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Ritmo/i5 v4.0.x.x Release Notes

Note: This version of Ritmo/i5 is for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.
Please click here if you are using .NET Framework 1.0 and 1.1.

Version

Date

Changes

4.0.0.0
05/21/07 This version is specifically for customers using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005. If you are using earlier versions of Visual Studio or SQL Server, please continue to use Ritmo/i5 version 3.0.0.0.

Implemented ADO.NET 2.0 compliance: added full support for the new base classes and factories;

Implemented the DDEX .net provider extension to fully integrate with Visual Studio 2005 components like Server Explorer and Designer including custom designers;

Added support for SQL Server 2005 including Reporting Services and SSIS;

Added support for the GetSchema() method for the common schema collections: MetaDataCollections, DataSourceInformation, DataTypes, Restrictions and ReservedWords, and for other 22 specific IBM DB2 i5 common schemas including: Tables, Views, Columns, Procedures, Procedure Parameters, Foreign Keys , PrimaryKeys, Indexes, Functions, etc;

Added support for 64-bit .NET Framework;

Added two new pooling methods: ClearAllPools and ClearPool to the connection class;

Added JobIdentifier property to the Sql400Connection class. It returns the i5 job information for the connection: Job Name, User Name and Job Number;

Increased the default size for the .Net framework decimal data type to 31 digits to support the System i (iSeries/AS400) decimal data type. It is now possible to get and set the decimal as a string if the size is greater than than 28 digits;

Fixed a problem where a BLOB with locator with an empty value but not null was not managed properly;

Extended support to read/write data from/to System i (iSeries/AS400) with custom CCSID to include CCSID 65535;

Fixed a problem where bulk insert did not manage null values properly;

Enhanced connection pooling to manage more than one pool for each connection string;

Implemented the DDEX .net provider extension to fully integrate with Visual Studio 2005 components like Server Explorer and Designer including custom designers and ReportViewer control.