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ReadMe Last Published: August 18, 2014. Any updates to these notes will be available at http://docs.embarcadero.com.

Thank you for using Embarcadero DBArtisan, the award winning DBA tool for enterprise-wide database administration. DBArtisan empowers you to manage all of your critical databases running on current versions of IBM DB2, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Sybase, and Teradata systems, from a single, consistent, user-friendly interface. Before you use DBArtisan, please read the information below.

What's New in Version 9.7/XE6

PostgreSQL Support

Backup Analyst Support Discontinued

Technical Requirements

Browser Requirements

Hardware Requirements

Operating System Requirements

32-bit versus 64-bit Application Considerations and Restrictions

DBMS Support and Connectivity

Dedicated Support Connectivity Options

Generic JDBC/ODBC Connectivity

Specifically-tested JDBC/ODBC Connectivity Products: Apache Hive/Hadoop

DBMS Versions No Longer Supported

Release Notes

Important Advisory Notes

Known Issues

Bug Fixes

Additional Resources

Licensing Your Embarcadero Product

Embarcadero Technologies Product Support

Embarcadero Technologies Technical Support

Embarcadero Technologies on the Web

What's New in Version 9.7/XE6

PostgreSQL Support

This release introduces support for PostgreSQL datasources, PostgreSQL version 9.3 and higher. Connectivity is available with the PostgreSQL ODBC Driver (version 9.02 minimum) or with the pre-packaged PostgreSQL JDBC Driver. Functionality as of the current release is as follows:

Standard datasource registration and connection features
Command line startup option
Limited Datasource Navigator/Explorer tree functionality
Object types available are Databases, Check Constraints, Domains, Exclusion Constraints, Foreign Keys, Functions, Indexes, Primary Keys, Schemas, Roles, Rules, Tables, Tablespaces, Triggers, Types, Unique Keys, and Views.
Drop and Extract object actions are available for all supported object types. Object type-specific actions, such as Rename, Select * From, Change Owner, and Change Schema are available for some object types.
SQL Editor execution against PostgreSQL datasources is available. Also available are related, common SQL Editor tools such as Query Options.

Backup Analyst Support Discontinued

As of this release, the Backup Analyst feature is no longer supported.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

Before using DBArtisan, please verify that your environment meets the requirements listed below:

NOTE: Users need full registry privileges during the installation and access to the keys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER in the registry after installation.

BROWSER REQUIREMENTS

DBArtisan requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or later.

HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

Embarcadero Technologies recommends the following minimum hardware requirements:

Pentium 4-level processor
1 GB of memory
1 GB of disk space
1024 x 768 display

OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

DBArtisan supports the following operating systems:

Windows XP SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Windows 8 (32-bit and 64-bit)

XP Support Notes - Windows XP has two user security groups: Users and Power Users. Microsoft intentionally does not grant members of the Users Group the authority to install applications or make global changes to the system. Restricted Users are members of the Users Group. Standard users belong to the Power Users Group. Microsoft grants members of the Power Users Group the authority to install programs. You must be a member of the Administrators Group in order to install and use Embarcadero Technologies applications. Because Restricted Users are members of the Users Group, they cannot install and run Embarcadero Technologies applications.

Use the Group Membership tab to determine your group and review the Microsoft security guidelines. On the Control Panel, open User Accounts. On the Users tab, select a user and then click the Properties button. Click the Group Membership tab.

Vista and Windows 7 Support Notes - Windows Vista UAC and Windows 7 provide two user types: Standard users and Administrators. DBArtisan can be installed or uninstalled by an administrator or by a standard user using an administrator token. Standard users can run DBArtisan. For the purpose of running DBArtisan, default standard user token privileges should not be modified. Modifying standard user token privileges can result in licensing issues which will prevent DBArtisan from operating properly.

32-BIT VERSUS 64-BIT APPLICATION CONSIDERATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS

If you install the 64-bit version of DBArtisan and you are using custom drivers, you must be using 64-bit versions of those drivers when using the 64-bit version of DBArtisan. Similarly, 32-bit versions of custom drivers must be used with the 32-bit DBArtisan installation.

DBMS SUPPORT AND CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS

DEDICATED SUPPORT CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS

DBArtisan provides dedicated connectivity to a specific version range of IBM DB2 for Linux, Unix, and Windows, IBM DB2 for z/OS, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Sybase, and Teradate databases. The following connectivity options are provided:

Native Embarcadero drivers - DBArtisan is packaged with a set of native drivers, each requiring a DBMS-specific client to be installed.
JDBC drivers - DBArtisan can connect to a datasource more directly using one of the packaged, third-party JDBC drivers. No additional connectivity components need to be installed. One or more third-party drvers, tested against DBArtisan, are installed with DBArtisan.

The following table provides a summary of resources/requirements for connectivity to dedicated DBMS platforms. For each platform, it lists supported versions, the client software that must be installed if using native Embarcadero clients, and the third-party, Type 4 JDBC drivers packaged with DBArtisan.

DBMS Platform Supported Versions Client Required for use with native Embarcadero drivers Packaged JDBC Driver

IBM DB2 for z/OS v8, v9, and v10 DB2 UDB Client for Windows 9.0 or later IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC

IBM DB2 for LUW Versions 9.0 - 10.0 IBM DB2 LUW Client for Windows 9.0 or later IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (All editions including 2005 Express Edition for 32-bit x86 and 64-bit Itanium & x86-64)
2008
2012
Microsoft SQL Server Client Library jTDS Type 4 JDBC Driver for Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver

MySQL 4.x MySQL Connector/ODBC Driver 5.2.x Driver - MySQL Connector/ODBC driver 3.51.x Driver MySQL Connector/J JDBC Driver

Oracle Oracle 9i, 10g, 11g, and 12c Oracle SQL*Net Client Oracle JDBC Thin Driver

PostgreSQL 9.3 minimum
Specifically-supported PostgreSQL-based database products include Greenplum, Pivotal HAWQ, and BigSQL. PostgreSQL ODBC Driver (latest version recommended) PostgreSQL JDBC Driver

Sybase ASE Sybase System 12.5 - Sybase 15.7 Sybase Open Client jTDS Type 4 JDBC Driver for Microsoft SQL Server
Sybase jConnect JDBC Driver

Sybase IQ 12.7 - 15.4 SQL Anywhere ODBC drivers for Sybase IQ 12.7
Sybase IQ 32-bit ODBC drivers
Sybase jConnect JDBC Driver for Sybase IQ

Teradata 13.10, 14, and 14.10 Teradata ODBC driver for Windows (version 14 recommended) Teradata JDBC Driver

DBMS Platform	Supported Versions	Client Required for use with native Embarcadero drivers	Packaged JDBC Driver
IBM DB2 for z/OS	v8, v9, and v10	DB2 UDB Client for Windows 9.0 or later	IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC
IBM DB2 for LUW	Versions 9.0 - 10.0	IBM DB2 LUW Client for Windows 9.0 or later	IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC
Microsoft SQL Server	2005 (All editions including 2005 Express Edition for 32-bit x86 and 64-bit Itanium & x86-64) 2008 2012	Microsoft SQL Server Client Library	jTDS Type 4 JDBC Driver for Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver
MySQL	4.x	MySQL Connector/ODBC Driver 5.2.x Driver - MySQL Connector/ODBC driver 3.51.x Driver	MySQL Connector/J JDBC Driver
Oracle	Oracle 9i, 10g, 11g, and 12c	*Oracle SQLNet Client**	Oracle JDBC Thin Driver
PostgreSQL	9.3 minimum Specifically-supported PostgreSQL-based database products include Greenplum, Pivotal HAWQ, and BigSQL.	PostgreSQL ODBC Driver (latest version recommended)	PostgreSQL JDBC Driver
Sybase ASE	Sybase System 12.5 - Sybase 15.7	Sybase Open Client	jTDS Type 4 JDBC Driver for Microsoft SQL Server Sybase jConnect JDBC Driver
Sybase IQ	12.7 - 15.4	SQL Anywhere ODBC drivers for Sybase IQ 12.7 Sybase IQ 32-bit ODBC drivers	Sybase jConnect JDBC Driver for Sybase IQ
Teradata	13.10, 14, and 14.10	Teradata ODBC driver for Windows (version 14 recommended)	Teradata JDBC Driver

GENERIC JDBC/ODBC CONNECTIVITY

Generic JDBC/ODBC connectivity to non-dedicated DBMS systems or non-database datasources is also provided. DBArtisan can connect to a datasource using a customer-provided, third-party JDBC version 3.0 or ODBC version 3.0 driver. Minimal DBArtisan functionality is provided, including a basic Explorer tree and SQL querying.

SPECIFICALLY-TESTED JDBC/ODBC CONNECTIVITY PRODUCTS: APACHE HIVE/HADOOP

DBArtisan has been successfully tested against Apache Hive/Hadoop datasources using the Hortonworks ODBC driver. Similarly, Cloudera Impala datasources have been tested using the Cloudera JDBC driver. In both cases, SQL querying and a Datasource Explorer/Navigator tree are available.

RELEASE NOTES

IMPORTANT ADVISORY NOTES

If you want to run DBArtisan on Microsoft Windows 8.1, verify that third-party DBMS native drivers install properly. Consider using a JDBC connection.

KNOWN ISSUES

The current version of DBArtisan does not support the MySQL ODBC client that shipped with previous versions of DBArtisan. If DBArtisan crashes after connecting to a MySQL data source:

Close DBArtisan.
Uninstall the older MySQL ODBC client.
Restart DBArtisan and try connecting to a MySQL datasource. You are prompted to install the MySQL client drivers.
Follow the installation instructions to install the new driver.

Note that when debugging a procedure against an Oracle data source, DBartisan performs a compilation before debugging. During a compilation, Oracle invalidates referencing objects. For example, if procedures A2 and A3 both reference procedure A1, debugging procedure A1 in DBArtisan, will result in procedures A2 and A3 being invalidated.

In some situations the Database Monitor may prompt to connect to an already connected datasource if auto-connect is not enabled for that datasource

DBArtisan installs the incorrect stored procedures for Capacity Analyst for a Sybase 15 database. Please refer to this Knowledge Base article: www.embarcadero.com/jive/entry.jspa?externalID=1030&caID=2

For servers running on Sybase version 12.5.3a, the CREATE ENCRYPTION KEY and DECRYPT permissions do not display properly--they'll be shown as null. See Sybase's document CR392544 ("sp_helpprotect does not show privileges related to encryption keys."). This has been fixed in ASE version 12.5.3a/ESD#1 (now available as a download) and ASE version 12.5.4.

The SQL Server Agent failing problem is caused by the lack of permission to enumerate the status of the server service. To determine the status of the server, the user must have permission to check the status of the server service. If the user running DBArtisan at the client machine is a not a local user who can be authenticated at the server machine, the Server Agent jobs will fail.
Workaround:
a. If the user that runs DBArtisan is not a domain user, create the same user with the same password on the server.
b. If the user is a domain user, make sure the user can login to the server.

When you are using the Debugger:

The Debugger windows (Variables, Watch, CallStack, Dependency) cannot be undocked. This behavior is deliberate and is true only for the Debugger windows. The Output window can be undocked.
When running Windows XP SP2, SQL Server 2000 SP4 is required on both the client and the server.
When running the Debugger on SQL Server 2005 CLIENTS:

Verify that the file ssdebugps.dll is registered on the client machine. This file is REQUIRED for debugging and Microsoft only installs it on the server machine and not as a part of a client-only install.
Follow the instructions under the "Configure DCOM on the computer that is running Visual Studio. NET" heading from Microsoft to reconfigure the DCOM settings on your client machine: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=833977.
On the Default Properties tab of the My Computer dialog box, make sure the Default Authentication Level is set to None and that the Default Impersonation Level is set to Impersonate.

When using the Embarcadero Sybase debugger against a Sybase database with multiple temporary databases (supported in Sybase ASE 12.5.0.3 and above), either the user or the debugger application must be bound to a specific temporary database.

To bind the Embarcadero Sybase Debugger:
sp_tempdb "bind" , "ap", "Sybase Debugger", "DB", "<tempdb name>"
To bind the user:
sp_tempdb "bind", "lg", "<login id>", "DB", "<tempdb name>"

The BCP (bulk copy) data movement option is disabled for cross-platform migration. In addition, to use the BCP in a Sybase-to-Sybase migration, the user must be logged in as System Administrator *or* the "select into/bulkcopy/pllsort" database option must be true on the target catalog. If this option is "false" on the target catalog, BCP will not appear as a data movement option for non-system users.

Schema migration jobs created in earlier versions of DBArtisan that were saved with a .migrate file extension must be re-created in DBArtisan 8.1 or later. Only migration jobs with a .sav extension can be reused.

DBArtisan is currently unable to create table names, column names, and check constraint names longer than 18 characters on an OS390 mainframe database.

On SQL Server 2005, the Browser component is disabled by default. With this service disabled, in DBArtisan you cannot reference SQL Server instances by name, only by port number. If you want the ability to reference SQL Server instances by name, you must enable this service on the server.

BUG FIXES

Bugs Fixed in DBArtisan 9.7/XE6
Issue #	Description	DBMS
DBA-2827	DBA813 3229: An error message is displayed on inserting an Identity column on a Table for a SQL Server 2000 datasource.	SQL Server
DBA-2888	DBA813 3234: An error message is displayed on adding the column in to the table which has the view for a SQL Server 2005 datasource.	SQL Server
DBA-18604	Using the REFRESH button from the database object editor's SPACE tab inappropriately switches the name of the DB to another DB (usually Master).	Sybase ASE
DBA-29811	[Object management]Partitioned Tablespaces are failing to show anything in DDL View tab	DB2 LUW
DBA-30096	[Application] Application crashes upon loading	Sybase ASE
DBA-30123	The Database Monitor does not display processes for RAC nodes other than the All selection	Oracle
DBA-30124	DBArtisan cannot be run by a user different from the installed user	All
DBA-30227	Extract and execute a stored procedure comments disappear.	Sybase ASE
DBA-30266	[DBMS Actions] Error when running extracted login script on another server	SQL Server
DBA-30724	[DBMS Actions] Unable to run the explain plan	Oracle
DBA-30751	Oracle LDAP discovery fails for certain datasources	Oracle
DBA-30815	DBArtisanDBA-30876 Query plan not working when login as SYSDBA	Oracle
DBA-30876	DBArtisanDBA-30876 [DBMS Object Management] Landing page displayed on connection to MS SQL Server 2012, displays "Buffer Cache (KB)" as 0	SQL Server
DBA-30947	[Data Editor] File save to Excel does not produce a proper xlsx format.	Sybase ASE
DBA-30959	[Data Source Explorer] Command line start-up parameters for a Sybase alias from the SQL.ini is not recognized	Sybase ASE

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

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