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XX/XX/2009

• Universe version: 1.X
• Comments:
• OpenDBX version: 1.X
• Monticello version:
• Bugs fixed
• New Features
  • Oracle works on Windows
  • Sqlite3 works on Windows
  • Real multistatements supports. For more information read
    multistatements: 
    .
  • New support for StoredProcedures. Noy yet completed. See
    storedproc: 
    .
  • New tests
• Changes
  • Better log messages
  • Refactor in the way we run the tests. Now you will be asked what backend to run and this is stored in a class side variable. The following tests will be run with this backend. To resest this value, you can run the test DBXResetTestBackend.
  • New category OpenDBX-Core-Tests-Extras that has: DBXFullTestRunner and DBXResetTestBackend
  • Add packageNamesUnderTest in tests classes for Test Coverage
• All DBXBaseResult hierarchy has rename release to releaseResult
  • Complete project was checked and reviewed: set category and put comments for all methods, refactors like method renamig, etc. This was a big refactor in order to improve code's quality. However, there was no change to the final API (all internal).
  • Refectors in error handling

04/20/2009

• Universe version: 1.0
• Comments: First stable release
• OpenDBX version: 1.4
• Monticello version: OpenDBX-Core-MMP.171.mcz
• Bugs fixed:
• New Features / Changes:
  • Class DBXQueryTimeout. DBXQuerySettings now has a pageSize and a DBXQueryTimeout. New DBXQueryTimeoutTest. See SqueakDBX - Execute any SQL query
  • New benchmark for MySQL native driver. We compare to openDBX and we seem to be faster. See SqueakDBX - Benchmarks.
  • A DBXFullTestRunner that tests all tests for all backends. See SqueakDBX - Tests (Test for all backend)
  • A test that tries to detect memory leaks and similar. See SqueakDBX - Tests (Test looking memory leaks and similar)
  • Support for ODBC backend. Only tested with PostgreSQL and MSSQL (tests were added See SqueakDBX - Current supported backends, operating system and squeak images
  • Binaries files for OpenDBX. See http://www.linuxnetworks.de/doc/index.php/OpenDBX/Download.
  • New class DBXQuerySettings. You can use it in a query. This object has, for example, the page size and the query timeout.
  • Code critics and SwaLint were run and some things were done.
  • Compatibility with Pharo. For example, we changed isNotZero to isZero not.
  • Ability to easily change the external call strategy (FFI or our own plugin). See SqueakDBX - Architecture and desing (External call implementation)
  • Wiki was refactoriced and completed.

12/23/2008

• Universe version: 0.8
• Monticello version: OpenDBX-Core-MMP.117.mcz
• Comments: Second beta release
• OpenDBX version: 1.3.10
• Bugs fixed:
  • Bug in odbx_query(), odbx_result() and odbx_result_finish() execution order.
  • Timeout in DBXPlatform #nextResultSet: was wrong mapped with FFI. Now, it is nil.
  • Some bugs in OpenDBXWin32 with apiCalls.
• New Features:
  • Support for SQLite (only testes in Linux), and MSSQL (in linux and windows)
  • Better error handling. See SqueakDBX - Error handling
  • New non-blocking plugin to replace FFI (just a proof of concept, but running)
  • New SqueakDBX tutorial
  • Configurable Log. See SqueakDBX - Logging and profiling

08/20/2008

• Universe version: 0.7.1
• Monticello version: OpenDBX-Core-EL.62.mcz
• Comments: First beta release
• OpenDBX version: 1.3.10
• Bugs fixed: nothing
• New Features: all
  • Support for Linux(PostgreSQL, MySQL and Oracle) and Mac (PostgreSQL and MySQL)
  • Tested on 3.10 and Pharo
  • Transactional management
  • Automatic conversion of resultset columns (a String) into squeak types.
  • Special OpenDBX options: multi-statments, compression, paged results.
  • Automated database connection release on garbage collection
  • Error handling