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SAP Sybase SQL Anywhere 16.0 » SQL Anywhere 16 - Changes and Upgrading » What's new in version 16.0 » SQL Anywhere new features

 

Programming interfaces

Following is a list of enhancements to programming interfaces introduced in SQL Anywhere version 16.0.

  • Support added for Visual Studio 2012   The SQL Anywhere .NET Data Provider now provides support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2012. See SQL Anywhere .NET support.

  • Provider support added for .NET Compact Framework 3.5   The SQL Anywhere .NET Data Provider now provides support for the Compact Framework 3.5. See SQL Anywhere .NET Data Provider features.

  • Provider support added for .NET Framework 4.5   The SQL Anywhere .NET 4.0 Data Provider now provides support for .NET Framework 4.5. See SQL Anywhere .NET Data Provider features.

  • Provider support added for Entity Framework 5.0   The SQL Anywhere .NET Data Provider now provides support for Entity Framework 5.0, the latest release of Microsoft Entity Framework.See Entity Framework support.

  • OLE DB provider now supports the DBTYPE_DBTIME2 data type   The SQL Anywhere OLE DB provider now supports the DBTYPE_DBTIME2 data type. DBTYPE_DBTIME2 (145) is an OLE DB type that supports the TIME data type with fractional seconds (DBTYPE_DBTIME does not support fractional seconds). Support for this data type facilitates transfer of columns of type TIME between SQL Anywhere databases and other database management systems (including SQL Anywhere) without loss of precision.

  • Updated PHP driver support   Support has been added for newer PHP versions up to and including 5.3.18 and 5.4.8.