Upgrade Guide > Upgrade Guide > B. Features Introduced in Ingres 10.2 > Connectivity Enhancements
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Connectivity Enhancements
The following connectivity enhancements are included:
• DBMS authentication
A user can connect to a database without having to be defined as an operating system user.
• New default behavior for connecting to a remote instance
A client instance can connect to a remote instance without the need for a local Communications Server and, in some cases, a Name Server.
Note:  In some cases, you may need to configure the connection or installation to use a local Communications Server.
For more information, see Using a Local Communications Server for Remote Connections in the Ingres Connectivity Guide.
• ODBC serverless client connections
A new Simple tab in the Ingres ODBC Administrator lets you configure ODBC to connect to a remote database without the use of a local Communications Server or Name Server. For more information, see the Ingres ODBC Administrator help.
• ODBC driver explicit batch execution
The Ingres ODBC Driver allows sets of queries to be defined and executed in an application. In explicit batch execution, a set of create, delete, or update queries are chained together in a single SQLExecDirect() statement.
For more information, see the Ingres Connectivity Guide.
• Java 7 support
The Ingres JDBC Driver supports new methods in the Java 7 API and JDBC 4.1 Specification.
For more information, see the Ingres Connectivity Guide.
• Java logging support
The Ingres JDBC Driver supports output of driver tracing through the Java Logging package (java.util.logging).
For more information, see the Ingres Connectivity Guide.
• Improved .NET Data Provider connection pooling. For details, see the Ingres Connectivity Guide.
• Secure communications encryption between the client and the DBMS Server (see Secure Communications Encryption with AES).
• GCC transliteration
The Communications Server transliterates string connection parameters to and from UTF8 and other character sets.
• Session information added to GCC log messages
Session information, including the user ID, is now logged to the Ingres error log (errlog.log). This helps identify problems in client installations.
Non-GCC errors are no longer logged by default. Such logging can be re-enabled by setting the GCC logging level to 5.
• Obsolete network protocol drivers are removed (see Obsolete Network Protocol Drivers Removed).
Last modified date: 01/30/2023