What's New in 18.5

For the new features and fixed issues in the latest version of Rapid SQL, see What's New.

System Requirements

Type

PlatformVersion
CPU
  • 1+ GHz

Random Access Memory (RAM)


  • 3 GB
Storage Disk Space
  • 1 GB
Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows
  • 11
  • 10
  • 8.1
  • 8
Microsoft Windows Server
  • 2019
  • 2016
  • 2012 R2
  • 2012
  • 2008 R2
  • 2008 SP1
Cloud
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Microsoft Azure SQL Database with AAD Support
  • Oracle Autonomous Database
  • PostgreSQL
  • Snowflake
n/a
DatabaseGreenplumn/a
IBM Db2 for z/OS
  • 11.x*
  • 10.x
IBM Db2 LUW
  • 11.x*
  • 10.x
Microsoft Azure
  • SQL
Microsoft SQL Server
  • 2022*
  • 2019*
  • 2017*
  • 2016*
  • 2014 
  • 2012
  • 2008**
MySQL
  • 8.0
  • 5.7
  • 4.x
Oracle
  • 21c
  • 19c
  • 18c
  • 12c R2
  • 12c
  • 11g R2**
  • 11g**
  • 10g**
PostgreSQL
  • 14
  • 13
  • 12
  • 11
  • 10
  • 9.x
Snowflaken/a
Sybase ASE
  • 16.0
  • 15.7
Sybase IQ
  • 16.1
  • 16.0
  • 15.4

* Rapid SQL supports only a subset of features and functions for this database version.

** Support for this version is nearing end of life and may not be available in subsequent Rapid SQL releases. 

Version History

Version 18.5

  • Updates supported database versions

Version 18.4

  • Adds native GIT support
  • Supports SQL Server 2022
  • Includes sign-on for AzureAD for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server
  • Includes support for PostgreSQL identity columns
  • Updates Azure SQL for Data Copying in DB Change Manager

Version 18.3

  • Updates Azure cloud monitoring capability in DBArtisan
  • Supports the latest version of Log4j
  • Improves multiple areas within DBArtisan and Rapid SQL
  • Improves multiple areas within DB Change Manager
  • Updates profiling session capability in DB Optimizer

Version 18.2

  • Adds support for Snowflake in DBArtisan and Rapid SQL

  • Adds support for Windows 11

  • Updates database platform support for the following database platforms:

    • DB2 LUW 11.5

    • Sybase IQ 16.1

  • Updates trial licensing in DB Optimizer to limit the number of suggestions a user can submit

Version 18.1

  • Adds support for Oracle 21c and PostgreSQL 13

Version 18.0

  • Adds support for Amazon Redshift cloud data warehouse

Version 17.1.0

  • Supports:
    • Windows Server 2019
    • SQL Server 2014 SP2
    • Oracle 11g R2
    • PostgreSQL 12

Version 17.0.4

  • Supports:
    • Oracle 19c
    • PostgreSQL 11.2
    • SQL Server 2019

Version 17.0.3

There are no new features for this product version release.

Version 17.0.2

There are no new features for this product version release.

Version 17.0.0

  • Improved SQL Server feature plan
    • Table and index compression
    • Columnstore index support
    • Primary and secondary XML index support
    • Spatial index support
    • Data Masking support
    • Temporal tables support
    • In-memory tables support
    • Natively-compiled procedures support
    • Table encryption support
    • Check constraints support
  • Improved Execution Plan support
  • Supports visual file group, data file, and log file
  • Improved Databases Summary Detail screen
  • Improved server roles 
  • Added print capability to Index CREATE and ALTER scripts

Version 16.6.1

  • Improved data dictionary lookup and caching
  • Performance improvements
  • Completes support for Oracle 12c

Version 16.6.0

  • Extract, Migrate, and Report functionality completed for Oracle object types added in v16.5
  • Supports additional Oracle object types
  • Improved Explain Plan support
  • Supports Db2 LUW 11 and Sybase 16

Version 16.5 (2016+)

  • IDERA rebranding
  • Product licensing changes
  • Single Java directory for multiple IDERA products
  • Improved password security
  • Error reporting for troubleshooting
  • Improved performance and exception handling
  • Support Set Current schema
  • Updated Database Explorer schema object types
  • Supports newer partitioning options

Version 16.0 (2016)

  • PostgreSQL object management
  • Supports Team Server 16.0 (2016)
  • Missing indexes
  • ISQL performance


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