B.3 API and DQL Changes

A few of the enhanced Server API methods in release 5.3 are:

• connect and getlogin: Support Global login Tickets.

• grant and revoke: Support the enhancements made to Access Control Lists (ACLs).

• queue: Allows queuing of an event to a work item.

A few of the changes made to DQL in release 5.3 are:

• The SEARCH TOPIC clause has been deprecated and the FT_OPTIMIZER clause has been removed from the SELECT statement syntax.

• A new DQL hint: UNCOMMITTED_READ has been added for MS SQL Server, DB2, and Sybase databases, for read-only queries for retrieving query results fast even if the tables in question are locked by another database session.

• Introduction of the FTDQL SELECT statement described earlier in the appendix.