FairCom RTG V2 Update Guide

FairCom RTG Version 2 Highlights SQL Leverages the Value of Your Data SQL Indexes on Your COBOL Tables Improve Performance Navigate Your SQL Data with SQL Explorer Tighter Integration with Your COBOL Applications Ease of Use RTG Migrate Helps You Move into FairCom RTG We Didn't Forget the ctmigra Command-Line Utility RTG Config Tool Gets You Going in a Hurry Client Configuration Tool New Configuration Options for the Perfect “Tune-Up” New POWER in the Command-Line Utilities File Copy Between Servers Simplifies Administration Improved Tutorials Lend a Helping Hand Sqlize Tutorial Server Engine Serves You Better Great Performance News for OLTP Applications Coordinate Application Recovery with Transaction Restore Points More V11 Features in FairCom RTG V2 Copy Files Between Servers NODE_DELAY default value changed from 75 to 0 Expect Faster Application Throughput from Automatic Transaction Optimization Latest c-treeACE SQL Features FairCom RTG V2 Quick Guide to Upgrade Procedures FairCom RTG V2 Update Details New SQL Enhancements SQL Indexes on COBOL Files SQL create index logic on date/time fields Create and Alter Table Support for COBOL Files Right-justified strings (JustAN field type) mapped to SQL Variable-length fields mapped into LONGVAR* SQL field FairCom RTG V2: More Power to You File copy between heterogeneous servers Relaxed index re-organization errors on redefined schema affecting index definition (WHENFULL) Conform file locking behavior to ACUCOBOL's V_INTERNAL_LOCKS when <runitlockdetect> set to 'no' Improved isCOBOL compatibility for UNLOCK operation Improved log output with file names on ERROR entries Generic debug log messages FairCom RTG introduces support for ExtFH File Information operation FairCom RTG Configuration Easily Achieve the Perfect Setup with the New Configuration Tool New Basic Configuration dialog Configuration Tool now recognizes "priority" and "casesensitivity" attributes Added configuration elements to the Configuration Tool File organization specification in configuration file <config filematch> attribute to specify file matching precedence algorithm <forcedelete> Configuration Option to Force Deletion of Orphan Files <locktimeout> configuration option to set blocking lock timeout <filecopy> <forcedelete> - File delete correctly handles missing file with <forcedelete> enabled <log><error> types added: <locked>, <missingfile>, and <undefined> <log><debug><transaction> configuration to debug transactions <log><debug><transaction> additions <log file> attribute now supports substitution specifiers <normalize> configuration option to normalize file paths <normalize> options to handle relative paths <sqlize> attributes substitution specifier support <temporary> configuration element to create files with reduced disk I/O <trxholdslocks> config option sets transaction lock behavior CTREE_CONF_DUMP environment variable to specify configuration dump file FairCom RTG Data Migration RTG Migrate Improvements ctree.conf creation Test Connection button "Append" option Added casesensitive keyword and textfield to set configuration file Options to set encryption, data compression, and transaction processing Added "Select All" and removed Check Box from directories RTG Migrate path separators Shell Script to run RTG Migrate with proper environment ctmigra Updates Options to replace existing file and disable batchaddition ctmigra --quiet and --verbose options to select output information Support for ExtFH ctmigra displays progress Detects missing or invalid library Error messages have been improved ctmigra added to FairCom RTG cmdline and guitools.java directories - Windows More ctmigra enhancements FairCom RTG Graphical Tools RTG Migrate RTG Config c-treeACE SQL Explorer Viewing Sqlized Tables Create indexes on sqlized tables with c-treeACE SQL Explorer (.NET & Java) context menu Check Bad Records button in c-treeACE SQL Explorer (.NET & Java) FairCom RTG Command-Line Utilities ctutil Create permanent index on-the-fly Option to dump configuration in XML format Scan all records of a table to find conversion errors easily ctutil -check option (-x) to scan a file for integrity issues ctutil -clone to create empty copy of existing file ctutil -run to execute multiple ctutil commands ctutil -sqlcheck enhanced to return all problems in the table ctutil -sqlcheck enhanced to print on stderr errors during XDD parsing and interpretation -test ctutil -test filerules option to print the file rule sequence for file matching ctutil -upgrade switch ctutil -unload option -k to read/write records in index order -sqlcheck ctutil -load -r2 option ctutil sqlize options password requirement removed ctstat reports more detailed timing information for performance profiling ctadmn shows detail in last function xddgen xddgen now allows names larger than 31 chars Suppress Dash or Replace with Underscore Configuration Files Directory Map OCCURS DEPENDING ON into LONG VARCHAR Parsing improvements Syntax for WITH DUPLICATES on RECORD KEY Improved and clearer error/warning messages More xddgen enhancements Additional FairCom RTG Command-Line Tools Core Server Enhancements from c-treeACE Delayed Durability Transaction Log Mode for Performance Performance Gains Modified Log Sync Strategy Delayed Durability Behavior Controls for Performance AND Safety of Non-Transaction Updates Monitoring Delayed Durability Performance New Stored Procedure Development Frameworks NetBeans Utilities to Dump and Deploy SP, UDF & Triggers Millisecond Timestamp Resolution Table Lock Support IPv6 Support Transaction Restore Points for Application Recovery Transaction Restore Points Support for authentication files created with ctcmdset Support for retrieving locker ID in ACUCOBOL Delete-flag support for <ctfixed> files to resolve c-tree errors 553 & 21 Notable Compatibility Changes Improved updates during scans on duplicate index now only updates record once Improved isCOBOL compatibility for UNLOCK operation ctutil returns syntax error if configuration file does not exist Error 12 creating a file when iscobol.file.index.data_suffix= is set to a space Error 26 (FACS_ERR) mapped to BTRV error B_FILE_NOT_OPEN Error 9D:160 during READ NEXT/PREV Improved error mapping in BTRV interface Return appropriate BTRV error in case of dead lock Return error when unsupported key flag is passed from BTRV Unexpected 4113 error (CTDBRET_CALLBACK_5) Unexpected 9D, 160 error during READ NEXT/PREV and REWRITE/DELETE operations Behavior Change: Default <instance> attributes for isCOBOL Introducing Version 2 of FairCom RTG BTRV Edition New: FairCom RTG BTRV Edition Now Supports SQL SQL Schema Extractor Tool -ddf2xdd Sqlize BTRV files Expanded, More Comprehensive BTRV API BTRV Extended Index Types ACS support UNLOCK operation INSERT EXTENDED function AUTOINC fields CREATE/DROP INDEX BTRV function ordinal settings Support for BTRV Create Index Operation Support for BTRV Add Index and Extended Index modes Adding an index to a data file open in shared mode Support for Exclusive Transactions in FairCom RTG BTRV Edition Easy Migration to FairCom RTG BTRV Edition ctmigra utility to migrate data using BTRV interface ctmigra option to specify BTRV owner Support for converting Btrieve DDF into c-tree XDD Advanced Features Make FairCom RTG BTRV Edition More Powerful Multi-thread support Support for redirecting BTRV calls to other BTRV interfaces Support for reading extra file/key definitions from a resource FPUTFGET Library Support for returning 8-byte record position Improved Error Reporting Improved error mapping in BTRV interface Return appropriate BTRV error in case of dead lock Return error when unsupported key flag is passed from BTRV BTRV Tutorial FairCom Typographical Conventions Copyright Notice Index