Communicator 3000 MPE/iX Release 6.0 (Platform Software Release C.60.00) (30216-90269)

Chapter 5 77

Application Development

IMAGE/SQL and TurboIMAGE/XL Overview

by Bharati Desai

Commercial Systems Division

Overview

This is an overview of the enhancements to IMAGE/SQL and

TurboIMAGE/XL that have been implemented since the release

MPE/iX 5.5 (C.55.00). For additional information, refer to the following

articles in Chapter 10, "Technical Articles":

• IMAGE/SQL with TurboIMAGE/XL Enhancements

• TurboIMAGE/XL Dynamic Detail Dataset Expansion (DDX)

Problem

• IMAGE/SQL Dynamic Dataset Expansion for Master Datasets

(MDX)

• New Features in ALLBASE/SQL Version G3

• Introducing ODBCLink/SE

The highlights of this release of IMAGE/SQL, version B.G2.07, and

TurboIMAGE/XL, version C.07.14 are the following:

• B-Tree indices enhancement

• ODBCLink/SE, 16-bit and 32-bit ODBC driver, bundled with

IMAGE/SQL

• Support for third-party composite indices

• Scalability

• IMAGE/SQL Dynamic Dataset Expansion for Master Datasets

(MDX)

• Additional manuals bundled with IMAGE/SQL

• Manuals available on HP Instant Information CD-ROM:

• HP IMAGE/SQL Administration Guide

• TurboIMAGE/XL Database Management System Reference

Manual

Updating from an Earlier Release

If you are updating from an earlier release of IMAGE/SQL, you must

DETACH databases which are ATTACHed to one or more

DBEnvironments and ATTACH again in order to beneﬁt from the

enhancements. For performance improvement, issue the UPDATE