New in PowerBuilder 6 - Release DBParm Parameter for Sybase SQL Server 10 and 11

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Description

PowerBuilder and InfoMaker provide a new DBParm parameter named Release for use with the following database interfaces. (Note that this is different from the existing Release DBParm parameter for the SQL Server 4.x interface.)

Platform	Powersoft database interface	DBMS identifier
Windows	Sybase System 10 and System 11	SYC
UNIX	Sybase System 10 and System 11 or	SYC
UNIX	Sybase Systems 10 and 11 distributed application interface	SYD

By default, Release is set to '10' to indicate that you want your PowerBuilder or InfoMaker application to use Sybase Open Client Client-Library (CT-Lib) 10.x behavior. If you want your application to use Open Client CT-Lib 11.x behavior instead, you must set Release to '11'. (At this time, the only valid values for Release are '10' or '11'; no other values are permitted.)

Purpose

The Release DBParm parameter lets you specify which version of Sybase Open Client CT-Lib behavior (10.x or 11.x) your application should use. This is important because certain features are supported only when using a specified version of Open Client. For example, you must be using Open Client 11.1 or higher to take advantage of network-based security and directory services in your application.

To use any of the new DBParm parameters added to PowerBuilder and InfoMaker to support Open Client 11.1 security services and directory services, you must set Release to '11' to specify CT-Lib 11.x behavior. Otherwise, you can leave Release set to '10' to specify the default CT-Lib 10.x behavior.

Usage

As with any other DBParm parameter, you can set Release in the Database Profile Setup dialog box for your connection or in a PowerBuilder application script.

You must specify a value for Release before connecting to the database in PowerBuilder or InfoMaker.