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CHANGES for ARSperl
Revision history for ARSperl.
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07/02/97 (1.50)
o (JCM) removed ars_errstr from C code. replaced with ars_errhash.
modified ARS.pm to refer to hash when $ars_errstr is
accessed. $ars_errstr no longer tie'd to main:: package.
o (JCM) bug fix (Sid Van den Heede) "affecting getting of
displayInstanceList"
o (JCM) bug fix (James LewisMoss) for ars_GetCharMenu()
o (JCM) bug fix (Ian Flanigan) for perl_ARIndexStruct()
o (JCM) modified GetListEntry(), GetEntry(), SetEntry() and
DeleteEntry() to make operations on join schemas
transparent.
o (JCM) added a ARVerifyUser call to ars_Login so that
ars_Login() || die() will work as one would expect it to.
o (JCM) added $VERSION to the perl module file.
o (JCM) added "log to file" action to GetFilter action hash
(requested by D.J.Adams@soton.ac.uk)
o (JCM) added updated doc tree to main distribution (contributed by
D.J.Adams@soton.ac.uk)
o (JCM) new functions and doc on new functions and new examples for some
of these new functions.
o (JCM) altered return value of perl_ARStatusStruct so that it
returns a hash of the various StatusStruct members so that
reversing the operation is simpler. scripts that, for example,
retrieve active link definitions and print them out that previous
expected the {message} key to point to a string will need to
be updated.
o (JCM) added valueType to the assign structure to assist in
reversing the operation (converting perl to C API assign
structure).
o (JCM) added displayTag as an optional parameter to ars_LoadQualifier()
so that you can build queries against customized views (that
are stored on the server).
o (JCM) altered ARError() so that return codes of OK or WARNING don't
signal an error. For example, GetListEntries would return
nothing if you matched more than the max allowed, now it returns
the max allowable number of records and places a warning message
into the error hash.
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05/22/97 (1.46)
o (JWM) bug fixes
o (JWM) new function: ars_MergeEntry(), ars_EncodeDiary()
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04/25/97 (1.45)
o (JCM) bug fix to GetListSchema routine
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02/20/97 (1.44)
o (JCM) added some minor code to aid in decoding qualifier
structs. added some examples of decoding them.
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02/18/97 (1.42)
o (JWM) added destructors for the ARS package that will correctly
call ARTermination when the package is unloaded (when your
script exits).
o (JWM) fixed minor type casting problem that prevented compilation
on HP-UX
o (JCM) compiled with -Wall and cleaned up some suspicious code.
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02/17/97 (1.41)
o (JCM) added NT routines to html doc
o (JCM) fixed a few compile-time problems
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02/13/97 (1.4)
o (JCM) re-organized documentation and web pages
o (JCM) added NT (notifier) functions
o (JWM) bug fixes for 1.32beta
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02/10/97 (1.32beta)
o (JWM) 3.0 integration
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11/11/96 (1.31)
o (JCM) minor stuff: added an ifndef in the GetCharMenu routine
for ars 2.0 users. 2.0 doesnt support SQL menu constructions.
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11/11/96 (1.3)
o (JWM) undef works in setEntry now.
o (JWM) added ars_Import to complement ars_Export
o (JCM) Profiling code added to keep track of number of
queries made.
o (JWM) Field caching code added to make some of the functions
more efficient.
o (JCM) New functions: ars_GetFilter(), ars_GetCharMenu(),
ars_GetServerStatistics
o (JWM) Internal GetField call now caches results to minimize
number of queries made.
o (JCM) Examples of new functions.
o (JCM) "WhoUsesIt.pl" utility
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01/12/96 (1.0beta)
o (JWM) First release
o (JCM) Installation, history, and Gnu documentation added.
Removed -lars from makefile (internal C library that wasn't
released), not needed for arsperl.
o (JCM) Added example scripts and html documentation.
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