Terminology

Metadata Downgrade or DOWNGRADE. A user-initiated operation that transforms metadata from one version to a lower version.

Metadata Upgrade or UPGRADE. A user-initiated operation that transforms metadata from one version to a higher version.

Migration. Migrating applications from an older version to a newer SQL/MX release version.

SQL/MX application. Uses SQL/MX syntax, is SQL-compiled using MXCMP, and can query SQL/MP, SQL/MX database objects, JDBC/MX, and ODBC.

SQL/MX Release 2.x. Any SQL/MX release that is older than R3.0.

SQL/MX Release 3.x. SQL/MX Releases 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and subsequent releases unless otherwise specified.

SQL/MX Release 3.2.x. SQL/MX Releases 3.2 and 3.2.1 unless otherwise specified.

Release or System Upgrade. A user-initiated operation that replaces an older version software with a newer version. For example, you upgrade to a newer incremental or maintenance release of SQL/MX, such as upgrading from SQL/MX Release 2.x to SQL/MX Release 3.1.

Release. A set of interdependent software products that are distributed together.

Version. A number that identifies the capabilities of a release. A given release has only one version whereas a given version can be assigned to more than one release. For example, "v1200" means "version 1200", "v3200" means "version 3200".