Thank you for downloading and installing Daffodil DB v2.0. 

Daffodil DB v2.0 has the following additions and improved features over Daffodil DB v1.2:

- More stable and bug-free (5000 new test cases added) 

- Performance Optimization:
     10 times improvement in our benchmarks based on TPCC Specifications. 
     Boot-up time for Daffodil DB v.2.0 server significantly reduced. 
     Time taken to execute the first query significantly reduced. 
     Improved file-handling resulting in overall performance gain of all operations in larger databases. 

- Feature Additions. 
     Create database statement. 
     More informative and accurate Error Messages. 

- Improved Daffodil DB Browser:
     Visual interface for creating triggers.
     Visual interface for creating tables.
     Visual interface for creating stored procedures. 
     Simplified user-interface.
     Single Daffodil DB Browser version for use with Daffodil DB Server Edition and Daffodil DB Embedded Edition. 

- A sample database is bundled with Daffodil DB v2.0 installation.

- Sample java code for carrying out common JDBC operations with Daffodil DB.

- Includes Daffodil DB Shell (a command line tool) to work with Daffodil DB.

- Successfully tested with Sun Java Web Services Developer Pack 1.0. 

- ECPerf successfully run using Sun J2EE RI.


Daffodil DB User Documentation 

Daffodil DB Documentation set includes the following guides, which are available in pdf and html format.

    Getting Started with Daffodil DB
    Daffodil DB System Guide
    Daffodil DB JDBC Reference Guide
    Daffodil DB SQL Reference Guide
    Daffodil DB Tools Guide

We recommend you to go through "Getting Started with Daffodil DB" guide before start working with Daffodil DB. 
"Getting Started with Daffodil DB" has the most basic information about starting and stopping Daffodil DB and 
explains different ways to work with Daffodil DB.

The other guides have specialized information about various aspects of Daffodil DB. 

Important information on running XA applications with Daffodil DB

XA implementation is unstable in the current release of Daffodil DB. Stable implementation of XA will be provided 
in the next release of Daffodil DB. 


Our Web Site

Please visit http://www.daffodilwoods.com for latest updates about Daffodil DB. 

Contact Address

E-Mail      : support@daffodilwoods.com
            : info@daffodilwoods.com

Web         : http://www.daffodilwoods.com

Mail        : Daffodil Software Private Ltd.
              19/3 Tilak Bazar 
              Hisar (Haryana)
              India
 
