Deprecated and Discontinued Features
Deprecated Features
The following categories discuss features that are deprecated in Pervasive PSQL v11. Although the features are still available in Pervasive PSQL v11, they will be removed from the product in a future release. Plan accordingly for new application development and revisions to existing applications.
ODBC
The following ODBC features are still available in Pervasive PSQL v11 but will be removed from the product in a future release.
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32-bit Engine DSNs (32-bit Client DSNs now provide comparable functionality). See
ODBC and Data Source Names (DSNs)
.
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DTI functions that manage 32-bit Engine DSNs. See
DTI
.
Pervasive Direct Access Components (PDAC)
The PDAC dynamic libraries for Delphi 2006 (and 2007 which is compatible with 2006) are still available in Pervasive PSQL v11 but will be removed from the product in the future.
Discontinued Features
The following features are no longer supported in Pervasive PSQL v11.
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Support for Windows 2000
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Delphi and C++ Builder development environments version 6 and older. Pervasive PSQL v11 does not provide PDAC integration with development environments version 6 and older.
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The Pervasive PSQL ADO.NET Data Provider versions 2.1 and 3.0. The installation of the Pervasive PSQL v11 database engine automatically uninstalls either Provider if the version is detected.