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ReadMe Last Published: Sept. 12, 2013. Any updates to these notes will be available at http://docs.embarcadero.com.

Thank you for using Embarcadero Rapid SQL, the integrated development environment for IBM DB2 UDB for Open Systems, IBM DB2 UDB for OS/390 and z/OS, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, and Sybase Adaptive Server database systems. Rapid SQL is your fast path to higher productivity whether you're programming in SQL, PL/SQL, Transact-SQL, HTML or Java. Before you use Rapid SQL, please read the information below.

What's New in Version 8.5/XE4

Embarcadero Connect Integration

User Interface and Navigator/Explorer Updates

Oracle Updates

SQL Server Updates

Operational Updates

DBMS Support and Connectivity

Dedicated Support

Generic JDBC/ODBC Connectivity

DBMS Versions No Longer Supported

Release 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 8.5/XE4

Embarcadero Connect Integration

Rapid SQL integrates with Embarcadero Connect, a product that allows easy distribution of data governance repository metadata to the enterprise. New Connect repository functionality includes:

Datasource Management - Individual RApid SQL users can employ centralized datasource definitions stored on a Connect server. You can connect to datasources using definitions stored on the Connect server, attach Connect server datasource definitions as as local definitions (and detach), reconcile differences between local and Connect server datasource definitions, and manage definitions on the Connect server.
SQL Editor - Centrally stored metadata for referenced elements such as tables, view, and columns, definitions or usage rules for example, is now available as tooltip and error pane information.

Three new HKLM/HKCU registry settings (ConnectURL, UseConnect, and AllowKeepMeSignedIn) let you lock down those features.

User Interface and Navigator/Explorer Updates

Bookmark Enhancements - The number of Navigator/Explorer Bookmarks you can create has been increased from 64 to 256. In addition, Rapid SQL will no longer allow you to create multiple bookmarks referencing the same Navigator/Explorer node.

Oracle Updates

DBMS_Scheduler Support - Four new object types are available under the Scheduler node: Chains, Jobs, Programs, and Schedules. New Wizards/Editors allow you to create and edit jobs, programs, and schedules. Available object actions let you enable/disable, run, and stop jobs and to enable/disable programs.
Suppression of time component in DATE datatype results - In the Results window of the ISQL Editor, display of Oracle DATE datatype results can now be configured to suppress display of time components (DD:MM:SS) if the time component is all zeroes. The Options Editor (File > Options > Connection > Oracle) now has a Hide time portion of DATE datatype if zero control that controls this feature.

SQL Server Updates

SQL Server 12 Transact SQL Parsing - This release introduces dedicated SQL Editor support for SQL Server 12 Transact SQL. Rapid SQL features such as SQL execution, debugging, formatting/editing, and automated error detection and coding assistance, now work seamlessly against SQL Server version 12. Specific updates have been made to accommodate reserved words/keywords, buillt-in functions, and updates to the ALTER, CREATE, DROP and other statements.

Operational Updates

A new command line startup switch, -R, lets you provide a platform-specific connection string when starting Rapid SQL from the command line. For details, see the online Help topic Getting Started > Application Basics > Starting an Installed Version of Rapid SQL from the Command Line.

DBMS SUPPORT AND CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS

DEDICATED SUPPORT CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS

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

Native Embarcadero drivers - For use with IBM DB2, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, and Sybase ASE datasources, Rapid SQL is packaged with a set of native drivers, each requiring a DBMS-specific client to be installed.
InterBase/Firebird - InterBase requires both client and driver software to be installed. Firebird requires driver software.
JDBC drivers - For all supported DBMS platforms, Rapid SQL 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 Rapid SQL, are installed with Rapid SQL.

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, driver, or client/driver combination that must be installed if using native Embarcadero clients, and the third-party, Type 4 JDBC drivers packaged with Rapid SQL.

DBMS Platform Supported Versions Client (or driver/client combination) Required for use with Native Embarcadero Drivers Packaged JDBC Driver

Firebird Firebird 2.0 Firebird ODBC Driver Jaybird JDBC Driver

IBM DB2 for z/OS v8 and v9 DB2 UDB Client for Windows 8.0 or later IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC

IBM DB2 for LUW Versions 9.0 - 9.7 IBM DB2 LUW Client for Windows 8.0 or later IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC

InterBase InterBase 2007
InterBase 2009
InterBase ODBC Driver or DataDirect ODBC driver for InterBase and the InterBase Client Interbase JDBC Driver

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, and 11g Oracle SQL*Net Client Oracle JDBC Thin Driver

Sybase ASE Sybase System 12.5 - Sybase 15.5 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

DBMS Platform	Supported Versions	Client (or driver/client combination) Required for use with Native Embarcadero Drivers	Packaged JDBC Driver
Firebird	Firebird 2.0	Firebird ODBC Driver	Jaybird JDBC Driver
IBM DB2 for z/OS	v8 and v9	DB2 UDB Client for Windows 8.0 or later	IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC
IBM DB2 for LUW	Versions 9.0 - 9.7	IBM DB2 LUW Client for Windows 8.0 or later	IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC
InterBase	InterBase 2007 InterBase 2009	InterBase ODBC Driver or DataDirect ODBC driver for InterBase and the InterBase Client	Interbase JDBC Driver
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, and 11g	*Oracle SQLNet Client**	Oracle JDBC Thin Driver
Sybase ASE	Sybase System 12.5 - Sybase 15.5	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

GENERIC JDBC/ODBC CONNECTIVITY

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

DBMS VERSIONS NO LONGER SUPPORTED

As of this release, Rapid SQL is no longer tested against Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or IBM DB2 for Linux, Unix, and Windows 8.x.

Release Notes

IMPORTANT ADVISORY NOTES

When working against versions prior to the Interbase 2009 Update 3 release, Rapid SQL may crash due to Interbase client/Data Direct ODBC Driver problems accessing the interbase.msg file. If you experience this type of crash, ensure that:
1. The DataDirect ODBC driver for InterBase and the InterBase Client are installed
2. The interbase.msg file exists in the InterBase client's directory
3. You have the correct path in registry. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Borland\InterBase\Servers] has a RootDirectory key that should point to the InterBase installation directory, e.g. "RootDirectory"="D:\\CodeGear InterBase"

KNOWN ISSUES

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

Close Rapid SQL.
Uninstall the older MySQL ODBC client.
Restart Rapid SQL 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, Rapid SQL 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 Rapid SQL, will result in procedures A2 and A3 being invalidated.

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.

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>"

Rapid SQL 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 Rapid SQL 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 Embarcadero Rapid SQL 8.5/XE4
RAP-5783	[Explorer] Request for Data retrieval query to query table's columns and not just a SELECT * statement	All
RAP-5790	[DBMS Actions] Sort via query does not sort correctly	All
RAP-5809	[Application] Application has detected a more recent version of the file that was saved automatically	All
RAP-5483	XML data queried from CLOB column appears to be truncated or missing when lauching LOB Editor to view the contents	Oracle
RAP-5793	[DBMS Object Management] Unable to view CLOB.	Oracle
RAP-5807	[Debugger]Variables are unchangeable in Debugger, when attempting to change them, errors appear - Encountered the symbol "VALUE"	Oracle
RAP-5817	[Application] Running explain plan for a query that uses the LISTAGG function errors	Oracle
RAP-5302	Incorrect script generated when renaming a procedure with sp_rename option on SQL Server	SQL Server
RAP-5810	Rapid SQL crashes when executing large script	SQL Server
RAP-5812	Global settings are overwriting local Settings for ISQL scripts	SQL Server
RAP-5788	[DBMS Object Management] Error type when renaming table Number (207) Severity (16) State (4) Server (zpic) Procedure (sp_rename) Invalid column name 't'.	Sybase ASE
RAP-5795	[Debuggers] When using Debugger, Debugger Watch and Variable window displays a NULL value and fails to update with the values given to the Stored Procedure	Sybase ASE

Additional Resources

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