Warnings, notes and tips
Documentation notes focus on a technical fact you must be aware of.
Important
An important note describes a fact that needs to be considered, before using the related feature.
When a DATE, DATETIME or INTERVAL constant cannot be initialized correctly, it is set to NULL.
Some Genero features are not supported on all back-end or front-end platforms. The following warnings about the limitation:
This feature is not supported on mobile platforms.
This feature is only for mobile platforms.
This feature is only for the GMA/Android™ platform.
This feature is only for the GMI/iOS platform.
Some Genero features are only to be used in a development context:
This feature is provided for development and debug purpose, and must not be used in a production environment.
Some Genero features are under construction:
This feature is experimental, the syntax/name and semantics/behavior may change in a future version.
Some Genero features are deprecated:
This feature is deprecated, its use is discouraged although not prohibited.
Some Genero features are desupported:
This feature is desupported. It may still be available, but can be removed in a next version.
Some Genero features are under construction:
Genero vNext software and documentation are still under construction and subject of changes until GA. This documentation is provided for early access users, to better understand new features. Any suggestion regarding new features is welcome.
Some Genero features are still part of the syntax or library, but do nothing:
This feature is an empty shell. The syntax or API call is still available, but it does nothing.
This version of Genero BDL is desupported, use a more recent version of the product.
This version of Genero Mobile (GMA/GMI) is desupported, use latest version of the product.
Simple notes
Simple notes describe a fact you must be aware of, but does not represent any risk.
This feature has been introduced in version 2.50.
Tip notes
Tip notes suggest an option or programming pattern to be used.
Use dynamic arrays instead of static arrays to save memory usage.
Important notes
Important notes bring your attention to facts that need to be considered with care.
A division by zero will result in a runtime error.
Warning notes
Warning notes highlight an action that might cause something to break or lead to unexpected program behavior.
Using a high cost value for the salt is very CPU consuming, and can really slow down the application depending on the system it is running.