Database drivers changes

New and desupported database drivers.

New database server versions supported in Genero 5.00:

Support for Oracle® database 23c with the new dbmora_23 ODI driver.
Support for Dameng® database server version 8 with the new dbmdmg_8 ODI driver.
Support for MariaDB 11 with the existing dbmmdb_10_2 ODI driver.
Support for Oracle MySQL 8.4 LTS with new dbmmys_8_4 ODI driver.

New database clients supported in Genero 5.00:

The new dbmdmg_8 ODI driver for Dameng DPI version 8.
The new dbmmys_8_4 ODI driver for Oracle MySQL 8.4 LTS:
Note:
The MySQL 8.2 and 8.3 versions are Innovation Releases (IR), while MySQL versions 8.0 and 8.4 are Long-Term Support releases (LTS). The dbmmys_8_2 driver provided in previous Genero versions has been desupported in favor to MySQL 8.4 with the new dbmmys_8_4 ODI driver, requiring libmysqlclient.so.24. If you need to access a MySQL 8.2 or 8.3 server, install MySQL Connector client with libmysqlclient.so.24 and use the dbmmys_8_4 ODI driver.

For more details, see Database driver specification (driver).

Full desupport of IBM DB2 LUW

Starting with Genero BDL 5.00, the IBM DB2 LUW database is no longer supported.

The name of the ODI driver was dbmdb2_10.

Full desupport of IBM Netezza

Starting with Genero BDL 5.00, the IBM Netezza database is no longer supported.

The name of the ODI driver was dbmntz_6.

Desupported databases server versions in Genero 5.00:

Desupported database server versions:

Microsoft™ SQL Server 2016. For supported versions, see Microsoft SQL Server.
Oracle MySQL 5.7. For supported versions, see Oracle MySQL / MariaDB.

Changes in earlier versions

Make sure to check the upgrade notes of earlier versions, to not miss changes introduced in maintenance releases. For more details, see Database drivers changes in BDL 4.01.

Notable changes introduced in maintenance releases:

No particular change to consider.