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ODBTP version 1.1.2 has been officially released. It fixes the bug addressed by the 1.1.1p1 patch. The NetWare version of the PHP odbtp extension is also included in this release. Provisions for compiling the ODBTP C client library on 64-bit systems, such as Tru64 UNIX, were added to this version.

Version 1.1.1 of the ODBTP client / server package has been released. It is primarily a bug fix release for version 1.1. However, it does include new features like data truncation detection, better socket error reporting, and auto server restart. The PHP extension was also modified so that it could be built under PHP version 5.

An ODBTP PHP extension for NetWare is available at http://www.gknw.com/php/ext/php_odbtp-nw.zip. This allows users of PHP on a Novell NetWare server to easily access MS SQL Server, MS Access or Visual FoxPro databases.

Version 1.1 of the ODBTP client / server package has been released. It includes many new features, performance enhancements and bug fixes.

Users of PHP will benefit greatly from the significantly improved odbtp extension. It provides support for all of the functions from the mssql extension. The performance and capabilities of the odbtp extension are also better than the comparable odbc extension.

The first version of the ODBTP client/server package has been released. It is a stable version and can be used in production environments. It currently has been in use at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum for about 6 months, and services over 45,000 client connections per day. This is the first release to the public.