Pervasive.SQL V8
Security Release (V8.5) - October 2003
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This document contains the following topics:

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General Information

Welcome to the Pervasive.SQL V8.5 Security Release.

This release delivers a number of updates and requested changes to Pervasive.SQL V8 relating to security. These updates and changes are documented in What's New.

Note:   What's New in Pervasive.SQL V8.5, included in your online documentation, contains information about the new features in this release. You can view this documentation via the Start Menu by selecting Start | Programs | Pervasive.SQL V8 | Documentation | What's New.

There are four different installs, one each for NetWare Servers, Windows Servers, Linux Servers, and Workgroup Engine. Each one is a complete installation that should only be installed on a machine with no previous Pervasive products. A patch installation for this release is not available.

To update your client installations, install the server first. Then install the client at each client computer by mapping a drive to the server and running setup.exe from the server directory C:\pvsw\clients (or your chosen installation location).

Note:   If you have the Pervasive.SQL V8.5 Security Beta or Release Candidate, uninstall it before installing this release.

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Installation Notes

This release has been tested in a variety of configurations.

After reading these notes, see Getting Started with Pervasive.SQL for installation procedures.

Windows

Please note the following when installing to Windows:

NetWare

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New Features and Enhancements

This section describes the new features, enhancements, or significant changes in behavior that are offered in this release.

Please see What's New in Pervasive.SQL V8.5 for a description of all new features in V8 as well as documentation for the use of these features. What's New in Pervasive.SQL V8 is included in your product installation in HTML Help (.CHM) format.

Feature What's New Chapter
Overview of New Features Chapter 1, "What's New in Pervasive.SQL V8.5"
New Security models and Wire Encryption Chapter 1, "What's New in Pervasive.SQL V8.5"
Utility updates to support the security features Chapter 2, "Utility Updates to Support Security"
Changes to programming interfaces to support security Chapter 3, "Changes to Programming Interfaces for Security"
Information on how to migrate to the new security features Chapter 4, "Setting Up Btrieve Security"

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Environments Supported

This section lists the platforms and environments on which Pervasive.SQL V8.5 has been tested.

Server Engine

The Pervasive.SQL V8.5 Server was tested on the following:

Workgroup Engine

The Pervasive.SQL V8.5 Workgroup was tested on the following:

Tool for Running Workgroup Engine as a Windows Service

A tool that installs the Workgroup engine as a service is available on the Pervasive Component Zone web site. The tool is unsupported and available only on an as-is basis. To download the tool, visit the following URL and select the "Toolbox - WGE as an NT Service." link.

http://www.pervasive.com/ComponentZone/Component/Lookup.asp?Function=ShowComponents&ID=6&Category=Tools+%2F+Utilities

After downloading the file:

  1. Place the tool in the BIN directory where your Pervasive files are installed.
  2. Shut down your Workgroup engine.
  3. Double-click PVSW.EXE to run the tool.
  4. From the menu, choose Tools | WGE as a Service.

The next screen provides the option to install the Workgroup engine as a service. Before you do so, click Info and follow the instructions provided.

Clients

The Pervasive.SQL V8.5 client was tested on the following:

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Documentation Notes

This section provides information regarding the documentation included with the Pervasive.SQL V8.5 product.

HTML Help and Internet Explorer

This release includes support for Microsoft HTML Help (files with .CHM extension).

HTML Help uses components of the Internet Explorer (IE) engine to display help files. A defect in the early versions of IE 5 (and some 5.5 versions) causes display irregularities with modular HTML Help systems. These display conditions may be seen in PVSWDOCS.CHM, the master help file for Pervasive.SQL V8.5 that dynamically loads the other help files. Since this defect affects only the file merging mechanism, you will see no display irregularities when loading individual help files. Some specific symptoms you may encounter are:

If you encounter any of these display conditions, the solution is to upgrade to IE 5.01 or higher. You may download version 5.01 or higher from Microsoft's web site. You can determine your version by clicking Help | About Internet Explorer from the browser window.

If your Internet Explorer version is one of the following, or a later version, then your HTML Help should function correctly.
IE Version Description
5.00.2919.6307 Internet Explorer 5.01
5.00.3105.0106 Internet Explorer 5.01 with Service Pack 1
6.00.2800.1106 Internet Explorer 6.00 with Service Pack 1

Windows XP Professional and XP Home includes IE 6.0. Windows 2000 and Windows ME shipped with IE 5.01 so you should not see the display irregularities on those platforms, nor with older IE 4 versions.

Contact Pervasive Technical Publications

If you have additional questions or comments about documentation, please feel free to post your remarks on DevTalk at the following URL:

http://www.pervasive.com/devtalk

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Known Issues

So that we can update known issue reports periodically between releases, all Known Issues are published in the Knowledge Base on the Pervasive web site, rather than in this static document.

In the Knowledge Base, perform a search in the Knowledge Base on "Known Issues in Pervasive.SQL V8" to get a list of known issues. Click the link below to visit the Knowledge Base:

http://support.pervasive.com/eSupport/

You can also visit the following URL for a static list of known issues including links to the associated Knowledge Base articles.

http://www.pervasive.com/support/updates/psqlv8fixed.asp

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Technical Support

You may obtain technical support from the following Web-based support options:

To report a product defect, see http://www.pervasive.com/support/index.asp and click on Report a product defect.

If you require something other than what Web-based support options provide, contact Pervasive Support by phone:

For technical support and discussions about Pervasive products in general:

For information on updates and Service Packs:

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Useful Links

http://www.pervasive.com/offerings

http://www.pervasive.com/devtalk

http://www.pervasive.com/developerzone

http://www.pervasive.com/support/techpapers.asp

http://www.pervasive.com/support/technical/online_manuals.asp

http://www.pervasive.com/library

http://www.pervasive.com/support/support_programs.asp

http://www.pervasive.com/support/updates

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Disclaimer

This application uses the free iODBC Driver Manager as written by Ke Jin <kejin@inprise.com>, enhanced with local modifications from Pervasive for the NetWare platform. Pervasive will donate their code changes to the current maintainer of the iODBC Driver Manager project, in accordance with the LGPL license agreement of this project.

The iODBC Driver Manager home page is located at:

http://www.iodbc.org

For further information on this project, contact its current maintainer: Patrick van Kleef <iodbc@openlinksw.com>.

 
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