This table lists the most recent releases of Texpress 7.1 for each platform.
Select the Number in the Version column for Release Notes.

Release Notes

7.1.010 - 27 July 2001

• Licences in use code adjusted to remember the host IP address of each running client/server session.
  The texlicstatus program will now display the host name for texserver sessions.
  NOTE:
  Pre texpress 7.1.010 installations will need the Texpress licence code to be reinstalled using the texlicset program (a new licence code is NOT required, just re-installation of the existing licence code).
• Connection effiicency of texserver improved by removing IP address host name lookup. Log files will now record IP address rather than hostname.
• Fixed texupgrade bad error status when upgrading databases that do not have a key. Caused texupgrade to incorrectly exit after running the 63data program.
• Changed so that on a data file compact the minimal possible size data header is written.
• Adjusted new text sorting (introduced in 7.1.005) to do consistent checking for numeric/text component mix. All number components will now be ordered prior to all text components.

7.1.009 - 27 June 2001

• Licences in use code adjusted to remember the user id of each running session.
  The texlicstatus program will now display the authorised user name for texserver sessions.
  NOTE:
  Pre texpress 7.1.009 installations will need the Texpress licence code to be reinstalled using the texlicset program (a new licence code is NOT required, just re-installation of the existing licence code).
• Fixed error where writes to the database audit file were unbuffered.
• Adjusted the texcompact program -i argument to remove confusing error message displayed when database has old langcode=european option set.
• Fixed the texperms program so the database forms in the qryforms and reportforms sub directory were set with correct permissions.
• Fixed problem with latitude/longitude query values where use of a lower case directional value (s, n, e, w) returned incorrect query results.
• Minor efficiency adjustments to the texql.pl program.
• The texupgrade script was adjusted to provide better error checking and more robust upgrading of pre 6.0 databases.
• Fixed error in extended character mapping from old Texpress internal representation (pre Texpress 6.0 databases) to ISO-8859-1. The character Û (U circumflex) was being mapped incorrectly.

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7.1.008 - 12 June 2001

• Various changes to permit record data to contain non-printable ASCII characters. The only ASCII characters that can now not be part of record data is ASCII 0 (NULL) and ASCII 01-06 (Ctrl+A - Ctrl+F) as these are used as data file delimiters.
  The texforms application will display non printable characters on screen as a #
• Fix to adjust XML data exported for double nested grids.

7.1.007 - 8 June 2001

• Fixed problem generating export data with hidden columns that had been aliased.

7.1.006 - 7 June 2001

• Internal field buffer length expanded to 8K.

7.1.005 - 15 May 2001

• Changed text sorting to numerically compare text components comprised solely of digits.
• Internal commands requiring a shell will now always run sh.
  External requiring a shell commands will run the users preferred shell.

7.1.004 - 15 May 2001

• Commane line argument -i added to texserver to indicate that connections to this service are by trusted clients.
• Minor adjustment of export code.
• Problem fixed in global replace code relating to zero length matches.

7.1.003 - 1 May 2001

• Security model for KE Texpress reworked.
  Programs now run setuid as the Texpress administrator (rather than setgid as the Texpress group).
  All files and databases at a Texpress site are owned by the Texpress administrator.
  Allows greater security control of the Texpress installation tree and databases.
• texperms program changed so that by default it will silently make the any necessary file or directory permission adjustments.
  Use texperms -v to obtain a description of the changes being made.
• texchdba no longer needs to be run as root, but rather run as the Texpress administrator.
• texsignal program no longer required.

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7.0 - released internally only

• NOTE:
  KE Texpress 7.0+ uses a new form format for the:
      Insertion form, dbname/ins,
      Query forms, dbname/qry and dbname/qryforms,
      Report forms, dbname/reportforms,
  that cannot be understood by pre KE Texpress 7.0 programs.
  Upgrading will require the texupgrade program to be run on each database (as the DBA).
• Insertion form structure changed to support double nested grids for EMu and Lifedata applications.
• Code to map a texql query statement to usuable index parameters completely rewritten and streamlined.

6.3 - released commercially to selected sites

• NOTE:
  KE Texpress 6.3+ uses a new data file format that cannot be understood by pre KE Texpress 6.3 programs.
  Upgrading will require the texupgrade program to be run on each database (as the DBA).
• Internal data file row header flags rationalised.
• Internal data file row header get/put functions rewritten to handle new data file format.
• Internal data file row body get/put adjusted to compact repeating empty column delimiters.
  Can result in data file size savings of 25%+.
• Configuration file for each database dbname/conf, changed from a binary to a text file.
• Statistics file for each database, dbname/stats, changed from a binary to a text file.
• Rationalised database statistics so that a floating point value is maintained for the average number of indexed atoms per record. This means that a reindex can always factor in a realistic value in to the index configuration (even after a database initialisation).
• Lookup table user specified sort facility no longer supported. Items that were designated as user specified sort will now be sorted alphabetically.
• Rationalisation of row insert/update/delete code so that texserver/texql, texforms and texsdiagent share more common code.

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