Valentina Release 2.5.1 Now Available
Paradigma Software released a minor update to all database products, including Valentina Office Server, Valentina Application Developer kits for creating standalone database applications, and Valentina Embedded Server, a part of Valentina Developer Network. Developer solutions are available for the following platforms: Adobe Director, Runtime Revolution, REAL Software’s REALbasic, Apple xCode (C++ and pure Cocoa), COM, .net and Windows-based C++ libraries.
The release included numerous fixes and improvements requested by developers plus introduced a new way to set and get date information.
Valentina 2.5 incorporated several new major features. All Valentina 2.5 products gain two new SQL syntax features for reducing complexity in SQL queries and greatly enhancing data analysis queries:
- PIVOT, SQL Syntax. Create “virtual cross-tabs” of data results to greatly enhance data analysis capabilities of applications built around Valentina.
- WITH-statement, SQL Syntax. A new Common Table Expression and similar to Views; the WITH statement acts much like a VIEW that is temporary to the query.
All Valentina 2.5 business products gain both SSL and automatic network discovery features, with options available for Valentina Developer Network:
- SSL Support. Built in SSL support for Valentina Office Server and Valentina Studio, allowing optionally adding secure communications or disabling non-SSL communications. An SSL Adapter is available for Valentina Developer Network for $99.
- Bonjour Support. Built in Bonjour support (a form of zero-config) for Valentina Office Server and Valentina Studio. This allows automatic discovery of a database server on a network. A Bonjour Adapter is available for Valentina Developer Network for $99.
- Redesigned Valentina Studio. The database creation, browser, query builder and server maintenance tool has a new, modern, tabbed interface.
In addition to customer feedback, Paradigma Software also incorporated dozens of minor fixes and improvements. The Valentina for REALbasic release also includes some significant improvements:
Valentina for REALbasic Binding Framework. A binding framework incorporates data-bound sub-classes of all data handling controls in REALbasic, greatly enhancing “drag-to-build” RAD database systems in REALbasic.
A 5 Minute Tutorial on Database Binding. A tutorial is now available on the Valentina-db.com Wiki, introducing users to the new REALbasic Binding Framework, including an overview of binding in general.
For more information, visit their website at http://www.valentina-db.com.