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ReadMe Last Published: July 17, 2024. Any updates to these notes will be available at www.idera.com/support/productdocuments.


Thank you for using IDERA DB Optimizer, an enterprise SQL development and optimization tool that gives database developers and administrators the perfect environment for building the best performing SQL code. This application easily identifies inefficient SQL code and boosts developer productivity by ensuring SQL is right before it becomes a problem in mission-critical applications. DB Optimizer also provides a rich SQL IDE with code completion, real-time error checking, code formatting and sophisticated object validation tools. Lastly, DB Optimizer provides advanced project and data source management tools.

WaRNING:   DB Optimizer 17.0.1 and later cannot use any workspaces produced by previous DBO versions, nor Use any files created by those older workspaces.

What's New in DB Optimizer 18.7

Enhances security authorizations

Adds support for Azure DevOps for source control

Enhances DB2 performance in DB Change Manager

Requirements

Hardware Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

Other Requirements

DBMS Support

SQL Execution, Tuning and DBMS Support

SQL Profiling and DBMS Support

Release Notes

Upgrade Notes

Known Issues

Bug Fixes

Additional Resources

Licensing Your IDERA Product

IDERA Product Support

IDERA Technical Support

IDERA on the Web

What's New in DB Optimizer 18.7

Enhances security authorizations

DB PowerStudio 18.7 users can now leverage multi-factor authentication (MFA) using the identity provider Microsoft Entra, formerly Azure Active Directory (AD), when connecting to Oracle. When logging into Oracle, you can users gain the inherent security policies and procedures from Microsoft Entra by entering your password only once.

 

Adds support for Azure DevOps for source control

This release of DBArtisan and Rapid SQL includes support for Azure DevOps for source control. Users gain the benefits of planning, collaborating, and code development using Azure DevOps Git repository for Project management. This feature allows developers to log in to Azure DevOps via a token and manage their code for history, check-in, and checkout capabilities.

Enhances DB2 performance in DB Change Manager

DB Change Manager 18.7 users can take advantage of the added options in DB2 Data Synchronization to optimize performance, by maintaining data integrity, and therefore avoiding bottlenecks by making sure the data is accurate. There also are additional options that improve comparisons of Triggers and Sequence Columns, providing the user the benefit of constancy across schemas.

Requirements

Before installing IDERA DB Optimizer, verify that your environment meets the following requirements.

Hardware Requirements

The following are the minimum hardware requirements:

Supported Operating Systems

DB Optimizer is supported on the following operating systems (32- and 64-bit):

Supported Cloud Platforms

DB Optimizer is supported on the following cloud platforms:

·        Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

·        Amazon Redshift

·        Microsoft Azure SQL Database with AAD Support

·        Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine (VM)

·        Oracle Autonomous Database (Profiling only)

·        Oracle Cloud Infrastructure***

·        Snowflake

DBMS Support

SQL Execution, Tuning and DBMS Support

SQL execution and SQL tuning with DB Optimizer is supported on the following DBMS platforms and versions:

SQL Profiling and DBMS Support

SQL profiling with DB Optimizer is supported on the following DBMS platforms and versions:

* For these databases, DB Optimizer supports a subset of this database version’s features/functions.

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

Note: DB Optimizer does not access the information, tables, or views licensed under Oracle's diagnostic pack.

Release Notes

Upgrade Notes

Known Issues

The SQL Server sqlvariant data type is not currently supported by the Microsoft JDBC driver. If a query is used to retrieve data from a table that contains a column of the sqlvariant data type, an exception occurs. There are two workarounds to fix this issue:

·        Use CAST to type cast the sqlvariant columns to the data type you want.

Or

·        Use the jTDS driver to connect.

Bug Fixes

For the most recent list of known issues and bug fixes in this release, see https://wiki.idera.com/display/DBO/Release+notes.

Additional Resources

Licensing Your IDERA Product

All IDERA products include a 14-day trial period. To continue using the product without interruption, we recommend that you license it as soon as possible. For information on licensing your product, refer to the Quick Start Guide. If you have not yet purchased this product, contact sales@idera.com.

IDERA Product Support

The IDERA Web site is an excellent source for additional product information, including white papers, articles, and discussion forums. Visit www.idera.com, or click any of the links below, to find:

IDERA Technical Support

If you have a valid maintenance contract with IDERA, the Technical Support team is available to assist you with any problems you have with our applications. Our maintenance contract also entitles registered users of IDERA products to download free software upgrades during the active contract period. Evaluators receive free technical support for the term of their evaluation (14 days).

We encourage you to open technical support cases via the Customer Support Center. For additional information about IDERA Technical Support, visit the Support section of our Web site.

IDERA on the Web

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