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

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Warning

We no longer support Oracle 12c Release 1 (12.1 (Oracle 12c Release 1).


PhixFlow Major Version



Databases Supported


Tomcat


Java Runtime


Database 
Drivers compatible with:

Browsers

Special upgrade instructions


Oracle

MS SQL Server

Maria DB

IE1Chrome2

Firefox2

8.0

12c  (12.2.0.1)

2017

2016

10.3

10.1

8.58

Oracle Java 8
and from PhixFlow 8.0.2 AdoptOpenJDK 8

Java 8 / JDBC 4.2 API116659

Warning: Oracle  Oracle 12c release 1 (12.1 (Oracle 12c release 1) is no longer supported.


7.9

12c  (12.212.0.1)

2017

2016

10.18.58Oracle Java 8Java 8 / JDBC 4.2 API116659

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

10.18.58Oracle Java 8
116659

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.

7.7

12c (12.1)

2017

2016

2014

2008

10.1

8.5

8


Oracle Java 8
116659

We will support SQL Server 2008 until the end of 2018. At this point support for this database will be ended.

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.

7.6

12c (12.1)

2017

2016

2014

2008

10.1

8.5

8


Oracle Java 8
116659

Mandatory: Upgrade to Oracle 12c

Mandatory: Upgrade to MariaDB 10.1

We will support SQL Server 2008 until the end of 2018. At this point support for this database will be ended.

7.5

12c (12.1)

11g

2016

2014

2012

2008

10.1

10.0

8.5

8


Oracle Java 8
116358

Advisory: If using Oracle upgrade to version 12c.

7.4

12c (12.1)

11g

2016

2014

2012

10.1

10.0

8.5

8


Oracle Java 8
116256

If using Oracle 12c, update the phixflow-datasource.xml file to resolve an issue that can affect configuration imports.

Excel File Collectors must quote worksheet names if they contain spaces and/or single quotes. This is not handled automatically by the upgrade process.

See special instructions for 7.4.0.

7.3

12c (12.1)

11g

2016

2014

2012

10.1

10.0

8.5

8


Oracle Java 8
116055Mandatory: Upgrade to Tomcat 8.5
7.2

12c (12.1)

11g

2016

2014

2012

10.1

10.0

8.5

8

7

8
Oracle Java 8
115550

If using SQL Server, you need to update the SQLServer dialect specified in the phixflow-datasource.xml file. See: Release

See special instructions for 7.2.0

7.1

12c (12.1)

11g

2016

2014

2012

10.1

10.0

8.5

8

7

8Oracle Java 8


11

10

55

50

Advisory: Upgrade to Tomcat 8.5

Advisory: If using Oracle upgrade to version 12c.

7.0

12c (12.1)

11g

2016

2014

2012

10.1

10.0

8.5

8

7

8Oracle Java 8


11

10

53

47

Mandatory:  Install Java 8.

Advisory: Upgrade to Tomcat 8.5

Advisory: If using Oracle upgrade to version 12c.

6.0

12c (12.1)

11g

2008 R2

10.1

10.0

8

7

Oracle Java 7


8.053

47


5.9

12c (12.1)

11g

2008 R2

-

8

7

Oracle Java 7


8.0-

-

Please see additional special upgrade instructions for this release at Upgrade 5.9.0

5.8

11g

2008 R2

-

7

Oracle Java 7


8.0-

-



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.

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