Release Notes (version 8.1.2)

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About the Release Notes

2What's New for Version 8.1.2

  • 2Windows enhancements
  • 2Linux enhancements
  • 2Informix integration
  • 2Business intelligence enhancements
  • 2DB2 Express
  • 2Product changes
  • 2Performance enhancements
  • 2Usability enhancements
  • 2DB2 for z/OS enhancements
  • 2Application development enhancements

    • Known problems and workarounds (Version 8.1.2)

  • Product and product-level support
  • 1Alternate FixPaks
  • Back-level DB2 server support
  • DB2 Universal Database version 7 server access
  • Classic Connect unavailable
  • Data Warehouse Center not available in Simplified Chinese
  • Data Warehouse Center down-level server support restrictions
  • 1DB2 administration server (DAS)
  • DB2 license policy for DB2 Workgroup Server Edition
  • DB2 Web Tools
  • DB2 Warehouse Manager not available in Simplified Chinese
  • 2Development Center APARs required for SQLJ and SQL Assist support on DB2 UDB Version 6 for OS/390 and DB2 UDB Version 7 for z/OS
  • Development Center limitations for 64-bit operating systems
  • 2Development Center on the Intel 32-bit Linux operating system
  • Development Center supports the Windows 98 operating system
  • 1Development Center now supports Actual Cost information for SQL statements run on OS/390 or z/OS servers
  • Federated systems restrictions
  • High availability function is included in DB2 Universal Database Workgroup Server Edition
  • 2IBM DB2 Development Add-In for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
  • 2Installation on Linux
  • License Center back-level versions not supported
  • 1Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual C++
  • Microsoft XP fix needed on 64-bit operating systems
  • MVS operating system not supported
  • Support for DB2 XML Extender on a Solaris Operating Environment and on Windows Server 2003
  • Windows XP operating systems
  • Application development
  • Asynchronous execution of CLI
  • 2CLI and ODBC on Windows 64-bit operating systems
  • Configuration Assistant
  • Unsupported bind options
  • Configuration parameters
  • 2NUM_LOG_SPAN configuration parameter on a multi-partition database
  • DB2 Backup and Restore
  • Backup and restore on Linux 390 operating systems
  • DB2 Data Links Manager
  • Data Links server backup fails using Tivoli Storage Manager archive server (AIX, Solaris Operating Environment)
  • 1Migrating DB2 when using DataJoiner or replication
  • DB2 Replication
  • Java Administrative API documentation for DB2 Data Replication
  • Column mapping restrictions and the Replication Center
  • Replication Center restrictions on iSeries systems
  • 1Workaround for the replication asnscrt command (Windows only)
  • Data Warehouse Center
  • ERwin 4.x metadata bridge
  • Japanese names of remote objects
  • Restrictions for the Clean Data transformer
  • Using the warehouse agent for replication and accessing Client Connect warehouse sources
  • Scheduling a warehouse process to run at intervals
  • Documentation
  • DB2 Replication Guide and Reference documentation
  • DB2 Version 8 HTML documentation installation restriction (Windows)
  • 1Documentation search may fail on AIX unless all documentation categories are installed
  • 1Documentation search problem with Java 2 JRE1.4.0
  • Installation of the DB2 Information Center for languages that are not options during installation
  • 1Official naming convention for DB2 for Linux when used on host systems
  • GUI tools
  • Control Center plugin support
  • Displaying Indic characters in the DB2 GUI tools
  • GUI tools not supported for zSeries servers running Linux operating systems
  • Load and Import Columns page does not support DBCS characters in IXF files
  • Incorrect indicators given when a load operation fails
  • Minimum display settings for GUI tools
  • SQL1224N error when using the GUI tools on AIX
  • Health Monitor
  • Health Monitor off by default
  • Health indicator restrictions
  • dasdrop limitation in multiple FixPak environments
  • Information Catalog Center tables
  • 2Do not partition information catalog tables
  • 1Secure Windows environments
  • SQL Assist
  • SQL Assist button disabled in the Command Center
  • Two versions of SQL Assist are launched from DB2
  • 2Throttled utility restrictions
  • XML Extender
  • 2Renaming of xml extender sample programs
  • XML Extender on a partitioned database environment.
  • Additional Information
  • Change in Unicode server behavior
  • Full message text is not returned when using SQLException.getMessage()
  • IBM DB2 universal JDBC driver
  • Java functions and routines on UNIX and Windows operating systems
  • English Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) files are used for all national language versions of DB2 V8.1 unless translated MDAC files are installed first.
  • The Simplified Chinese locale on AIX operating systems

    • Online help corrections and updates

  • Configuring the C environment for SQL stored procedures in the Development Center
  • 2Enabling view docking when accessing Development Center with Hummingbird Exceed
  • 2Microsoft Visual Studio .NET add-in information update in Development Center help
  • 2Migrating DB2 XML Extender to Version 8.1.2
  • Path settings to enable Java routines to compile in the Development Center
  • Runstats dialog - updated getting there information
  • Spatial Extender - requirements when using the Index Advisor
  • Specifying build options for a Java stored procedure in the Development Center

    • Appendix A. Notices

  • Trademarks

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