Version 9.0.18 Installable Version Release Notes

Preparing for an Upgrade

Before following the platform upgrade process, upgrade dependent utilities to the minimum levels specified in the Software Requirements.

New JARs Required

Licensing restrictions prevent these libraries from being included in the distribution. But they are required. You need to download them into a folder of your choosing. (You'll be prompted for the location of that folder during the installation.):

• mysql-connector-java-5.1.24-bin.jar
  Download from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/

• jta.jar
  Download from http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/7287-jta-1.0.1a-class-oth-JSpec/?submit=Download

Learn more: Software Requirements#libs

Changes to MySQL Configuration

In my.cnf or my.ini:

• default_table_type is deprecated in MySql 5.5 - use default-storage-engine instead

• default-character-set is deprecated in Mysql 5.5 - use character-set-server on the server side, instead
  (default-character-set is still used for the client, however)

Learn more: Configuring the MySQL Server

New Platform Functionality

For ISVs

Add Fonts for Multibyte Character Sets to Print PDFs

Fonts can now be added to the platform to enable printing of PDFs that contain multibyte characters. Languages that use single-byte character sets have always printed properly but, while multibyte character sets appear fine on screen, an additional configuration step is necessary to make those character sets available to the PDF rendering engine.

Learn more: Adding Multibyte Character Set Fonts for PDF Printing

See Also

• All Release Notes