[bdbxml-ann] Berkeley DB XML 2.1.7

Sleepycat Software is pleased to announce:

         Berkeley DB XML 2.1.7
         http://www.sleepycat.com/products/xml.shtml


In this release we have improved overall product stability and made  
it much easier to get acquainted with Berkeley DB XML.  This version  
is the first to be delivered as pre-compiled binaries within an  
automated Windows installer.  If you're a Windows developer, you no  
longer have to compile the source code yourself.  We've done that for  
you.  The source is still included with the product as always, but  
now the binaries are there too.

Once you have the download installed, you should review a new  
document: "Introducing Berkeley DB XML".  Follow along as we guide  
you through the basics of the product.  Whereas the "Getting Started  
Guide" is targeted at the developer starting a project, this new  
document is written for those new to the Berkeley DB XML product, or  
new to native XML databases in general.  The combination of the  
installer and the new introduction significantly reduces the time it  
takes to get to know Berkeley DB XML.

Beyond ease of installation and new documentation, we have been hard  
at work improving the code since the 2.0 release.  Quite a large  
number of users started interesting XML projects with Berkeley DB XML  
2.0; using their feedback, in 2.1 we've worked hard to improve upon  
some common themes.

Finally, the command line interface to Berkeley DB XML has been  
enhanced and renamed from 'dbxml_shell' to simply 'dbxml'.  This  
command line interface is a great place to prototype projects and to  
examine queries and indices before committing them to code.

The important new features and benefits of Berkeley DB XML 2.1.7  
include:

   1. Windows binary installer
   2. New "Introduction to Berkeley DB XML" PDF
   3. Updated Perl API
   4. Updated command line shell, 'dbxml'
   5. Many bug fixes and enhancements

To see the change log for version 2.1.7, please visit:

     http://www.sleepycat.com/xml_update/2.1.7/if.2.1.7.html

For information about the upgrade requirements for 2.1.7, please see:

     http://www.sleepycat.com/xml_update/2.1.7/relnote.2.1.7.html


About Berkeley DB XML

Berkeley DB XML is a native XML database engine for use within your  
product.  Made available as a C++ library with language bindings for  
Java, Perl, Python, PHP and Tcl Berkeley DB XML integrates directly  
into your application, it is not a standalone database server.   
Berkeley DB XML provides XQuery access into a database of document  
containers.  XML documents are stored and indexed in their native  
format using Berkeley DB as the transactional database engine.   
Berkeley DB XML is one of the most sophisticated and reliable native  
XML database engine available today.


Licensing

Berkeley DB XML is an open source, dual-license product.  For more  
information on our license please read:

     http://www.sleepycat.com/download/licensinginfo.shtml

For further information, please contact us at [email protected]


Support

Sleepycat Software offers a range of support offerings for both our  
commercial and open source customers.  If you need help during any  
stage of development or into production, we have a support package to  
meet your needs.  Please take a moment to review our offerings at:

     http://www.sleepycat.com/supports/index.shtml

As always, if you have technical questions, send email to:  
[email protected] or post to the news group  
comp.databases.berkeley-db
(http://groups.google.com/groups?group=comp.databases.berkeley-db).


Blog

The developers of Berkeley DB XML will be routinely posting about BDB  
XML on our product blog http://www.sleepycat.com/blogs/bdb-xml -- add  
our RSS or ATOM feeds to your list of news sources and keep track  
with the latest postings.


Sleepycat Newsletter

Finally, we are also about to begin electronic circulation of "The  
Cat's Eye View", a Sleepycat Software newsletter.  The newsletter  
will contain tips and tricks from our engineering team, articles from  
our staff, offers for our newest whitepapers and industry reports as  
well as timely information about Sleepycat Software and its  
products.  Find out where and when you can meet the Sleepycat Team in  
person at conferences.  To sign up register at:

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Sleepycat's mission is to provide the fastest, most reliable and  
scalable transactional databases for developers.  Our products include:
   ** Berkeley DB - With over 200 million active deployments in use
      today, it's hard to make it through the day without somehow
      coming in contact with something that relies on Berkeley DB.
   ** Berkeley DB XML - A native XML database with an optimized
      XQuery access layer built atop Berkeley DB.
   ** Berkeley DB Java Edition - A pure Java version of Berkeley DB.

If you're building a software product or system that requires  
dependable data storage, you owe it to yourself to evaluate our  
software libraries.  Chances are one of our database engines will  
suit your needs.

regards,

-greg

_____________________________________________________________________
Gregory Burd
Product Manager                         [email protected]
Sleepycat Software, Inc.                http://www.sleepycat.com/