Announcement: UDA Release 7.0 Lite Edition ODBC Driver for Oracle

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06/23/2015 16:14 GMT-0500 Modified: 06/23/2015 16:56 GMT-0500
Announcement: UDA Release 7.0 Express Edition ODBC Driver for Oracle

Today, we've updated the Express Edition ODBC Driver for Oracle.

Installation and configuration takes only minutes, by following the documentation which remains available anytime, specifically for this driver on OS X and Windows.

Release 7.0 licenses are also available for immediate purchase.

Client Platform Support

Release 7.0 installers are available for immediate download for Mac and Windows. (Express Edition is not typically produced for Linux and other Unix-like OS will be available soon; please contact us if you have specific need.)

Release 7.0 supports all 32-bit and 64-bit ODBC client tools and applications, both GUI and command-line, on —

OS X and OS X Server
on x86 and x86_64
Windows and Windows Server
on x86 and x86_64
  • Yosemite (10.10.x) (x86_64)

  • Mavericks (10.9.x) (x86_64)

  • Mountain Lion (10.8.x) (x86_64)

  • Lion (10.7.x) (x86_64)

  • Windows 8.x (x86, x86_64)

  • Windows 7.x (x86, x86_64)

  • Windows Vista (x86, x86_64)

  • Windows XP (x86, x86_64)

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 (x86_64)

  • Windows Server 2012 (x86_64)

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 (x86_64)

  • Windows Server 2008 (x86, x86_64)

  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (x86, x86_64)

  • Windows Server 2003 (x86, x86_64)

DBMS Version Support

The Release 7.0 Express Edition ODBC Driver supports virtually every version of Oracle in current use, including —

  • Oracle 12c Release 1 (12.1.x)

  • Oracle 11g Release 2 (11.2.x)

  • Oracle 11g Release 1 (11.1.x)

  • Oracle 10g Release 2 (10.2.x)

  • Oracle 10g Release 1 (10.1.x)

  • Oracle 9i Release 2 (9.2.x)

Changes since Release 6.x

Additions

  • Support for Oracle 12c

  • Support for OS X Yosemite, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012

Fixes

  • Enhanced support for Oracle 11g

  • Enhanced support for OS X Mavericks
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Announcement: UDA Release 7.0 Lite Edition ODBC Driver for Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server

In coming months, we'll be gradually shipping Release 7.0 of all our UDA drivers. This post will be the first of many, describing some of the fixes, changes, and improvements in each driver as they are made available.

Today, we have the Lite Edition ODBC Drivers for Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server.

Installation and configuration takes only minutes, by following the documentation which remains available anytime, specifically for this driver on OS X and Windows.

Release 7.0 licenses are also available for immediate purchase.

Client Platform Support

Release 7.0 installers are available for immediate download for Mac and Windows. Builds for Linux and other Unix-like OS will be available soon; please contact us if you have urgent need.

Release 7.0 supports all 32-bit and 64-bit ODBC client tools and applications, both GUI and command-line, on —

OS X and OS X Server
on x86 and x86_64
Windows and Windows Server
on x86 and x86_64
  • Yosemite (10.10.x) (x86_64)

  • Mavericks (10.9.x) (x86_64)

  • Mountain Lion (10.8.x) (x86_64)

  • Lion (10.7.x) (x86_64)

  • Windows 8.x (x86, x86_64)

  • Windows 7.x (x86, x86_64)

  • Windows Vista (x86, x86_64)

  • Windows XP (x86, x86_64)

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 (x86_64)

  • Windows Server 2012 (x86_64)

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 (x86_64)

  • Windows Server 2008 (x86, x86_64)

  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (x86, x86_64)

  • Windows Server 2003 (x86, x86_64)

DBMS Version Support

The Release 7.0 Lite Edition ODBC Driver supports virtually every version of Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase Adaptive Server in current use, including —

  • Microsoft SQL Server 6.5

  • Microsoft SQL Server 7.0

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2014

  • Microsoft SQL Azure

  • Sybase SQL Server 4.x

  • Sybase SQL Server 10.x

  • Sybase SQL Server 11.x

  • Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 11.x

  • Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 12.x

  • Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 15.x

  • Sybase SQL Anywhere 6.x

  • Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere (ASA) 7.x

  • Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere (ASA) 8.x

  • Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere (ASA) 9.x

  • Sybase SQL Anywhere 10.x

  • Sybase SQL Anywhere 11.x

Changes since Release 6.x

Additions

  • added support for SPARSE columns in SQLColumns() call

    • added DSN options SHOWSPARSECOLS / ShowSparseCols and Multi-Tier connect option -X )

    • details, based on test table:

           
      CREATE TABLE tbl_sparse_test 
        ( col1  INT SPARSE
        , col2  INT
        , col3  XML COLUMN_SET FOR ALL_SPARSE_COLUMNS 
        )
      
           
          
      • wildcard query will return only col2 and col3; will not include SPARSE columns. This is standard SQL Server behavior, and it cannot be changed.

               
        SELECT * 
          FROM tbl_sparse_test
          ;
        
               
              

        To include SPARSE columns in results, they must be explicitly SELECTed

               
        SELECT col1, col2, col3 
          FROM tbl_sparse_test
          ;
        
               
              
      • By default, calls to SQLColumns() don't return Sparse Columns. To receive full columns list:

        • via our Lite Edition ODBC driver —

          1. open connection with SHOWSPARSECOLS in DSN connection string, e.g., "DSN=TdsSQL;UID=sa;PWD=sa;SHOWSPARSECOLS=Y;"

          2. SQLColumns (hstmt, NULL, 0, NULL, 0, L"tbl_sparse_test", SQL_NTS, NULL, 0 );

        • via the Microsoft ODBC driver —

          1. SQLSetStmtAttr (hstmt, SQL_SOPT_SS_NAME_SCOPE, (SQLPOINTER)SQL_SS_NAME_SCOPE_EXTENDED, SQL_IS_SMALLINT);

          2. SQLColumns (hstmt, L"tempdb", SQL_NTS, L"dbo", SQL_NTS, L"tbl_sparse_test", SQL_NTS, NULL, 0 );

  • added support for new SQL Server datatypes such as datetime2

  • added support for NBCROW token

  • added support for Sybase 15

Fixes

  • fixed issue with SQL Server BIT datatype

  • fixed memory overwrite error, when DB procedure is called with SQL_PARAM_OUTPUT parameter of CHAR/VARCHAR/LONGVARCHAR

  • fixed issue with VARBINARY datatype and DB procedures

  • fixed issue with converting TIMESTAMP to CHAR/WCHAR

  • fixed datatype info in SQLGetTypeInfo -- new Sybase and MSSQL datatypes were added

  • fixed database catalog and query metadata info for Sybase 15's UNSIGNED INT, UNSIGNED SMALLINT, BIGINT, SYSNAME, LONGSYSNAME

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06/16/2015 17:43 GMT-0500 Modified: 06/23/2015 16:18 GMT-0500
Why Do I Need To Pay For ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, OLE-DB Drivers? (revisited)

Situation Analysis

It's the year 2015, and the fundamental issues associated with the utility of data access drivers remain confusing. Basically, we remain uncertain about the value-to-compensation alignment of ODBC (Open Database Connectivity), JDBC (Java Database Connectivity), and ADO.NET drivers/providers.

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Why do we pay for anything?

After allowing for consumer irrationality [1], the basis of any payment is fundamentally tied to the monetization of opportunity costs. Essentially, we pay for one thing to alleviate the (usually higher) costs of something else.

The rest of this post focuses on highlighting the real pains associated with the $0.00 value misconception associated with Data Access Drivers: ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, OLE-DB, etc.

Real Costs of Data Access Drivers

In the most basic sense, there are some fundamental aspects of data access that are complex to implement and rarely implemented (if at all) by free drivers. The list includes:

  • Escape Syntaxes for Dates and Functions -- abstraction for dates and function signatures at the application level (i.e., the same abstraction works across all compliant databases)
  • Metadata Calls which enable smarter ODBC compliant applications -- this feature is typically missing in Drivers and abused by the Clients (consumers); i.e., clients are made DBMS specific by testing for specific DBMS names, rather than utilizing feature and functionality metadata returned by drivers
  • Scrollable Cursors -- this is how you deal with change sensitivity and paging through large datasets; some drivers actually fake support and get away with it due to shortage of applications to test proper cursor types (Static, Forward-Only, Key-Set, Dynamic, and Mixed models).

Beyond actual driver sophistication, in regards to key feature implementations, let's up the ante by veering into the area of data security. At the most basic level, It's extremely important to understand that all data access drivers provide read-write access to your databases; thus, it's imperative that data access drivers address the following:

  • Read-Only or Read-Write Access modalities scoped to specific
    • users
    • user groups
    • target databases
    • data access standards (e.g., ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET)
    • client applications
    • client host operating systems
    • client host IP addresses
  • Any combination of the above as part of a configurable collection of data access rules (or policies).

Once you're done with security, you then have the thorny issue of data access and data flow management. In a nutshell, your driver needs to be able to handle:

  • Protection against Cartesian-product-based network flooding (e.g., user queries an enormous table without knowing or understanding back-end implications)
  • Enabling or Disabling of key DBMS engine data access optimization features (e.g. SQL RDBMS-specific extensions exposed via Environment Variables or SQL-command-based settings)
  • Conditional Connection Pooling across various dimensions such as Users, User Groups, Applications, Host Operating Systems, IP Addresses
  • Encryption of Data in Transit

Once you've dealt with Security and Data Flow, you then have to address the enforcement of these settings across a myriad of ODBC compliant host, which is where Zeroconfig and centralized data access administration comes into play i.e., configure once (locally) and enforce globally.

OpenLink Universal Data Access (UDA) Drivers

When OpenLink Software entered the ODBC Driver Market segment (circa 1992), the issues above were the fundamental basis of our Multi-Tier Drivers. Although the marketplace highlighted our drivers for high performance, stability, and specification adherence -- to all of which we remain committed -- our fundamental engineering focus has always been skewed towards configurable data security, platform independence, and scalability.

Every item of concern outlined in the section above is addressed by security features built into our Multi-Tier Drivers [2][3][4]. These features all leverage the fact that our multi-tier drivers include a sophisticated DB session rules book that enables construction and enforcement of user attribute (user name, application, client operating system, IP address, target database etc.) based rules which are applied to all database sessions (single or pooled).

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Today, in the year 2015, the security issues that pervade Data Access, whether via Native SQL RDBMS Drivers, or ODBC, JDBC, and ADO.NET Drivers/Providers, have only increased, courtesy of ubiquitous computing -- facilitated by the Internet & Web, across desktop and mobile device dimensions. Paradoxically, there remains a fundamental illusion that all Data Access Drivers are made the same; i.e., they simply provide you with the ability to connect to SQL RDBMS back-ends, for the industry standard price of $0.00, without consequence -- thereby skewing the very nature of SQL RDBMS data access and its security and privacy implications.

I hope that this post brings some clarity to a very serious security and general configuration management issues associated with Data Access Drivers. Free ODBC Drivers offer nothing; that's why they cost $0.00. When dealing with real issues associated with Open Data Access, you must have a handle on the inevitable issues of data security and privacy.

Links

  1. The Irrational Consumer: Why Economics Is Dead Wrong About How We Make Choices
  2. OpenLink Multi-Tier ODBC Drivers
  3. OpenLink Multi-Tier JDBC Drivers
  4. OpenLink Multi-Tier ADO.NET Providers

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Portable gaming is no longer restricted to compromised, scaled-down versions of console games. Modern tablets, smartphones, and handheld gaming PCs run complex, asset-heavy titles seamlessly.

If you are looking for a game that values your child’s creativity over your credit card information, is the gold standard.

is an open-world simulation and pretend-play app designed for creative storytelling. Let's Play Pocket Life World! - Pocket Life World

When releases updates, Cherry Pop Productions is often on the scene, exploring new areas like Starlight Studio or Buzz Tales, which offer new locations for storytelling, such as talent shows, workout areas, and dessert shops. Why Dr. Panda Town Tales is the Ultimate Portable Game

Cherry Pop Productions emphasizes the educational value found within these gaming sessions. Dr. Panda Town Tales fosters social-emotional learning by allowing children to role-play various scenarios. They can practice going to the doctor, grocery shopping, or visiting a park. By acting out these daily routines, children develop a better understanding of the world around them and improve their narrative skills. The ability to save progress and pick up exactly where they left off makes the portable experience seamless and rewarding.

For example:

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If you haven’t downloaded this gem yet, here is why it deserves a permanent spot on your family tablet or smartphone.

The influence of this channel is so significant that the developers of Dr. Panda Town Tales have officially collaborated with them. Cherry’s avatar has actually been added as a character inside the game, and viewers with over 1,000 subscribers can sometimes earn rewards by participating as "Town Tale Stars". The Game: Dr. Panda Town Tales Dr. Panda Town Tales

She has expanded the "lore" of her series by creating recurring friends like Vidia (the emo/goth friend) and Britney (the "rich and sassy" friend).

The narrative is emergent. One moment, you are helping Dr. Panda extinguish a fire at the bakery; the next, you are dressing him up as a rock star for a concert in the town square. removes the anxiety of failure, replacing it with the joy of discovery.

Moving characters and objects is completely intuitive.

Mobile sandbox and digital dollhouse gaming have exploded in popularity, driven by creators who transform open-ended apps into narrative-driven adventures. At the intersection of this movement is , a massively popular gaming channel run by Malaysian creator Sophie. With over 3 million subscribers on her Cherry Pop Productions YouTube Channel , Sophie has built an expansive digital empire.

If you own a tablet, a smartphone, or a handheld console, do yourself a favor. Download . Build your town. Pet the cat. Bake the cake. And let the tales unfold.

A "dr panda town tales portable" search (likely intended to be "Dr. Panda Town Tales") is the mysterious central piece. This is a top-tier mobile game from the award-winning developer , a company famous for safe, educational, and engaging apps for young children.

caters to an audience of over 3 million subscribers by delivering highly interactive, engaging gameplay commentaries. Host Sophie anchors the channel's identity around colorful simulation worlds. While her content spans various digital domains, including custom Roblox experiences and Toca Life World arcs, her exploration of interactive digital dollhouses remains a core pillar of the channel's success.

A detailed school setting featuring science labs, lockers, and a sports field.

Dr. Panda Town Tales: The Pinnacle of Open-Ended Exploration

Here are some of the cool things you can do: