What's new in Genero Business Development Language, v 1.33

This topic lists features added for the 1.33 release of the Genero Business Development Language.

Table 1. Core language
Overview Reference
New base.TypeInfo built-in class to serialize program variables. See The TypeInfo class
The base.Channel class now supports a binary mode with the 'b' option, to control CR/LF translation when using DOS files. See Line terminators on Windows and UNIX
Table 2. User interface
Overview Reference
Up to three accelerators can now be defined for an action in actions defaults files or in the ACTION DEFAULTS section of form files. See Defining keyboard accelerators
Table 3. SQL databases
Overview Reference
Generic ODBC database driver is now available (code is generic ODBC database driver is now available (code is odc). See Database driver specification (driver)
MySQL version 5.0.x is now supported. See SQL adaptation guide for Oracle MySQL 5.x, MariaDB 10.x
PostgreSQL version 8.1.x is now supported. See SQL adaptation guide for PostgreSQL 9.x
Microsoft™ SQL Server 2005 is now supported. See SQL adaptation guide for SQL SERVER 2005, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016

Pre-fetch rows by block with SQL Server to get better performance. Use the following FGLPROFILE entry to specify the maximum number of rows the driver can pre-fetch:

dbi.database.dbname.msv.prefetch.rows = count

See "Database vendor specific parameters" in Connections for more details.

See SQL Server (Native Client driver) specific FGLPROFILE parameters