Pick Data Provider for .NET & Reporting Services versions 3.1
Raining Data is pleased to announce the general availability of Pick Data Provider for .NET version 3.1 and Pick Reporting Services Connector 3.1, ready for distribution today. Raining Data continues to partner with Microsoft to offer .NET connectivity to our database products. Based on specific requests from our customers, we have incorporated support for our mvBase database platform into these product releases.
New
3.1
Features and Enhancements
Overall, version 3.1 offers improved performance and
functionality to prior
releases. A full list of enhancements and resolutions appear in the
files
supplied with each of these product releases as well as the product
documentation located on our Web site. Key areas of enhancement
include:
- Availability for the mvBase 2.0 database platform
- Passwords on accounts can now exceed 6 characters
- Expanded the Formula field in the PDP Administration program
- More than 500 files can now be enabled in a single account
- Better memory management
In addition, there is major performance improvement in Pick Reporting Services Connector 3.1 when generating reports.
Product
Availability
Pick Data Provider for .NET 3.1 and
Pick Reporting Services Connector 3.1 both leverage native data
access
to Pick D3, mvBase, IBM UniVerse and IBM UniData databases through
Microsoft
Visual Studio .NET technology. This combined strength offers
developers a
comprehensive integrated development environment in which to build
scalable
and high performance Microsoft .NET Framework-based applications,
leveraging
the intrinsic capabilities of the Pick data model without explicit
normalization requirements.
Pick Data Provider for .NET 3.1 and Pick Reporting Services Connector 3.1 have been certified on the following database platforms. Product activation is available on the Raining Data Web site.
|
Database
Product
|
Version
Number
|
Operating
System
|
| D3 NT | 7.4.6 or later | Windows 2K Pro/XP Pro/2003 with latest service packs |
| D3 Linux | 7.4.2 with patch M13 or later | Red Hat Linux Enterprise 3.0 or later |
| D3 AIX | 7.4.2 or later | AIX 5.2.0 or later |
| mvBase | 2.0 or later | NT4.0 Pro/Server SP6, W2K Pro/Server/Adv Server SP4, XP Pro SP2, Windows 2003 Server/Enterprise/Web Server SP1 |
| UniVerse | 9.6 or later | Windows 2K/XP Pro/2003 with latest service packs/AIX/Linux |
| UniData | 5.2 or later | Windows 2K/XP Pro/2003 with latest service packs/AIX/Linux |
