Material Dreams - PL/SQL Trace

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PL/SQL-Trace - The Oracle PL/SQL Pipe Tracing Facility
Copyright (c) 1995-2005 by Material Dreams.
All Rights Reserved.
http://www.materialdreams.com/oracle
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VERSION HISTORY:
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Version 2.5.0 Build 36 - 02-DEC-2004
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- New: If needed, it is now possible to change an expired password during the logon process.
- Fixed: A problem has been fixed causing a warning message if not connected as user with dba privileges.
- Fixed: The information on how to create a user in the Readme.txt file has been corrected.


Version 2.4.0 Build 35 - 28-MAY-2004
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- Smaller improvements in the toolbar including a new "Refresh" option.
- The pipe messages are now automatically flushed and shown on the screen after 100 messages
  have been received even if there are still messages waiting in the pipe.
- The performance of the message retrieval has been further improved and less roundtrips are needed.
- Selecting a new pipe name does no longer automatically start retrieving messages.
- The font in the main window has been changed to a no-proportional 10 point "Courier New".
- New pipe maintenance functionality available as popup menu in the pipe selection dialog
  It is now additionally possible to "Purge" or "Remove" a single or all pipes.
- Additional trace messages are now generated when selecting a new pipe and when purging or removing a pipe.


Version 2.3.3 Build 34 - 02-FEB-2004
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- Fixes a problem in selecting the correct OCI version when using multiple Oracle homes.
- Adds information to the OCI information dialog.
- Now using the XP Scheme when running on Windows XP.


Version 2.3.2 Build 33 - 30-SEP-2003
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- The Oracle Login Dialog has been redesigned. It is now possible to save passwords and
  to create a list of most used connections.
- The Login information will now be shared between all of the Material Dreams tools.
- A new (32 byte) registration code has now replaced the old (8 byte) registration code.


Version 2.3.1 Build 32 - 20-AUG-2003
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- An important problem when using Oracle 7 Clients has been fixed.
- More debugging information is now available if Oracle is not properly installed.
- The registration processs has been changed to support online registration code delivery.
- Registration process has been changed. It is longer necessary to ru the application with
  administrative rights. Now only the registration process itself must be performed with
  administrative rights and after the registration has been completed SetPwd can be used
  by any user with normal user rights.


Version 2.3.0 - Build 31 - 19-JAN-2003
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- The tool has been renamed from PlSqlDebug to PlSqlTrace.
- A new application icon has been defined.
- The toolbar and menubar have been improved.
- New options to start and stop the tracing.
- New option to select from list of active pipes.
- Imprived performance when tracing large number of pipe messages.
- It is now possible to connect and disconnect after the application has been started.
- Completely redesigned Oracle interface.
- Enhanced Oracle error handling.
- The OCI DLL's are now dynamically loaded.
- Support for all Oracle Client Versions.
- Added support for Oracle 9i.
- The connection dialog now allows to connect as sysdba or sysoper.
- Title of main window now shows the current connection.
- Extensive connection information now available in the help menu.
- Added support for command line arguments.
  Usage: PlSqlTrace -u -p -s -v<7|8> -c -d
       -u ... user name
       -p ... password
       -s ... server
       -v ... use -v7 for oci7 or -v8 (default) for oci8
       -c ... connect as (NORMAL, SYSDBA, SYSOPER)
       -d ... debug level (0=no debug, 15=full)
- New command line options (-v) to select OCI version and authorization (-c) type.
- Enhanced debugging features.


Version 2.2.2 - Build 30 - 28-DEC-2000
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- Smaller internal changes.


Version 2.2.1 - Build 29 - 03-JUN-2000
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- A problem in the online registration process has been corrected.
  You must use version 2.2.1 or higher in order to register the application
  successfully.


Version 2.2.0 - Build 28 - 25-MAY-2000
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- The application now supports online registration
  and will expire after a 30 day trial period.


Version 2.1.0 - 01-MAI-1999
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- The application now allows to debug pipes with a variable
  structure. This can be enabled in the options with the
  'Allow to debug variable messages' flag.
  If this flag is activated the messages will be shown
  argument by argument where the type of each argument
  is at the begin of the line.
- A new toolbar button has been added to purge the contents
  of the currently used pipe.
- The procedured are now also shipped in the debug.sql script
  and do now use a default argument to specify the pipe.
- The options are now stored in the local preference key and will
  be used whenver the application will be started.
- A new flag allows to enable or disable editing in the debugging window.
- A problem with the Add LF flag has been fixed.


Version 2.0.0 - 05-FEB-1999
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- Major new release using a new utility library for all tools.
- New login dialog fixes problem with stored connection duplicates
  and sets the correct keyboard focus when entering.
- New about dialog allows to automatically send email and connect
  to the products web page for updates.
- A minor problem with the max size of a pipe message has been fixed.


Version 1.1.0 - 18-APR-1998
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- Added support for case sensitivity.
- Scrolling has been fixed.
- Automatic positioning in the last line.


Version 1.0.0 - 25-MAR-1998
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- First released version.