Release History

Backend Services v2.5

July 31, 2015

Release Notes

NEW

What's New

This section describes major new features and improvements in this release.

• JavaScript SDK
  • Offline Support for Files
  • Caching Support
  • Ability to recover a user password
• Data Connectors
  • The DataLink Server has been replaced with a new, Java-based version that supports installation on Windows and Linux
  • Support for executing stored procedures and functions
• Push Notifications
  • Support for NativeScript through the dedicated plugin
  • Support for the iOS content-available payload key has been added
• Ability to manage asynchronous operations in Cloud Code through the Underscore and RSVP libraries
• Error messages in the portal are no longer dismissed automatically to allow more time for reading
• The documentation has been completely reorganized. Changes include:
  • New, topic-based structure
  • Ability to select the Language or Platform that you want to read about
  • When a language or platform is selected you only see the appropriate information for it

FIXED

Resolved Defects

This section lists the major resolved defects in this release.

• When using the X-Everlive-Take and the X-Everlive-Expand headers together you receive an incorrect returned items count
• X-Everlive-Expand does not expand all items if used with X-Everlive-Take
• Responsive Images does not support pixel density with the fill:cover option
• Executing a stored procedure that returns a result set after an UPDATE/INSERT/DELETE statement does not return a result set
• When executing a stored procedure that has an output parameter, the parameter must be present in the payload
• When executing a stored procedure through the portal the default values for input parameters are not displayed in the execution window
• Required input fields for stored procedures are not marked as such
• Adding a stored procedure with a duplicate name freezes the portal
• Not including an output parameter when executing a stored procedure from PostgreSQL returns an error
• The default value fields in details view are not according to the parameters
• Executing a stored procedure that uses a cursor returns error
• Executing a procedure with at least one input parameter returns an 'Invalid binding' error
• Database function parameters are not shown properly
• The User Management service is not added when editing stored procedures' permissions
• Error handlers in the Cloud Code SDK do not pass the error message from the REST API through
• Users calls made from Cloud Code do not return custom errors
• Cached iOS push certificates cause push notifications to fail
• The syncEnd event is not fired if an offline file is synced with insufficient permissions, causing synchronization to freeze

CHANGED

Changes

This section lists important changes that apply to this release.

• The Data Connectors feature and the Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) integration now require Enterprise subscription. Business subscription holders who are currently using the features can continue using them.
• The Power Fields feature has been deprecated. The recommended way of implementing its functionality is Data Relations.
• The JavaScript SDK has gone through these version updates: 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, and 1.5.1; see the JavaScript SDK GitHub page for the change log
• The JavaScript SDK used by the Cloud Code SDK has been updated to version 1.3.4.
• The file content update RESTful API operation now returns the correct status code when attempting to update the content of a non-existent file:
  • After the update:

      Status: 404 Not Found
      {
          "message": "Item not found.",
          "errorCode": 801
      }
    

  • Before the update:

      Status: 200 OK
      {
          "Result": false
      }