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Janus wrote:

> Fyracle 0.8.7 released
> ======================

> Changes:

> - <CHAR> LIKE 'XX': 'XX' cast to CHAR of matching size
> - schema/owner prefixing accepted but ignored
> - corrected assignment of pl var's bound to a cursor
> - fixed length reporting for varchar2 in pl
> - divide int/int --> float (sql only, pl will follow in 0.8.8)
> - alias recognition with derived tables
> - fixes to TO_CHAR
> - fixed group by for built-in functions returning VARCHAR
> - added support for (a, b, ...) IN (SELECT x, y, ...)

> Version 0.8.7 contains fixes for all errors that have been
> reported to the Fyracle newsgroup.

> In the downloads area is a new script that adds all
> DBA/ALL views as found in Oracle7, contributed by Pascal
> Legrand:
> http://www.fyracle.org/downloads/catalog_views.zip

> Download:

> The new runtime installers can be downloaded from:
> http://www.fyracle.org/downloads

> The developer kit can be downloaded via:
> http://www.janus-software.com/fb_buy.html

> Upgrade:

> The recommended upgrade procedure is to first
> uninstall any previous versions of Fyracle and only
> then to install the new 0.8.7 release. Remember
> to save your configuration files (firebird.conf
> and aliases.conf) if you changed them!

> The uninstaller has a start menu entry on Windows
> and can be found at the top of the install
> directory on Linux and Windows.

> Roadmap/Outlook:

> Fyracle 0.8.8 will move the base system from Firebird 1.5.1
> to Firebird 1.5.2 The major enhancement in 0.8.8 will be
> support for global temporary tables.

> Compiere:

> The current Compiere demo is still 2.5.1g The last
> upgrade to these files was on Feb 1st. A port of
> Compiere 2.5.2 is underway, probably to coincide with
> the release of Fyracle 0.8.9

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