IBM Informix

Release Notes for IBM Informix OLE DB Provider

3.00.xC3DE 22 October 2007

Contents

Release Notes
Purpose of these release notes
Database Server Compatibility
Changed Behavior
Known problems with this release
Documentation Corrections and Changes

Release Notes

Purpose of these release notes

The purpose of these release notes for IBM Informix OLE DB Provider Version 3.00 is to:

These release notes are not intended to be all-inclusive; they should be used as an addendum to the product manuals.

Database Server Compatibility

The IBM Informix OLE DB Provider, version 3.00 is supported with the following database servers:

Database Server Versions
IBM Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition 7.31 and higher; 9.30 and higher; 10.0; 11.10
IBM Informix Dynamic Server Express Edition 10.0, 11.10
IBM Informix Extended Parallel Server 8.30 and higher
IBM Informix OnLine 5.10 and higher

Changed Behavior

This section describes changes to the OLE DB Provider functionality.

Decimal Data Types without a Specified Scale

Starting with version 3.00, when the connection option (decasr8=R8) is not used for columns with DECIMAL data type and no scale is specified, the precision and scale are evaluated by the OLE DB Provider using the following formula for the non-ANSI databases:

DECIMAL(p) = DECIMAL(MIN(2 * p, 32),(p < 16) ? p : 12 + ((32 - p) / 4))  

For best results, always specify a scale for DECIMAL data types.

Known problems with this release

This section describes the known problems with this release and how to work around them:

Documentation Corrections and Changes

This section describes the known corrections and changes that need to be made to the IBM Informix OLE DB Provider Programmer's Guide.

There are no known corrections or changes at this time.

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