
Release Notes:

This is Release 5.

	Release 5 continues the attempt to clean up the installation
	procedure.  Let me know if it is easier now.

	Release 5 is easily configurable to run against Sybase
	or PostgreSQL 6.1 or later.  Change the DB globalvar in
	the CONFIG file (see INSTALL instructions).

	Release 5 can use the TkTable extension to present results in
	the form of a spreadsheet.

	Release 5 can use the BLT extension to plot query results either
	with or without the spreadsheet.  If with the sheet, it can
	plot results selected from the sheet by click-drag.

	Results window is now text rather than listbox type.  This makes
	it easier to cut/paste text from the results area.

	Release 5 is now approaching stability.  It has been grievously
	delayed by the pressure of other projects, and I've had little
	response from early testers.

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Prior version was 4.2 ... these are the rel notes from that version...

The cosmetic and structural changes commenced in the 4.1 release
are almost complete.  

The install tree has a LIBDIR (tcl tlib files, cf file, help text,
and other non-arch-specific stuff) and a BINDIR (wisql script, which
is also not arch-specific but might want to live with your other
tcl-related bins).  The target libdir is /some/tcl/path/ucodb.  
Everything wisql needs is kept in the dir called ucodb:

	ucodb.tlib
	wisql.tlib
	.ucodb.cf
	tkbind dir
	help dir
	bitmaps dir

(Earlier users:  the ucodb dir is the new name for ucosybtk, and
reflects the fact that wisql.tlib and ucodb.tlib are not just
sybase-oriented.  The "syb" component of the nomenclature is being
phased out.)

Wisql can now be installed pretty much anywhere you feel like
putting it, and can be relocated as one unified directory tree
(except for the BINDIR with the wisql script in it).

The install script Install.tcl was not such a good idea.  We're back
to a standard Makefile now.
	the Makefile,
	the wisql script, and 
	the CONFIG.ucodb.cf file 

(see the file INSTALL for step-by-step instructions).  It's my
hope that this new packaging will make wisql easier for you to
install and understand.

The old README has some minor changes.  A new file MANIFEST is included
which purports to tell you what you should have got out of the tarfile.
Directories whose names are capitalized (Debug, Install, Tools) contain
ancillary programs;  those with lowercase names (tkbind, bitmaps,
help) contain stuff that wisql needs to work.

The prerequisites for using wisql are the same as always:

	Sybase SQL Server  or PostgreSQL
	sybtcl or pgtcl
	tclX
	tcl/tk (at least 7.4/4.0, preferably 7.6/4.2)

NEW FEATURES:

	compatible with PostgreSQL 6.1

	if you have BLT, you can now PLOT your query results

	command window and results window are detachable for
		greater convenience

	wisql is starting to be colour-conscious, since colour
		displays have become the norm.  feedback on the 
		colour scheme will be seriously considered.  
		the only point of the colours is to make UI 
		functions easier to identify...  so button
		hues should be consistent from one window
		to the next, etc.  let me know what you think.

de
