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ChangeLog for ISQLTCL

Version 5.0
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2000-04-17: Add files supporting autoconfiguration
2000-03-01: Insert into Scriptic CVS archives (external/isqltcl)
1999-11-23: Work on documentation and packaging
1999-10-31: Rewrite tclsql.c to use bsearch() to look up commands
1999-09-15: Rewrite sqlinf.ec to use prototypes and standard C headers
1999-08-31: Add Informix autoconf facilities
1999-08-31: Jonathan Leffler started to work on ISQLTCL 4.0

Version 4.0 and earlier
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There does not appear to be a systematic complete historical log of
the changes made.

Changes since previous release (3.3)
Current Release: 4.0
Released: Feb 27, 1998
1) This release now supports update of text and blob columns with
<BYTE> and <TEXT> tags in the data field. Previously, you had to
delete and insert a new row.
2) Added SQL error message and ISAM error message fields to the 
sqlca command
3) Added sql error msg and isam error msg fields to sqlca
4) Store sqltype after describe and use it for sql_sqlda printout
5) Add rtypname to sqltype and sqlitype in sql_sqlda printouts
6) Save collen too in array 
7) sql database dbname [exclusive]
8) sql connect to_name [as connect_name] [with_concurrent_transaction] 
		[user username] [using|password passcode]
9) sql setconnection [current|default|as_connect_name] [dormant];
10) sql disconnect [current|default|all|as_connect_name]
11) sql sqlbreak
12) sql sqldetach
13) sql sqlexit
14) sql sqldone
15) sql readblob table column "rowid = NUM" intofilename [append]
	if success (0) returns NULL or SIZE of blob written
	else returns ERROR (-1)
16) sql writeblob table column "rowid = NUM" [fromfilename | null] [size|-1]
	if success (0) returns SIZE of blob written
	else returns ERROR (-1)
17) sql begin
18) sql rollback
19) sql commit
20) sql colnames fd in
21) sql coltypes fd in
22) sql coldblen fd in
23) sql colcharlen fd in

...
Need:
sql convert [ascii|bcd] str
inf commands to mirror ora commands in tcl and C
Add integrated support for RPC, SQL.TCL
WISQL port


Expose convert_ascii method to sql (add sql convert [ascii|bcd] str)
 
Add sql colnames fd in
Add sql coltypes fd in
Add support for <BYTE FILE> and <TEXT FILE> tag support
Add support for <BYTE FD> and <TEXT FD> tag support
(use readlong/writelong functions?)
sql readblob table column "rowid = NUM" intofilename [append]
sql writeblob table column "rowid = NUM" fromfilename
sql read text table column "rowid = NUM" intofilename [append]
sql read byte table column "rowid = NUM" intofilename [append]
sql write text table column "rowid = NUM" fromfilename
sql write byte table column "rowid = NUM" fromfilename
