Document Change Log

Updates (changes/additions) to this NiagaraAX-3.x Rdbms Driver Guide document are listed below.

NiagaraAX-3.8 release revision, November 2013 includes the following changes:
- In the Installing the RdbmsNetwork driver and rdbDatabase device section, the procedure for installing the Rdbms Network and its rdbDatabase device(s) into the Drivers container has been changed. In addition, all variants of the rdbDatabase device are now covered in the same procedure.
- Reorganized installation information under Installing the RdbmsNetwork driver and rdbDatabase device to create a single configuration procedure that includes a summary table of relevant properties that require configuration setting for each database device. Details of each property is included, as before, in the About the RdbmsNetwork device components and extensions section.
- In the Common Rdbms Connection Problems section, an extra note on SqlServer RDBMS connections has been added.
- In the About the RdbmsNetwork device components and extensions section, many of the property descriptions have been updated with more description, best practice and other notes. New properties have been added and the section is in line with the new release revision.
- In the Types of RdbmsNetwork Driver Devices section, the SqlServerDatabase list item has been updated with the newer SQL Server releases, notes on authentication and troubleshooting. The MySQLDatabase list item has been updated to include reference to the requirements and availability of the JDBC connector. A reference to this has been added to the Install the RdbmsNetwork Driver section.
- In Export history data to an Rdbms database, an additional guidance note has been added to Execution Time.
- In the Creating Rdbms proxy points section, another note has been added about embedded JACE’s to the Example Rdbms implementation.
- In Chapter 3 Common RdbmsNetwork tasks two new sections, Upgrading existing Rdbms databases to support Unicode and UTC and Upgrading existing Orion databases to support Unicode have been added.
- Chapter 4 Use Examples has been added.
- In the Components in rdb module section, two new components have been added along with a procedure describing their use.
- In the Components in orion module section the components that are not visible in the palette have been clearly identified by notes and a new orion-OrionMigrator component has been added.
Initial release: October 1, 2008