Prepared for The German IUA
Emma K McGrattan
SVP, Engineering
October 9 th , 2012
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The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for Actian’s products remains at the sole discretion of Actian.
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2012
• Ingres 9.2 SP3
• Ingres 10S
The Spatial Release
• OpenROAD 6.0
The Transparent Unicode Release
• Actian Director Phase 1
• OpenROAD 5.1 SP1
• Actian Director Phase 2
2013
• Enterprise Access 3.0
• Ingres 10S SP1
Spatial Enhancements & Sprint
• Ingres 9.2 SP4
• OpenROAD 6.2
Web Services & UI Updates
• Actian Director Phase 3
• Ingres 10.2
Enhanced Cloud and Mobile
* Products already delivered * In Development * Features to be finalized
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Ingres 10S
Windows 32-bit
Linux 32 & 64-bit
Solaris SPARC
Ingres 9.2 SP3
Windows
Linux
Solaris SPARC
HP-UX
AIX
HP OpenVMS Itanium
OpenROAD 6.0
Windows 32-bit
OpenROAD 5.1SP1
Windows
Solaris SPARC
HP-UX
AIX
Linux
Ingres 10.1 GPL Community Edition
Updated to include UK AUA Code Sprint
Contributions
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DBMS Server Enhancements
Multi-version Concurrency Control
– Readers Don’t Block Writers
Column Level Encryption
Scalar Sub-queries
Long Identifiers
Renaming Tables and Columns
Bulk Loading Improvements
Batch Query Execution
Ingres for 64-bit Windows
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Connectivity Enhancements
JDBC 4.0 Support
64-bit ODBC Driver
IngresType.IngresDate Parameter Type in .NET Data Provider
Named Parameters in Parameterized
Queries in .NET Data Provider
Positional Parameter Support in Drivers
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• Area of rapid growth and technology change.
• Metamorphism of maps into Enterprise IT
• Increasing ubiquity in consumer electronics
• Necessity to manage resources
• Growth opportunity for analytics
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Ingres Geospatial Benefits
All-in-one database for spatial and business data
Collect, share and manage spatial data throughout your organization
Connect from leading spatial applications
– ArcGIS desktop, FME.
Build and deliver modern spatial-aware applications
The most cost-effective mission-critical geospatial database offering
24x7x365 enterprise support
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DBMS Server Enhancements
Geospatial Data Types and Functions
GDAL/OGR Library
OGC Simple Features for SQL 1.1
New data types include
POINT
LINESTRING
POLYGON
MULTIPOINT
MULTILINESTRING
MULTIPOLYGON
GEOMETRYCOLLECTION
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Esri’s ArcGIS for Desktop
Safe Software’s FME
GDAL/OGR library
GeoTools library
Quantum GIS
GeoServer
And more…
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DBMS Server Enhancements
Common Table Expressions
Multi-row INSERT
New SQL Compatibility Functions
New Location for Logs (Windows)
Log File Names can include PID & Date
SET SESSION COLLATION
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Connectivity Enhancements
ODBC Batch Execution – Execution of a single query with arrays of parameters
JDBC getGeneratedKeys
Enhancement
.NET Data Provider support for connection string brackets to allow the provider to recognize both double quotes and brackets for delimited identifiers
.NET Data Provider support for batch updates
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Includes
Ingres Net
ODBC Driver
JDBC Driver
Data Access Server
Compatible with
Ingres 10S, EA & EDBC
Vectorwise 2.5
Optionally create vnode(s) at end of installation process
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R-tree indexing on spatial types
Performance Enhancements
Additional Spatial Functions
Official Certifications
OGC Completed
SAFE Software Completed
ESRI ArcGIS Desktop
…
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OLTP & BI Hybrid
Further Cloud & Mobile Exploitation
Improved Compatibility
Enhanced Spatial Support
Improved Big-data Support
Autonomic Database Tuning
Task scheduling
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Unified management of Ingres and Vectorwise environments on premise and in the cloud
Focus is on ease of use
Scripting capabilities to automate administration tasks
Available for both Linux and
Windows
Familiar work-flows for new
Actian customers
Leverages web technologies and social networks
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Phase 2
Data Load Support
Profiling
Beyond 2012
Enhanced Cloud & Mobile
Exploitation
Query Tool Enhancements
Scheduling
Reporting
Server Monitoring
Server Configuration
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OpenROAD 5.1 Service Packs OpenROAD 6.0 The Unicode Release
OpenROAD 6.2 Web Services
+Updated Look & Feel
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Beyond OpenROAD 6.2
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OpenROAD 6.0
Transparent Unicode Support
Extends character set support to include multi-byte and UTF8 character sets
Requires minimal changes to existing applications
New Location for Database Connection Profiles
OpenROAD Command Window
New data type support – nchar, nvarchar, integer8
New function support
New SQL Statement support
A Windows Only Release
–
OpenROAD 6.2 will be cross-platform
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Can build applications that are indistinguishable from Java or .NET
Providing Developers the Ability to Improve the
Appearance of OpenROAD Applications &
Conform to GUI Standards
Painting Performance Improvements
Special effects
Rounded corners
Bitmap Transparency
Sprites
Opacity
Gradient Bitmaps
Rounded borders
Multi-Image Bitmaps
Microsoft 6 Common Controls (Windows Only)
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Improved Deployment Options
Integrate Community Contributed LoadnRun
Incorporated improvements to integrated version based on experiences
Provide Compact Deployment Option
Improve integration with other languages
Integrate Community Contributed ProxyGen into OpenROAD
Generate proxies to classes, methods and procedures exposed by the
OpenROAD Server
Allow OpenROAD Server to be a provider of RESTful API services (XML or JSON)
Allow OpenROAD client to be a consumer of RESTful API services (XML or JSON)
Build on Ingres 10S
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Previous effects
Microsoft Common
Controls 6
Transparent Bitmaps
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Existing Application Leveraging the OpenROAD 6.2 Features
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Rounded Borders
Multi-image bitmaps
Rounded Corners
Bitmap Gradients
Tagged
Values
Generated
Application
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OpenROAD Engine Work
OptionFields
Exploit Ingres 10.x
Features
Data Types
Functions
64-bit release
Lots of foundation work needed
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Improved SQL Statement Support
Formalize Outer Join Support
Derived Tables, also referred to as inline SELECTs, and
SELECT in a FROM clause
Correlated Update Support
Allow native SQL to be used for SELECTs (only)
SELECT queries without a FROM clause support (also referred to as Tableless Select with Bind Parameters)
Improved Data Type Support
Updated LOB Support for Microsoft SQL Server
Decimal 39 Support
Bigint (Integer8) Support
Long Identifier Support
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Usability Enhancements
Change default for load_table_qualifier to provide better out of the box experience
Log gateway daemon listen address in server start-up message in errlog.log
Security Enhancements
Support for Operating System Authenticated Groups in
Microsoft SQL Server and Active Directory
Windows UAC Support
Miscellaneous Enhancements
Improved Installer
Support for the latest DBMS releases
Based on Ingres 10S
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Any questions regarding the contents of this presentation should be addressed to: products@actian.com
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The preceding is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions.
The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for Actian’s products remains at the sole discretion of Actian.
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Support for z/OS Common Storage Area Key
Support for the latest DBMS releases
Support for latest operating system releases
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Providing Developers the Ability to Improve the Appearance of
OpenROAD Applications & Conform to GUI Standards
Feature enhancements
Exact width and height settings (including zero size) for TableFields
Bitmapped tabs (an additional TabBar style option)
Adjustable field-level margins for EntryFields
Extend the definition of an application, field, or class as much as you like, by adding properties in the form of tag plus value. Tags are saved, inherited, scoped just as properties are. (Tagged Values)
Rich TreeViewFields to support virtually all industry-standard features
Improve support for Microsoft Common Controls
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Providing Developers the Ability to Improve the Appearance of
OpenROAD Applications & Conform to GUI Standards
Code Generation
Frames / user classes
Special effects
Rounded corners / Bitmap Transparency / Sprites / Opacity
Deployment
LoadnRun
Built on Ingres 10S
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Community Collaboration via Sprint Projects
Breaking out of Tight Loops
Control the Display of Super Class Information for Attributes and Methods
Allow Property Inspector Frame to be Always on Top
New on Context Menu
Disable New toolbar button for active Components pane
Application name in title of Components portlet
Implement Sorting in Table Selection Frame
Check for empty database name before connecting to new database in Query tab
Color of Database and Table fields should indicate changeability when inserting attributes from DB table
Enclose literal strings in quotes when assigning new values in Debugger
Improve file handling in workbench tools
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