Oracle Rdb Release 7.2.3 Now Available

Oracle is pleased to announce the availability of Oracle Rdb Release 7.2.3.0 (aka V7.2-30). The kit will be available this week on CTN | Metalink:
10321640, Itanium kit
10321635, Alpha Optimized kit
10321595, Alpha kit

Software Errors Fixed in Oracle Rdb Release 7.2.3.0

Software Errors Fixed That Apply to All Interfaces
- Inability to Cause Free Space Scan for First Insert After Attach
- Insert ACCVIO Bugcheck on IA64
- Processes With Multiple Database Attaches Stall "Waiting for RTUPB list" on IA64
- Multi-Threaded Processes Hang in HIB Status
- Tape Savesets With More Than 999,999 Blocks Report Wrong Block Number
- Possible DBR Failure Due to Address Space Being Exhausted
- Control Number and Size of AIJ Initialization I/O Buffers
- Some Sort Operations May Bugcheck With More Than 134 Million Rows
- DBR Hangs on Page Lock After Node Crash
- Alter Storage Map ... Reorganize Pages Corrupts SORTED Indices
- RDMALS Bugcheck at AIJUTL$FORMAT_ARBS + 00000DA4
- Bugcheck Due to Command Line Too Long

SQL Errors Fixed
- ALTER PROFILE Generates a SQL Bugcheck Dump
- Incorrect File Specification Reported for RDB$STORAGE_AREAS Information Table
- Unexpected Bugcheck When Processing Zero Length Strings
- Unexpected Bugcheck from RENAME TABLE Statement
- Unexpected RDMS-F-NODBK Reported by DROP USER Statement
- Unexpected COSI-F-VASFULL Reported by Long Running SQL Application
- Diagnostics Lost Following Procedure Call in Dynamic SQL
- Unexpected Bugcheck from SET TRANSACTION Statement

RMU Errors Fixed
- RMU Extract Reports BAD_CODE Error for TRANSLATE Function
- Restore of Selected Area Fails With ACCVIO
- RMU Load Quietly Truncated String Data During Insert
- RMU /UNLOAD /AFTER_JOURNAL Sort Performance
- Possible RMU/MOVE_AREA/ONLINE Database Corruption
- RMU /BACKUP Performance Enhanced On Some Types Of Tape Drives
- RMU Analyze Reports Incorrect Compression Ratio for Some Tables
- Restore May Miss Storage Area Without Warning
- Incorrect View Syntax Generated by RMU Extract Item=VIEW
- Revised Format for the RMU/UNLOAD/AFTER_IMAGE CONTROL File
- RMU Created an Incorrect Restore Options File for Single File Databases

RMU Show Statistics Errors Fixed
- RMU/SHOW STATISTICS Checkpoint Information Screen Sort By Oldest Transaction Did Not Work Correctly
- Date and Time Included In Lock Deadlock Log File
- Incorrect RMU/SHOW STATISTICS Layout File RMU$SHOW_STATISTICS72.CDO

Enhancements Provided in Oracle Rdb Release 7.2.3.0

Enhancements that Apply to all Interfaces
- Optional Run-Time Routine Native Compiler on I64 Enabled By Default
- Temporary Table Improvements
- New SIGN Builtin Function
- Enhanced Simple CASE Expression
- Changes in Generated Query Outline ID
- ALTER INDEX ... MAINTENANCE IS ENABLED DEFERRED Syntax is Now Active
- SQL Precompiler and Module Language Compiler /ARCHITECTURE Command Line Qualifier
- PERFT4_RDB Example Program
- RMU Load Quietly Truncated String Data During Insert
- New FETCH FIRST and OFFSET Clauses for Select Expression
- RMU Unload Now Creates SQL*Loader Control Files

Ginger
Rdb Engineering