Ingres includes a number of features that benefit DBAs in Ingres Database 9.2, the latest update to its open-source database. The new features in Ingres Database 9.2 include improved backup and system recovery functionality. Ingres has also sought to simplify development of Web-based Java applications by adding support for scrollable cursors.In a nod to developers and database administrators,
Ingres has enhanced
its database to simplify application development and improve availability
and system recovery.
The new version of the open-source database, Ingres Database 9.2, includes a
number of features meant to help the database compete against both
open-source rival MySQL and proprietary databases such as Oracle and
Microsoft SQL Server. For starters, Ingres is seeking to simplify the
development of Web-based Java applications by adding support for scrollable
cursors in its JDBC (Java Database Connectivity).
"We've added some new string functions to simplify application
development with Java, and we have also done performance improvements with the
driver itself so that they get better overall performance with Ingres and
Java," said Christine Normile, product manager for Ingres Database 9.2.
In the same vein, the company has expanded Unicode features and support for
multiple languages. For Ingres DBAs, there are a number of enhancements to look
forward to in this release, starting with improved time for system recovery. In
Ingres Database 9.2, the company sought to improve response time by adding
roll-forward restart and logging for rollback, roll forward, backup, and
database verification information.
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