Features Added in releases 8.1.5

Release 8.1.5 provided the following new and updated features:

¹ Support for efficient management of database connections and user sessions (connection multiplexing). See
OraServer.

¹ Advanced Queuing Support. See
OraAQ, OraAQAgent, and OraAQMsg.

¹ Interface for describing schema objects. See
OraMetaData and OraMDAttribute.

¹ Support for snapshot-based dynasets. See
CreateCustomDynaset and CreateDynaset.

¹ Enhanced support for transaction control at the
OraDatabase level.

¹ Support for
Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS)

¹ Easy access and manipulation of new types introduced in Oracle8i:

¹
OraBLOB (Binary Large Objects)

¹
OraCLOB (Character Large Objects)

¹
OraBFILE(External Binary Large Files)

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OraRef (Object Reference - REF)

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OraObject (Value Instance)

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OraCollection (VARRAYs, Nested Tables)

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OraNumber (Oracle Number)

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