NEWS

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ODB 1.2.1 (2020-03-11)

• isClosed() now complies with both old and new versions of RJDBC::dbSendUpdate

ODB 1.2.0

• README file added

• Support web links updated

• Minor DESCRIPTION file updates to comply with new CRAN policies

• 'ODB-package.Rd' updated to use the package meta-data macros

• Dependencies fixed in 'NAMESPACE'

• Package file structure modified to meet the standard

• 'java' directory with URL to the java source code added

• Template updated to last LibreOffice version (5.1.6.2)

ODB 1.1.1 (2012-07-23)

• Zip command check added before odb.close processing

• 'UTF8' encoding name replaced by 'UTF-8' for Solaris compatibility

ODB 1.1.0 (2012-07-22)

• NAMESPACE addition

• Main class ODB switched to uppercases

• odb.zip removed, utils::zip used instead

• XML package dependency removed for Mac OS compatibility, regular expressions used instead

• File paths stored normalized, to avoid odb.close problems on particular platforms

• Template updated to last LibreOffice version (3.5.5)

• Notice added to odb.read and odb.write help pages about name quoting [Manuel Eugster]

• odb.insert now accepts negative numerics [Christian Sachs]