BTR2SQL v5.1 Adds Many New Features

Mertech Data Systems, the leading provider of high-performance ISAM to SQL Database Connectivity (ISDBC) drivers, is pleased to announce the release of a new version of BTR2SQL.

BTR2SQL allows users of Pervasive’s Btrieve® and Pervasive.SQL® transactional engines to easily function with Oracle, MS SQL, MYSQL, and PostgreSQL databases without requiring costly and time-consuming source level changes. The product includes both a database migration tool that will smoothly migrate a Btrieve® or Pervasive.SQL® database and a database driver that functions with the application and executes the database operations to a new SQL back-end.

With BTR2SQL v5.1, Mertech expands support for features included in Microsoft SQL Server such as Filegroups, which is used to group database objects and files together for allocation and administration purposes. The BTR2SQL GUI Migration Utility, command-line migration tools and migration API were modified so separate Filegroups can be selected for tables, indexes, and text storage. Choosing separate Filegroups can streamline administration and increase data access speed.

BTR2SQL v5.1 also adds support for SQL style locking, offering improved interaction with other non-Btrieve applications. With this change in the Mertech driver and modification to the Btrieve application, developers can prevent other applications that do not go through the Mertech driver from accessing locked records.

There are many more enhancements to the driver in this version, including support for SQL Case Identifier, improved startup tracing & caching, and many more bug fixes and GUI changes. Download the BTR2SQL free trial. You will need to register or provide your email address if you have already registered for any other Mertech product.