Version 12.5.1 provides the following new features:
Date and time datatypes. See “Commands” in Chapter 2.
Extend High Availability failover to ESQL. See the “High-availability failover section in Chapter 2.
Identity Update option. See ct_options in “Routines” in Chapter 3.
Support for the Chinese character set to follow the standard GB18030-2000. See the chapters of the Configuration Guide for your platform on directory services for additional information.
Upgrade to SSL 3.1.5. See the Release Bulletin for version 12.5.1 and the chapters of the Open Client/Server Configuration Guide for your platform, on security services for additional information.
BCP support for character set expansion when character set conversion is requested on the client’s side. See the bcp utility in Appendix A of the Open Client and Open Server Programmer’s Supplement for your platform.
