Level by Level, Market-Driven Security

Data security is not a given. Unfortunately, many think it is. This results in greater vulnerabilities, higher probability of data loss and hence loss of money for both you and your customers. Just imagine, your customer being unable to send out invoices this month because the data in the accounting application you sold him is corrupt and he does not have a reliable backup.

In The 7 Levels of Highly Effective Security white paper, you get a practical overview of what security constraints must be considered on which level, why you should care and what questions you should ask yourself in order to offer your customer a market-driven security solution.

Click here to download the white paper.

For specific information on the data security challenges that application developers encounter and how you can successfully address these, we invite you to visit the Pervasive Security Solution Portal. In addition, the portal offers application developers innovating ideas on how they can turn a security weakness into a competitive advantage.

If you would like to contact us directly, please email us at insightsembedded@pervasive.com. Alternatively, a complete listing of contact details can be found here.

PSQL Radio: Don't Take Our Word for It - Customer Feedback

In this month's PSQL Radio, Product Manager Chris Kauffman talks about what customers are saying about PSQL and plans for 2006. Have a listen…

Click on the player button above to listen to PSQL Radio. This audio requires the Flash plug-in, which you can download for free here.

You've heard from us, now let's hear from you! If you would like to leave feedback or suggest a PSQL topic you would like us address in a future Radio PSQL, email us your suggestions.

To learn more about PSQL v9, contact us directly at: insightsembedded@pervasive.com. Click here for a complete list of contact details.

Updates to the Pervasive Library

The library is updated regularly to provide you with the most recent and up-to-date resources. Use the Pervasive Library to look up the latest version of Pervasive product documentation

• Look up the latest version of Pervasive product documentation
• Post a question or feedback on the developer community in DevTalk
• Find sample code

This month's updates and additions include:

PSQL 9.1 - Updated PSQL v9 SDK component docs.
http://www.pervasive.com/library/index.asp?_pub=PSQL_910
http://www.pervasive.com/library/index.asp?_pub=PSDK_910

DDF Builder 4.0
http://www.pervasive.com/library/index.asp?_pub=DDFB_400

Pervasive.SQL 8.7
http://www.pervasive.com/library/index.asp?_pub=PSQL_870

Embedding Guide
PSQL 8.7 added to components wizard
http://www.pervasive.com/compguide/index.asp?_function=wizard

For more information on the Developer Center and Pervasive Library, we invite you to contact us directly at insightsembedded@pervasive.com. Also, a complete listing of contact details can be found here.

Tech Tip: Updated Support for Large Files in PSQL v9

You probably already know that PSQL v9 allows you to scale individual files/tables to 128 GB (2 times over previous versions!). But did you know that PSQL v9 also lets you avoid the 2 GB file/table segmentation that is required in earlier versions? By default, PSQL v9 behaves identically with previous versions. For example, files/tables over 2 GB in size will automatically split into 2 GB sub-files. For instance, an 8 GB file would be split into 4 physical 2 GB files. This split occurs seamlessly and does not change your interaction with the SQL table or the Btrieve file. In PSQL v9, a new configuration property has been added in the PSQL Control Center to allow you control over this behavior 'Limit Segment Size to 2 GB' allows you to specify whether you want files divided into 2 GB segments or unified in a single, non-segmented file. Once you have configured the system for large file support you can expect the following behaviors:

* V8 format files smaller than 2 GB will automatically be converted to v9 format when segmentation is off and they surpass 2GB.

The advantage of using a larger non-segmented file size is more efficient disk I/O, which usually results in increased performance. Segmentation does have its advantages. If you need to easily transport large data sets from one OS to another, 2 GB files ensure that your data is compatible with more operating systems.

For more information on file size support and segmentation, visit the Pervasive Developer Library.

If you would like more information on PSQLv9 or have inquiries regarding the Tech Tip, contact us directly at: insightsembedded@pervasive.com. A complete listing of contact details can be found here.

Three Questions to the Developer

What do we mean by "audit"?

An audit is a process that can verify that certain standards have been met, and identify areas in need of remediation or improvement (source: wikipedia.com).

Three randomly picked Developer Poll participants will receive a Pervasive t-shirt.

Results of the poll will be published in the January issue of Insights Embedded Database Edition.

Five Questions to the User: Developer Center Results

Your feedback regarding the Developer Center has informed us what we're getting right and the areas we can improve upon. We poised an open question to you: What would you like to see added to the Developer Center? and here's some of your suggestions:

• "Single SDK Download - Give me all components in ONE file"
• "No - keep it simple - like it is today"
• "More information on cross-platform support"

Click here to review the overall results. If you didn't get the opportunity to submit your feedback about the Developer Center, please email us at: insightsembedded@pervasive.com We'd like to hear your ideas!

Thanks again to all of you that participated in the Five Questions to the User poll and congratulations to our five lucky winners!

Why not continue to share your voice with us? Take this month's Reader's Poll about you and your customers' auditing needs. Simply click here to take the poll. Five randomly picked participants will receive a Pervasive shirt!

To Add Pervasive Software to Your Safe Senders List

Due to spam filters differing, and that at times they filter legitimate email, it is highly recommended that you add Pervasive Software domain to your Safe Senders list in your email client. This will ensure that our email correspondence will get to you successfully.

For Outlook 2000 and higher

In your email from Pervasive Software:

1. Open the email from Pervasive Software



2. Click on the Actions menu on the top of your email window.
3. Choose Junk Email (see illustration below).
4. Select Add Senders Domain .... to Safe Senders List to add Pervasive Software to your safe sender list.