DBSearch Ver. 3.1 Release Notes


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

Ver. 1.0: 
Original Release.

Ver. 1.1:
Feature: Stop search while running.
Status: Added
Feature: Add progress bar for search
Status: Added
Ease of use: Help file updated
Status: Done

Ver. 2.0:
Feature: Ability to exclude tables from process.
Status: Added
Feature: Ability to exclude columns by patterns.
Status: Added
Feature: Ability to save results.
Status: Added; automatic, manual or incremental save.
Feature: Include indexes in search
Status: Added
Feature: Include data types in search
Status: Added
Feature: Ability to pause the process
Status: Added
Feature: Ability to search case sensitive
Status: Added
Feature: Ability to "find" inside report
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
Feature: Merge architecture with DBDiff for added functionality and performance
Status: Done
Feature: Context Help
Status: Added
Ease of Use: Use of colors in results
Status: Done
Ease of Use: Tutorial as part of help.
Status: Added
Ease of Use: On-line help revised to include description of features and troubleshooting
Status: Done
Ease of Use: Index on Help file
Status: Done

Ver. 2.1:
Bug: License validation problems with some builds of windows
Status: Fixed
Ease of Use: On-line help updated
Status: Done

Ver. 2.2:
Feature: Automatic detection of special named database objects
Status: Added
Bug: Some special characters caused a problem when retrieving data
Status: Fixed + See above feature.
Ease of Use: On-line help updated
Status: Done

Ver. 2.3:
Bug: Some numeric fields were being truncated at display
Status: Fixed

Ver. 3.0:
Feature: Capability to search more than 1 string at the same time
Status: Added
Feature: Search also in sequences, views, system tables and synonyms
Status: Added
Feature: Save settings for retrieval on next run
Status: Added
Bug: Retrieval of unwanted tables in SQLServer/DB2
Status: Fixed
Ease of Use: Added user name to database name
Status: Done
Ease of Use: Updated Help Files
Status: Done

Ver. 3.1:
Bug: Charachter trunctation 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 DBSearch 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