SQL/R A.04.20 Release Notes

Welcome to the SQL/R A.04.20 release.

SQL/R enables SQL access to the Eloquence database.

The SQL/R ODBC Driver enables easy and transparent access to the Eloquence database from ODBC aware applications.
The SQL/R Report Generator provides an easy and flexible method to create reports on the fly, based on the SQL database query language.

Please note that the two SQL/R product options above are licensed separately.

The SQL/R A.04.20 release implements the following enhancements.

Support for the Eloquence B.08.40 license server. The license file may be used to specify an Eloquence license server instead of a specific license key. For more details refer to the License server document.
New license keys format and automatic installation of license keys. For more information, please refer to the license key documents.
The sqlictool utility allows to automatically obtain and install SQL/R license keys.
The distribution was simplified and no longer includes the historic SQL/R report and database examples. These are available for download separately.

The current SQL/R A.04.20 version is A.04.20-2 (2025-08).
Fixed Problems and Recent Changes

Installation and Upgrade

Please refer to the SQL/R A.04.20 installation documents below for an overview of SQL/R installation and platform specific details, as well as information on updated License Keys.

Installation notes
- HP-UX installation notes
- Linux installation notes
- SQL/R systemd support on Linux
- Windows installation notes
License keys
Configuration

ODBC driver backwards compatibility

The SQL/R A.04.20 ODBC server is fully backwards compatible to previous ODBC drivers. Consequently, updating the ODBC server side to A.04.20 server does not require updating all clients.

The SQL/R A.04.20 client / ODBC driver is not backwards compatible with the historic SQL/R A.02.xx server versions. As a workaround the backwards-compatible A02 network protocol option may be specified for the driver. The recommened approach is to update the server to a supported version.