Lynn... If I'm just getting started using Valentina with Rev and I eventually want to place my app on a Mac server, which isn't ready yet, but currently am developing on my MacBook Pro, what version of Valentina should I get? Jim
on 5/3/07 7:20 PM, Lynn Fredricks wrote: > Valentina 3 Major Upgrade to Ultra Fast Database Released > > Stored Procedures, Linux Support and Advanced Server Features > > May 3, 2007. Beaverton, Oregon-based Paradigma Software, Inc announces > release version 3 of Valentina Office Server and Valentina Developer Network > for deploying royalty free, standalone and client-server applications. This > major release provides the greatest number of overall improvements to the > platform since the release of Valentina 2 in March 2005, while providing > backward compatibility with existing solutions built with Valentina 2.x. > > The following new features were added to the entire product line of > Valentina 3: > > Stored Procedures. Stored procedures allow business logic to be stored > within the database and then executed when called; this is highly beneficial > for reducing network traffic. > Triggers. Triggers allow events to be executed when conditions are met > within a database or database table. > Views. Views are a form of virtual table based on the results of a query, > allowing dynamic glimpses into data stored in the database. > Hot Back Up. Both standalone applications and Valentina Server based > solutions can be automatically backed up and time stamped while running. > Mac OS X Unicode Improvements. Because of improved support from Apple, Inc, > Valentina can access the operating system version of ICU, reducing the > overall size of deployable Valentina 3 components on the platform. > Backwards Compatibility. Because only modest changes were made to the > Valentina format, users can safely test their existing Valentina 2.5.x > databases with Valentina 3. > > Valentina 3 Server solutions also include features specific to the platform: > > Event Scheduler. This allows execution of events on the server to > automatically occur periodically. > User Variables. Server solutions can get and set user variables on a per > database basis. > Improved Packet Based Protocol. Performance improvements with Server > communications builds on previous releases that allow greater compatibility > between different versions of clients and servers. > > Paradigma Software is also announcing new operating system support for > Valentina Office Server and most developer products: native Linux support. > This includes Valentina Developer Network support for Linux targets with > REAL Software REALbasic, Runtime Revolution, C++, and Valentina Embedded > Server, including server scripting with PHP 4/5+ and Ruby on Rails > framework. Core Valentina 3 technology is officially supported on Ubuntu > 7.x, SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and Red Hat Desktop, with compatibility > with x86 based distributions running GTK 2.x. > > The release of Valentina 3 also has hundreds of minor performance > improvements and solutions to customer reported issues. > > Valentina Developer Network solution provider Thorsten Hohage of > objectmanufactur developed an EOF-like database framework that was > originally based around mySQL. Mr Hohage reports that he ported the solution > to Valentina in under four hours. Now large SELECT statements that ran > upwards of five minutes take less than five seconds under Valentina 3. "The > advancements culminating in Valentina 3 make Valentina a worthy successor to > mySQL projects that require better performance for complex queries. I am > profoundly happy over our move to Valentina." said Thorsten Hohage. > > Valentina database products, available on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, are > based on the unique Valentina database engine - an object-relational > database engine known for extreme speed. When porting to Valentina, hours > become minutes, minutes become seconds when it comes to storing, retrieving > and querying databases. Valentina supports all modern standards - native > Unicode, XML import/export and ODBC connectivity. > > Valentina Developer Network Platform Edition includes a set of tools for all > supported operating systems of one development environment - and allows > deployment of Valentina Embedded Database Server, royalty free. In addition, > VDN Platform Edition includes reseller options, VDN Platform Edition sells > for $599. Developers that want to build only local database solutions can > license Valentina ADK products, starting at $199. > > About Paradigma Software, Inc > > Founded in 1998, Beaverton, Oregon-based Paradigma Software, Inc is the > leading provider of incredibly fast and robust database solutions for > business and development. Valentina 2 technology powers solutions as diverse > as graphics applications from major Japanese electronics companies to > solutions supporting US public schools. Paradigma Software solutions are > available for every major development environment on the Windows and > Macintosh platforms. > > Contact > > Paradigma Software > Ph. 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