New Ports

The following sections detail the new platforms and databases for DB Link V5.7.

Platforms

  • For Solaris 11 with Sun Studio 12, the compatibility with existing ports for Solaris 10 with Sun Studio 11 (ultrasparc32_10_11, ultrasprac64_10_11, x86_solaris10_11, x64_solaris10_11) has been verified. The existing ports should be used.

  • For Windows (7 or 8) with Visual Studio 2012, two new ports are included in the distributions x64_.net2012_11.0 and x86_.net2012_11.0.

Databases

DB Link V5.7 now supports MySQL on Windows, Linux, and Solaris. The driver was developed based on the API from MySQL Connector 6.1.0 and validated against a MySQL V5.6 server.