1. Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-9, 2005 Key Biscayne, Florida 1 Pervasive.SQL Version 9 - What’s New Stephen W. Meeley Vice President, Product Development

2. Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida 2 Simplified configuration  More settings are automatic  More settings are self-adjusting  Better defaults are provided  More settings can be changed without restarting the server  Simplifies both installation and maintenance

3. Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida 3 Expanded file size  Max size increased from 64Gb to 128Gb Uses 9.x format but 8.x files automatically migrate to new format when necessary  2Gb segmentation is optional Segmented files can be converted File i/o is more efficient with a single- segment file

4. Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida 4 Improved installation modularity  Separate server and client installations

5. Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida 5 Improved relational performance on Linux  This release increases the relational engine performance on Linux by adapting a common-address space technology used previously only on Windows.  Now the Linux engine should have performance equal to or better than performance on Windows, assuming similar hardware.

6. Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida 6 Consistent network communications  Client requesters issue requests to named pipes to locate a database engine on the network.  The Workgroup Engine now responds to such requests, not just the Windows Server Engine.  From the response, a client requester can locate Workgroup Engines easier and faster.

7. Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida 7 Expanded programming interfaces  Not all that important to you because you use our Connectivity Kits  Btrieve API improvements  DTI improvements

8. Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida 8 New and revised relational interface  Pervasive has continually improved their SQL support

9. Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida 9 Pervasive.SQL Control Center  Completely rewritten in Java  Configuration Utility (replaced by properties within PCC)  SQL Data Manager (replaced by SQL Editor)  Table Designer (replaced by Table Editor)

10. Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida 10 Utilities not yet migrated to Java  Function Executor  License Administrator  Monitor  Maintenance  Rebuild  Export

11. Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida 11 Command Line Interface Utilities  Configuration Properties  Allows you to change your configuration  Bulk Data Utility  Allows you to load data from a delimited text file into a preexisting Pervasive.SQL table  Monitor Utility  Allows you to monitor database resources  SQL Utility  Allows you to execute one or more SQL statements from a command line interface

12. Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida 12 Additional features and benefits…  The list we’ve just reviewed assumes a starting point of Pervasive.SQL 8.6  If you are migrating from an older revision, there’s much more… PSQL V9 Feature Comparison Guide

13. Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida 13 Pervasive.SQL Connectivity Kit 3.x  Development and testing license released with Visual DataFlex 11.0  Full support for secure databasessecure databases 8.x and 9.x  Consolidates the 1.3 and 2.x lines runs with 2000i through 9.x  Standalone release following Synergy 2005

14. Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida 14 Pervasive.SQL Connectivity Kit 3.x  Customary components, plus…  Includes new set of help files from Visual DataFlex 11.0 Data Connectivity Language and Class reference Utility help