Sleepycat Software is pleased to announce:

         Berkeley DB XML 2.1.7
         http://www.sleepycat.com/products/xml.shtml


In this release we have improved overall product stability and made it 
much easier to get acquainted with Berkeley DB XML.  This version is the 
first to be delivered as pre-compiled binaries within an automated 
Windows installer.  If you're a Windows developer, you no longer have to 
compile the source code yourself.  We've done that for you.  The source 
is still included with the product as always, but now the binaries are 
there too.

Once you have the download installed, you should review a new document: 
"Introducing Berkeley DB XML".  Follow along as we guide you through the 
basics of the product.  Whereas the "Getting Started Guide" is targeted 
at the developer starting a project, this new document is written for 
those new to the Berkeley DB XML product, or new to native XML databases 
in general.  The combination of the installer and the new introduction 
significantly reduces the time it takes to get to know Berkeley DB XML.

Beyond ease of installation and new documentation, we have been hard at 
work improving the code since the 2.0 release.  Quite a large number of 
users started interesting XML projects with Berkeley DB XML 2.0; using 
their feedback, in 2.1 we've worked hard to improve upon some common themes.

Finally, the command line interface to Berkeley DB XML has been enhanced 
and renamed from 'dbxml_shell' to simply 'dbxml'.  This command line 
interface is a great place to prototype projects and to examine queries 
and indices before committing them to code.

The important new features and benefits of Berkeley DB XML 2.1.7 include:

   1. Windows binary installer
   2. New "Introduction to Berkeley DB XML" PDF
   3. Updated Perl API
   4. Updated command line shell, 'dbxml'
   5. Many bug fixes and enhancements

To see the change log for version 2.1.7, please visit:

     http://www.sleepycat.com/xml_update/2.1.7/if.2.1.7.html

For information about the upgrade requirements for 2.1.7, please see:

     http://www.sleepycat.com/xml_update/2.1.7/relnote.2.1.7.html


About Berkeley DB XML

Berkeley DB XML is a native XML database engine for use within your 
product.  Made available as a C++ library with language bindings for 
Java, Perl, Python, PHP and Tcl Berkeley DB XML integrates directly into 
your application, it is not a standalone database server.  Berkeley DB 
XML provides XQuery access into a database of document containers.  XML 
documents are stored and indexed in their native format using Berkeley 
DB as the transactional database engine.  Berkeley DB XML is one of the 
most sophisticated and reliable native XML database engine available today.


Licensing

Berkeley DB XML is an open source, dual-license product.  For more 
information on our license please read:

     http://www.sleepycat.com/download/licensinginfo.shtml

For further information, please contact us at info@s....


Support

Sleepycat Software offers a range of support offerings for both our 
commercial and open source customers.  If you need help during any stage 
of development or into production, we have a support package to meet 
your needs.  Please take a moment to review our offerings at:

     http://www.sleepycat.com/supports/index.shtml

As always, if you have technical questions, send email to: 
support@s... or post to the news group comp.databases.berkeley-db
(http://groups.google.com/groups?group=comp.databases.berkeley-db).


Blog

The developers of Berkeley DB XML will be routinely posting about BDB 
XML on our product blog http://www.sleepycat.com/blogs/bdb-xml -- add 
our RSS or ATOM feeds to your list of news sources and keep track with 
the latest postings.


Sleepycat Newsletter

Finally, we are also about to begin electronic circulation of "The Cat's 
Eye View", a Sleepycat Software newsletter.  The newsletter will contain 
tips and tricks from our engineering team, articles from our staff, 
offers for our newest whitepapers and industry reports as well as timely 
information about Sleepycat Software and its products.  Find out where 
and when you can meet the Sleepycat Team in person at conferences.  To 
sign up register at:

     http://visitor.constantcontact.com/optin.jsp?m=1011365871104&ea=


Sleepycat's mission is to provide the fastest, most reliable and 
scalable transactional databases for developers.  Our products include:
   ** Berkeley DB - With over 200 million active deployments in use
      today, it's hard to make it through the day without somehow
      coming in contact with something that relies on Berkeley DB.
   ** Berkeley DB XML - A native XML database with an optimized
      XQuery access layer built atop Berkeley DB.
   ** Berkeley DB Java Edition - A pure Java version of Berkeley DB.

If you're building a software product or system that requires dependable 
data storage, you owe it to yourself to evaluate our software libraries. 
 Chances are one of our database engines will suit your needs.

regards,

-greg

_____________________________________________________________________
Gregory Burd
Product Manager                         gburd@s...
Sleepycat Software, Inc.                http://www.sleepycat.com/