Behavior Changes

Several behavior changes have been introduced in SAP Sybase IQ 16.0.

• Backward Compatibility: Changes to Default Behavior
  The default behavior of the initial 16.0 version has changed in some areas.
• Backward Compatibility: Migration Considerations
  If you are upgrading from an earlier release of SAP Sybase IQ, several new features and functionality introduced in the initial 16.0 version are backward compatible.
• Connection Changes
  SAP Sybase IQ 16.0 enhances database connections.
• Database Option Changes
  The initial 16.0 version includes database option changes.
• JRE and Java Runtime Environment Variable Changes
  SAP Sybase IQ 16.0 requires JRE_7. The SYBASE_JRE Java environment variables have changed accordingly.
• Logical Server Policy Option Changes
  Changes affected logical server policy options in SAP Sybase IQ 16.0.
• Login Policy Option Changes
  There are changes to some login policy options in SAP Sybase IQ 16.0.
• ODBC Driver Changes
  The name of the ODBC driver (DBODBC16.DLL) changed in SAP Sybase IQ 16.0.
• Query Plan Changes
  New load execution plans and query plan nodes in SAP Sybase IQ 16.0.
• SQL Function Changes
  Function changes for SAP Sybase IQ 16.0.
• SQL Statement Changes
  Syntax changes for SAP Sybase IQ 16.0.
• Stored Procedure Changes
  The initial 16.0 version includes catalog stored procedure and system stored procedure changes.
• Table and View Changes
  SAP Sybase IQ 16.0 includes new and changed system tables and views.
• Utility Option Changes
  The initial 16.0 version includes option changes for the isql and start_iq utilities.