closed)
	Oracle ODBC Driver for Rdb, Release 3.2.0.0 Beta Test Program (Closed)
	Oracle Rdb Data Provider for .NET, Release 7.3 Beta Test Program (Closed)
	Oracle Rdb-OEM 10g, release 7.2 Beta Test Program (Closed)
	Oracle SQL/Services and OCI Services for Oracle Rdb version 7.1.6 Beta Test Program (Closed)
	Oracle Rdb Native JDBC Drivers version 7.1.3 Beta Test Program (Closed)
	Beta Program Problem Reporting

Oracle Rdb 7.2.1 Beta Test Program 2-March-2006

The Rdb 7.2.1 Beta kit was updated on 11-Dec-2006.

Oracle Rdb 7.2.1 is currently in beta test for OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 for HP Integrity Servers and OpenVMS for Alpha Servers for Version 8.3.. Full native functionality of the Oracle Rdb database engine on both Integrity Servers and Alpha Servers is available with this beta test software. Customers need to sign up for the HP OpenVMS 8.3 Beta as well.

The Oracle Rdb 7.2.1 Beta Test program is closed and Rdb 7.2.1 is now shipping. The production kit is available from the Oracle Technology Network (OTN).

Oracle SQL/Services and OCI Services for Oracle Rdb, Release 7.3 Beta Test Program 16-August-2007

Oracle SQL/Services and OCI Services for Oracle Rdb, Release 7.3 makes use of the new Oracle 10gR2 libraries and allows Oracle Rdb to appear as Oracle 10gR2 to an Oracle client. On the Itanium platform, the Oracle libraries are native rather than translated code which leads to a significant performance improvement.

The Oracle SQL/Services 7.3 Beta Test program is closed and SQL/Services 7.3 is now shipping. The production kit is available from the Oracle Technology Network (OTN).

Oracle ODBC Driver for Rdb, Release 3.2.0.0 Beta Test Program 20-Sep-2006

The Oracle ODBC Driver for Rdb allows for applications to attach, query, and manipulate Rdb databases through the standard ODBC protocol.

The Oracle ODBC Driver for Rdb 3.2.0.0 Beta Test program is closed and ODBC 3.2.0.0 is now shipping. The production kit is available from the Oracle Technology Network (OTN).

Oracle Rdb Data Provider for .NET, Release 7.3 Beta Test Program 21-Feb-2007

The Oracle Rdb Data Provider for .NET uses Oracle Rdb native APIs to offer fast and reliable access to Oracle Rdb data and features from any .NET application. Oracle Rdb Data Provider for .NET also uses and inherits classes and interfaces available in the Microsoft .NET Framework Class Library.

The Oracle Rdb Data Provider for .NET, Release 7.3 Beta Test program is closed and Oracle Rdb Data Provider for .NET, Release 7.3 is now shipping. The production kit is available from the Oracle Technology Network (OTN).

Oracle Rdb-OEM 10g, release 7.2 Beta Test Program

The Oracle Rdb Extension for Enterprise Manager allows Oracle Rdb entities to be monitored and managed within the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control management framework.

The Oracle Rdb-OEM 10g, release 7.2 Beta Test Program is closed and version 7.2 is now shipping. The production kit is now available from the Oracle Technology Network (OTN).

Oracle SQL/Services and OCI Services for Oracle Rdb version 7.1.6 Beta Test Program

Oracle is pleased to announce the opening of beta test registration for SQL/Services and OCI Services for Oracle Rdb version 7.1.6. New features available include:

• Ported OCI Services to Oracle 9.2.0.4 libraries, including:
  • Support for new Oracle datatypes.
  • Support for new Oracle date/time enhancements.
  • Several restrictions connecting with Oracle 9.2.0.4 clients removed.
• Enhanced RDB_NATCONN.COM to support:
  • New RDB$NATCONN_CUPP utility commands to ADD and REMOVE users in a database.
  • New RDB$NATCONN_DIC utility with PREPARE, UPGRADE & DROP dictionary commands which replace use of .SQL scripts.
• Performance enhancements, including:
  • Reduced memory usage for OCI services with an enhanced SQLSRV_SQLNETSHR71.EXE shareable image.
  • More efficient metadata queries.
  • More efficient use of shared memory in SQL/Services.
• Oracle Server 2PC Support:
  • So Oracle Rdb databases can now fully participate in Oracle RDBMS-managed distributed transactions.
  • Allowing multiple Oracle server DBLINKS to Rdb databases to participate in a transaction.
  • Exploiting the DECdtm XA Gateway to provide an interface between Oracle distributed transaction protocol and DECdtm distributed transaction protocol.
• Updated Oracle SQL/Services installation and configuration guides.
• Enhanced SQLSRV$DEINSTALL_DELETE.COM functionality, including:
  • SQLNET$RDB identifier retained after SQL/Services deletion.
  • More information displayed in a cluster environment to aid users.
• Support for SQL/Services Linux clients.

The Oracle SQL/Services and OCI for Oracle Rdb version 7.1.6 Beta Program is closed and version 7.1.6 is now shipping. The production kit is now available from the Oracle Technology Network (OTN).

Oracle Rdb Native JDBC Drivers version 7.1.3 Beta Test Program

Oracle is pleased to announce the opening of beta test registration for Oracle Rdb Native JDBC Drivers version 7.1.3. The Oracle Rdb Native JDBC Drivers provide direct access to Rdb databases from JAVA. New features available for test in version 7.1.3 are:

• KANJI and other ASIAN character set support.
• A new multi-process multithreaded thin server that will use a very thin VMS process to communicate between the client and Rdb.
• Better server control using SQL/Services.
• Improved server control using enhanced command line interface.

The Oracle Rdb Native JDBC Drivers version 7.1.3 Beta Program is closed and version 7.1.3 is now shipping. The production kit is now available from the Oracle Technology Network (OTN).

Beta Program Problem Reporting

To report problems found during beta test please submit an iTAR via MetaLink using your beta CSI number.

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