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2006-07-03 Norbert Sendetzky <norbert@linuxnetworks.de>

* Feature: firebird backend is fully functional
* Feature: odbx_error_type() function to distinguish fatal/non-fatal errors
* Change: odbx_field_bind() is subject to change in the next release

2006-06-27 Norbert Sendetzky <norbert@linuxnetworks.de>

* Bugfix: package contains a working spec file
* Feature: provides generic escape implementation for backends
* Feature: Win32 DLL loader support (who's able to provide a MSVC project file?)
* Change: introduced ODBX_DEPRICATED to hide depricated functions by default
* Change: reworked autoconf/automake support
* Change: Streamlined defines
* Change: Update from stable branch

2006-06-10 Norbert Sendetzky <norbert@linuxnetworks.de>

* New: FreeTDS backend (MSSQL and Sybase support)
* New: Firebird backend prototype (with limited functionality up to now)
* New: odbx_bind() for supporting different bind methods in the future
* New: odbx_field_bind() for providing binary values directly
* Change: odbx_bind_simple() is set to depricated
* Change: Update from stable branch

2006-03-19 Norbert Sendetzky <norbert@linuxnetworks.de>

* Bugfix: FreeBSD fix for dynamic linking (libdl)
* Bugfix: Used freed memory in mysql_bind_simple() after rebinding
* Feature: MySQL host and port are now optional

2006-01-26 Norbert Sendetzky <norbert@linuxnetworks.de>

* Feature: Localization (gettext) support
* Bugfix: odbx_finish() returns more error codes for different types of errors
* Change: Minor cleanups


2005-12-31 Norbert Sendetzky <norbert@linuxnetworks.de>

* Bugfix: The OBBX_ERR_BACKEND define was definitively wrong
* Bugfix: Additional check for handle and backend in odbx_init()
* Feature: ISO C99 clean and no more warnings in -pedantic mode
* Feature: Use of defines for error codes in all backends


2005-10-01 Norbert Sendetzky <norbert@linuxnetworks.de>

* API Change: SQL2003 data types are now returned by odbx_field_type()
* API Change: odbx_field_{count,name,type}() are renamed to odbx_column_{count,name,type}() for clarification
* Change: functions were renamed to *_odbx_*() instead of e.g. mysql_*() to prevent name clashes
* Bugfix: mysql data structure was uninitialized when calling mysql_odbx_set_option()
* Bugfix: Added mysql_thread_end() in mysql_odbx_finish() to prevent memory leaks


2005-09-15 Norbert Sendetzky <norbert@linuxnetworks.de>

* Bugfix: mysql_field_length() returned the length of the column, not the length of the current field
* Bugfix: (char*) to (const char*) {pgsql,sqlite}_field_name() and {pgsql,sqlite}_field_value()
* Feature: use libmysqlclient_r if present
* Feature: pkgconfig file is included


2005-08-04 Norbert Sendetzky <norbert@linuxnetworks.de>

* Bugfix: NULL value handling in pgsql module
* Minor api change: changed return value for odbx_field_name() and odbx_field_value() from (char*) to (const char*)


2005-07-17 Norbert Sendetzky <norbert@linuxnetworks.de>

* SQLite3 support


2004-08-18 Norbert Sendetzky <norbert@linuxnetworks.de>

* Double delete in odbx:mysql_finish() caused segfault on PowerPC
* Moved mysql_init() to odbx:mysql_bind_simple(), prevented rebinding


2004-08-02 Norbert Sendetzky <norbert@linuxnetworks.de>

* SQLite support
* Improved error handling
* PostgreSQL backend fix: Empty result caused infinite loop
* Removed libltdl (not thread safe), used custom way instead


OpenDBX 0.8:
- libtool libltdl support for portability
- enhanced error checking
- deb build scripts and rpm spec

OpenDBX 0.7:
- get/set option support
- SSL support in mysql and pgsql backends

OpenDBX 0.6:
- support for conditional builds

OpenDBX 0.5:
- MySQL support

OpenDBX 0.4:
- support for querying backend capabilities
- pgsqlbackend code cleanup

OpenDBX 0.3:
- minimized visible library symbols

OpenDBX 0.2:
- autoconf, automake and libtool to simplify builds

OpenDBX 0.1:
- initial release
- PostgreSQL support