DBDiff Ver. 5.0 Release Notes


The following are the changes that DBDiff has gone through since Ver. 1.0:

Ver. 1.0: 
Original Release.

Ver. 1.1:
Bug: Sort was incorrect when first field in tables was numeric
Status: Fixed
Bug: Broken link in Help file
Status: Fixed
Ease of use: Start screen maximized
Status: Done

Ver. 1.2:
Bug: Word wrapping on extremely long lines did not break "nice"
Status: Fixed
Ease of Use: Disable not applicable buttons on control panel.
Status: Done
Feature: Context Help
Status: Added

Ver. 1.3:
Bug: When saving a file and disk ran out of space, DBDiff did not recover
Status: Fixed

Ver. 2.0:
Feature: Ability to exclude columns by patterns.
Status: Added
Feature: Ability to ignore leading and trailing spaces in data.
Status: Added
Ease of Use: Add more indexes to on-line Help
Status: Done

Ver. 3.0:
Feature: Comparison of indexes.
Status: Added
Feature: Incremental/Automatic report saving
Status: Added
Feature: Process all tables or only those owned by user
Status: Added
Feature: Process data types as ODBC standards or DBMS specific
Status: Added
Ease of Use: On-line help revised to include description of features and troubleshooting
Status: Done
Ease of Use: If ODBC returned error, DBDiff would report and terminate execution
Status: Now DBDiff reports and continues except when fatal error encountered.
Bug: Sometimes could not connect to SQL Server
Status: Fixed
Bug: Saving on some machines failed apparently at random
Status: Fixed
Bug: When using Oracle's ODBC driver and the advanced options, DBDiff would "hang"
Status: Fixed
Bug: Restoring cursor statuses after DBDiff was stopped on Windows NT failed occasionally
Status: Fixed

Ver. 3.1:
Feature: Create report directly to file
Status: Added
Ease of Use: Press enter to add new pattern and stay in pattern field (Advanced Columns Options)
Status: Done
Bug: Cannot retrieve column information on DB2 type databases when table...
Status: Fixed

Ver. 3.2:
Ease of Use: Show previous columns in Columns to ignore (Advanced Options)
Status: Done
Ease of Use: Show previous tables marked for skipping in Advanced Structure Options
Status: Done
Ease of Use: Help file updated.
Status: Done
Bug: Report correct message when there are no columns to select from DB
Status: Fixed
Bug: Tables marked for skipping were erased on next run if no advanced setup was done for next run.
Status: Fixed
Bug: Too much memory consumed by index comparison
Status: Fixed

Ver. 3.3:
Feature: Automatic detection of special named database objects
Status: Added
Feature: Ability to compare numbers by value and not by representation
Status: Added
Feature: Ability to ignore seconds and fractional seconds when comparing date/time values
Status: Added
Bug: Some special characters caused a problem when retrieving data
Status: Fixed + See above feature.
Bug: Float representation across databases sometimes caused differences to be shown when non existent 
Ease of Use: On-line help updated
Status: Done

Ver. 3.4:
Feature: Include in report tables with identical structures
Status: Added
Feature: Include in report tables with identical data
Status: Added
Bug: Some numeric fields were being truncated at display
Status: Fixed

Ver. 4.0:
Feature: Compare views and views data
Status: Added
Feature: Compare procedure definitions
Status: Added
Feature: Save settings for retrieval on next run
Status: Added
Feature: Create and load configuration files
Status: Added
Feature: Command line run
Status: Added
Bug: Retrieval of unwanted tables in SQLServer/DB2
Status: Fixed
Bug: Spelling mistakes in help file
Status: Fixed
Ease of Use: Added user name to database name
Status: Done
Ease of Use: Updated Help Files
Status: Done

Ver. 4.1:
Bug: Character truncation on long data fields
Status: Fixed
Bug: Installer failed to create entry in Start Menu
Status: Fixed
Feature: Multi-user database auto detection
Status: Now DBDiff automatically identifies and handles such databases
Feature: Ability to save report in RTF format
Status: Added, now report can be saved preserving the colors.
Ease of Use: Added server name to database name
Status: Done
Ease of Use: Updated Help Files
Status: Done

Ver. 5.0:
Ability to select owner/catalog/schema to be processed
Ability to compare subsets of data by adding conditions to the data retrieval
Window size and position are now restored
Bug in display of length in report when LONG fields where used.
Fixed problem validating license under some versions of Windows when not installing in drive c:.
Window size and position are now restored.
Changed status bar to reflect database colors for ease of use.
Ability to change the report's font
Ability to change the report's syntax highlighting colors
Ability to print a report.
DBDiff now shows which config file you are using and allows for save as well as save as
Ability to compare the resulting data of 2 free form sql select statements
Ability to rerun last compare with a single click
Significant performance improvements when comparing large amounts of data
Connection errors are now properly displayed.
New tools menu to access other DKG tools.
Fixed truncate of column names in report headers.
Ability to create database snapshots to compare off-line databases, or track historical changes.
Fixed problem with automatic treatment of special names.
DBDiff now "remembers" which tab in advanced options was last used.
Configuration files are now "editable" ASCII files.
Ability to output data compares in CSV friendly format.
Changed copyright information.
Ability to create Executive Summary report.
Added right-click menu for easy access of functions.
Redesigned Control Panel user interface for ease of use.
Fixed keyboard focus when entering columns to ignore.
Ability to ignore columns based on data types.
Help is updated and in html format.