@(#)CHANGES	1.7	03/22/96

2.05	Bug Fixes

	BugId	   Description

	165	   Make fails if DBLIBVS < 461.
	166	   bcp_sendrow() truncates binary (ie TEXT/IMAGE)
		   fields if they contain NULL bytes.
	167	   The 5.002 make install places local module in
		   $PERL5LIB/site_perl, which is searched *after*
		   $PERL5LIB.
	169	   -L$SYBASE/lib comes too late in the
		   $LDFLAGS/$LDDLFLAGS Makefile variables, which can
		   cause the wrong library to be referenced (tcl/tk's
		   libtcl.a vs. Sybase's).
	170	   Retrieving numeric data causes the fields to be
		   padded with spaces instead of being NULL terminated
		   after the last digit.


2.04	DBlib and CTlib Feature release.
        New Sybase::BCP module.

	** NOTE **

	This version requires Perl 5.002.

	- Added ct_describe to retrieve the information held in the
	  CS_DATAFMT structure for each column in the result set.
	- Added Sybase::{CTlib, DBlib}::debug(level) which enables the
	  tracing of certain internal states and operations.
	- Turned Sybase::CTlib and Sybase::DBlib database handle
	  attributes into a tied hash, so that invalid attribute names
	  (such as spelling mistakes) can be caught (NOTE: This is a
	  compile time option that can be turned OFF if you don't like
	  it). To allow add hoc attributes to be set by the programer
	  you can pass a hash reference as fifth parameter to the
	  dblogin/ct_connect calls with the additional attributes that
	  you want the DBlib or CTlib modules to recognize.
	- Added Sybase::DBlib::DBSETLPACKET and
	  Sybase::DBlib::dbgetpacket to allow the use of non-default
	  network packet sizes (this can increase the performance
	  tremendously in certain situations).
	- Sybase::DBlib can now return DATETIME and MONEY values in native
	  format, with the same functionality as Sybase::CTlib.
	- Re-wrote and cleaned up some of the logic in
	  Sybase::DBlib::dbnextrow() and dbretdata().
	- bcp_sendrow() can now take an array reference as data
	  parameter instead of a LIST. This is a small performance
	  improvement when processing wide tables. (Passing a LIST is
	  still supported).
	  
	- Added some additional regression tests.

	- Reviewed the documentation.

	- Sybase::BCP is a new module that attempts to make it easier
	  to use the bulk copy library. Sybase::BCP includes many
	  features such as input column re-ordering, failed batch
	  retries and date/time conversions. It is sub-classed from
	  the Sybase::DBlib module.

	- Sybase::Login is a tkPerl login widget for sybperl. It
	  requires the Tk module. You will find it in
	  eg/Login.pm. Contributed by Brent B. Powers.

	Bug Fixes:
	
	BugId	   Description

	158	   Sybase::CTlib dumps core when retrieving "Extended
		   Error" data in the default Server Message handler.
	159	   Make DBSETLPACKET() available in DBlib.
	161	   make test fails for Sybase::DBlib, Sybase::Sybperl
		   with perl5.002gamma.
	163	   bcp_batch is not documented.
			   
	
2.03	Bug fixes to Sybase::DBlib.

	- Retrieving large numeric/decimal/identity values caused
	  floating point values in exponential notation to be
	  returned. This was due to the default behaviour of DBlibrary
	  to be compatible with release 4.6.1. This version
	  AUTOMATICALLY calls dbsetversion() to enable System 10
	  handling of numeric/decimal/identity data if you build against
	  a System 10 version of DBlibrary.
	- Logging for dbwritetext() has been enabled by adding an
	  additional (optional) $log parameter. I'm not very happy with
	  the calling sequence (it's getting further and further from
	  the C version), but that's the cost of not doing it right from
	  the start, I guess...

	BugId	   Description

	155	   Retrieving large integers (of numeric or decimal
		   data types) creates floating point data in
		   exponential notation.
	156	   dbsetversion() does not work.
	123	   Allow logging for dbwritetext().
	

2.02    Updates & Improvements to the CTlib and DBlib modules.

	New Features:

	- Sybase::CTlib::ct_sql() can now return an array of references
	  to associative arrays (one for each row).
	- Sybase::CTlib::ct_fetchable() uses a precomputed hash to check
	  the fetchable status (suggested by Gisle Aas).
	  Added Sybase::CTlib::ct_cmd_alloc to allow multiple CS_COMMAND
	  structures with a single connection.
	- Added Sybase::CTlib::ct_cmd_realloc to drop and realloc the
	  current CS_COMMAND structure.

	- Added Sybase::DBlib::db*opt() calls. The dbsetopt() call was
	  implemented in version 1.0xx but somehow did not get recoded
	  in 2.x.
	- Sybase::DBlib::sql() can now return an array of references to
	  associative arrays (one for each row).

	Bug Fixes:

	BugId	   Description

	146	   Need multiple CS_COMMAND structures for ct_cursor
		   operations.
	147	   $date->calc() changes both the original $date and
		   the new date.
	148	   Sybperl.pm does not export $DB_IN, $DB_OUT.
	151	   Sybperl.pm does not define &dbwritetext().
	152	   Sybperl.pm defines $main::ComputeID, sybperl 1.0xx
		   used $main::ComputeId.


2.01	For use with either Perl 5.001m or Perl 5.002.

	New Features:

	- CTlib DateTime, Money and Numeric data handling is now done
	  either in native mode (ie the data is converted to char
	  strings or floating precision only when needed which is
	  sometimes slow) or in 'convert' mode (all data is retrieved in
	  string or floating point format). The default is to retrieve
	  data in 'convert' mode. See the 'Attributes' sub-section in
	  the CTlib section of the manual (pod/sybperl.pod)

	Bug Fixes

	BugId	   Description

	140	   CTlib uses excessive amounts of memory.

	The Makefile.PLs have been updated so that they work both with
	5.001m (the version I recommend for production use at this
	point) and 5.002 beta.
	
2.0b	Updated to work with Perl 5.002 beta. This version *requires*
	Perl 5.002beta1f, and MakeMaker.pm 5.14.

	Bug fixes:

	BugId	    Description

	132	    Bizarre copy of CODE in subroutine entry at
		    t/dblib.t line 93.
	138	    Problems installing sybperl after upgrading to
		    5.002 beta 1f.

	In addition, the 'undef' bug that I uncovered in sybperl 2b3
	has been fixed, so the -DUNDEF_BUG is not necessary anymore.

	The MakeMaker utility has progressed, making the existence of
	the infamous empty Sybase.xs file unnecessary.

2.0a	Bug fixes:

	BugId	    Description

	130	    CTlib/t/ctlib.t test fails on AIX
	136	    CTlib fails test on an Onyx running Irix
	137	    dbnextrow core dumps when retrieve row with binary
		    length > 140
	135	    Behaviour change of DBlib::sql not documented in README
	133	    MakeMaker 5.03 doesn't work with Sybperl.

	Additional functionality:

	DBlib::DBDEAD and DBlib::remove_xact have been added (thanks
	to Joel Truher).

2.0	Base release.