Archive for the ‘Flex2SQL’ Category

New Flex2SQL v10.x Feature: Auto-reconnect

Friday, February 13th, 2009

If the server is set to time out a client connection due to lack of activity, then a DataFlex program will encounter unexpected errors if the user is not aware of losing connection to the server.  With this new feature, the driver will automatically reconnect to the server and continue from the same point where disconnect happened.

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New Flex2SQL v10.x Feature: External INI File

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Mertech provides a lot of tweaking options (especially in DataFlex) to control the workings of the driver. These have previously only been available through Macro commands, which has meant that to test them out, the application would have to be recompiled.

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How to Obtain Flex2SQL Driver Licensing Information From sql_drv.cfg

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Is accessing Flex2SQL Driver registration information registered on their server, is there any program that can check the liceseing information (such as Licened To:, Number of users:, etc) from the file SQL_DRV.CFG possible?

  • The information can be obtained from Flex2SQL -> Help -> About. In this screen the licensed to and user count is found, along with other pertinent information.

Using the Restructuring Source Code Generated by Flex2SQL in VDF

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Flex2SQL will auto generate these files:

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Creating a Migration Trace from Within Flex2SQL

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

In this article we will explain how to create a migration trace to troubleshot problems:

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