J06.06 Release Version Update Compendium

4 Database and Transaction Processing Products
Database and Transaction Processing Products
TMF 3.6 Enhancements
TMF 3.6 supports these new features for the J06.06 RVU:
• The NOBACKOUT parameter of the TMFCOM ABORT TRANSACTION command aborts
transactions without a backout process for that transaction, thereby eliminating the time
required to abort a transaction. The impact of using this parameter depends on the state of
the transaction when the command is executed.
• The audit trail file pinning algorithm is changed to pin audit trail files, such that the audit
trail is pinned only when a real audit is generated for a transaction.
• Network Join support allows application programmers to use the following new TMF APIs
in a network environment:
— TMF_GET_EXTTRANSID_ . This procedure must be used when the calling process
wants to pass exttransid to another process in the same expand network (so that the
called process can call TMF_JOIN_EXT_) but does not want to participate in the
transaction through a call to TMF_SUSPEND_EXT_.
— TMF_JOIN_EXT_ . This procedure allows a process to participate in a transaction
initiated by another process without taking over as the ENDTRANSACTION caller.
— TMF_SUSPEND_EXT_ . This procedure is used by the calling process to relinquish
control of the current transaction.
• A new ANSI Names feature allows TMFCOM users to directly use the ANSI names of
SQL/MX objects for certain operations. The following TMFCOM commands are enhanced
to support ANSI Names:
— DUMP FILES
— INFO DUMPS
— RECOVER FILES
Also, the following commands are added to TMFCOM utility program to support ANSI
Names:
— SET ANSIDEFAULT: sets ANSI Name default specifications for an SQL/MX catalog
and schema.
— SHOW ANSIDEFAULT: displays the current settings for the default SQL/MX catalog
and schema local to the current session.
— RESET ANSIDEFAULT: removes ANSI Name default specifications for an SQL/MX
catalog and schema.
• The Transaction Typing function allows users to specify a type for a transaction. Special
processing based on the transaction type can be done.
iTP Secure WebServer Enhancements
iTP Secure WebServer 7.0 provides the following enhancements:
• Can be upgraded online (with no downtime).
• Support for PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry – Data Security Standard) logging standards.
• A new command-line utility for collecting webserver statistics (in case the administration
server cannot be used for this purpose).
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