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This page provides a table listing support for the third This page lists support for the third-party applications that are required to run PhixFlow at each major releasesrelease:

  1. A

...

  1. Client Web Browser
  2. A Local Database Server
  3. An Application Server

  4. Java Runtime Environment

    Note

    Remember to update your database drivers to be compatible with the version of Java that PhixFlow requires.


The table below also mentions any special upgrade instructions that you should be aware of when planning to migrate to a new version. Use the table below to determine if you need to plan  plan upgrades to other software with your IT department. Full details of all special instructions between your current version and the new version are available in Special Upgrade Instructions.PhixFlow does not support Oracle's MySQL, but it can theoretically be used as an alternative to MariaDB.

PhixFlow Major Version

Local Databases Supported


Tomcat



Java Runtime


Database 


Edge

Drivers compatible with:


Browsers


LibreOffice


Notes 

Remember to check
Special Upgrade Instructions

Oracle

MS SQL Server

Maria DB

 MariaDB

MySQL Edge 1Chrome2

Firefox2

9
12.0
tbc
19c (12.2.0.3)

12c  (12.2.0.1)

2017

2016

10

2022

2019


8.4

10.

3

10.1D

8.5

9

AdoptOpenJDK
(Hotspot JVM)
8 and 11 

Oracle Java 8D 

Java 8

1

OpenJDK: Adoptium Temurin 11Java 11 / JDBC 4.2 APILatest
versionSupported: Microsoft Edge Chromium
Not supported: Microsoft IE118.3
tbc
Version7.6


11.019c (12.2.0.3)

12c  (12.2.0.1)

2017

2016

10.4

10.3

10.1D

2022

2019


8.

5Java 8

0

9

AdoptOpenJDK
(Hotspot JVM)
8 and 11 

Oracle Java 8D 

12c 
OpenJDK: Adoptium Temurin 11Java 11 / JDBC 4.2 API
Supported: Microsoft Edge Chromium
Not supported: Microsoft IE118.2
Latest Version7.6


10.019c (12.2.0.
1
3)
2017

10.4

10.3

10.1D
2019

2016


5.7

8.

5Java 8

0

9

AdoptOpenJDK
(Hotspot JVM)
8 and 11 

Oracle Java 8D 

12c 
OpenJDK: Adoptium Temurin 11Java 11 / JDBC 4.2 API
IE 11 1

Latest version

Warning: This is the last major release to support Tomcat 8.58.1
Latest Version7.3Not supported: MariaDB is no longer supported as the local database for PhixFlow.
9.019c (12.2.0.
1
3) 4
2017
2019 

2016

10.
4
6

10.3

10.1D

8.5

AdoptOpenJDK 8 

Oracle Java 8D 

Java 8

Supported: AdoptOpenJDK 8, see https://adoptopenjdk.net/

Deprecated:

  • Oracle JDK 8
    • MariaDB version 10.1
    9OpenJDK: Adoptium Temurin 11Java 11 / JDBC 4.2 API
    IE 11 17659
    Latest Version7.3
    8.
    0
    3
    12c 

    19c (12.2.0

    .1)

    2017

    2016

    10

    .3

    10.1

    8.5Oracle Java 8
    and from PhixFlow 8.0.2 AdoptOpenJDK 8Java 8 / JDBC 4.2 APIIE 11 16659Not supported: Oracle 12c release 1 (12.1

    )

    7.9

    12c  (12.2.0.1

    and 12.1

    )

    2019

    2017

    2016

    10.

    17.7

    12c (12.1)

    2017

    2016

    2014

    2008

    10.1

    8.5

    Oracle Java 8IE 11 16659

    Mandatory: Upgrade to Java 1.8.0_151 or later and ensure that Java is configured to allow unlimited-strength security; see Install Java for details.

    Note:  SQL Server 2008 is supported to the end of 2018.

    7.6

    12c (12.1)

    2017

    2016

    2014

    2008

    10.1

    8.5

    Oracle Java 8IE 11 16659

    Mandatory: Upgrade to:

    • Oracle 12c
    • MariaDB 10.1

    Note: SQL Server 2008 is supported to the end of 2018.

    7.5

    12c (12.1)

    11g

    2016

    2014

    2012

    2008

    10.1

    10.0

    8.5

    Oracle Java 8IE 11 16358

    Mandatory:  If using Oracle, upgrade to version 12c.

    4

    8.5Oracle Java 8Java 8 / JDBC 4.2 APIIE 11 16659

    Warning: This is the last major release to support Oracle 12c release 1 (12.1).

    Mandatory: Due to changes to the logging setup, you must configure two new logging configuration files; see Configure logback.xml and phixflow-logging.xml.

    7.812c (12.1)

    2017

    2016

    10.18.5Oracle Java 8IE 11 16659

    Mandatory: Upgrade to SQL Server 2016 or later.

    Mandatory: There are incompatible changes at 7.8.0 to the webapp configuration files in $webapp/WEB-INF/classes - simply copying the configuration files from an earlier release will not work. We recommend that you create new configuration files by copying the relevant templates and re-applying the necessary changes.

    See special instructions for 7.8.0.

    10.3

    10.1D


    9

    OpenJDK: Adoptium Temurin 8 and 11 3

    Oracle Java 8D 

    		Java 8 / JDBC 4.2 APILatest Version

    7.2

    7.3

    Supported: Microsoft Edge Chromium
    Not supported:

    • Tomcat 8.5
    • Microsoft IE11


    D indicates a version that is still supported, but is deprecated.

    1 The use of IE with PhixFlow version 7.0 onwards (i.e. with the Javascript GUI) is not recommended. The GUI has full functionality in this browser, but does not perform as well as in Chrome and Firefox.
       From   From PhixFlow version 8.3.0, Microsoft Edge Chromium is supported instead of IE.

    2 We support all versions of Chrome and Firefox released in the 2 years prior to the release date. The versions tested at the time of each release are listed here. Should you have any problems with an earlier version than that listed, but within 2 years of the release date, or a later version than that listed, please contact the PhixFlow support desk.

    3 Adoptium Temurin is the new name for AdoptOpenJDK; see Adoptium - Open source, prebuilt OpenJDK binaries.

    4 Oracle 12c is no longer supported by Oracle. Only LTS versions will be supported https://support.oracle.com/knowledge/Oracle%20Database%20Products/742060_1.html

    5 MS SQL Server 2016 no longer has mainstream support. 2017 will stop receiving mainstream support at the end of 2022. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/end-of-support/sql-server-end-of-support-overview?view=sql-server-ver16#lifecycle-dates