What's New in OraOLEDB?

The following sections describe the new features in Oracle Provider for OLE DB (OraOLEDB):

• New Features in Oracle Provider for OLE DB for Release 11.1.0.7.20

• New Features in Oracle Provider for OLE DB for Release 11.1

New Features in Oracle Provider for OLE DB for Release 11.1.0.7.20

Oracle Provider for OLE DB release 11.1.0.7.20 includes the following:

• Command Timeout and Command Cancel

  The CommandTimeout property determines how long OraOLEDB waits before it attempts to terminate the executed command. The Cancel command cancels the OraOLEDB command currently being executed.

  A new registry value, EnableCmdTimeout, allows developers to enable or disable the CommandTimeout property value.

  See Also:

  "Command Timeout and Cancel Method" and "Enabling CommandTimeout Through the Registry"

New Features in Oracle Provider for OLE DB for Release 11.1

Oracle Provider for OLE DB release 11.1 includes the following:

• Improved Statement and Metadata Caching

  This release enhances the existing caching infrastructure to cache OraOLEDB data buffers and metadata information. This enhancement is independent of Database version and is available for all supported Database versions. This feature provides significant performance improvement for the applications that execute the same statement repeatedly.

  See Also:

  • "Statement Caching"

  • "Metadata Caching"

• Enhanced Failover Capability

  Oracle Provider for OLE DB introduced new connection string attributes and registry entries to enhance failover capability.

  See Also:

  "Enhanced Failover Capability"

• Support of ADO Disconnected Recordsets

  Oracle Provider for OLE DB introduced a new connection string attribute and registry entry to support ADO disconnected recordsets.

  See Also:

  DeferUpdChk under "OraOLEDB-Specific Connection String Attributes for Rowsets"