[Progress Communities] [Progress OpenEdge ABL] Forum Post: RE: OE 12 database features

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aside from letting you see what (optional) features have been turned on, the feature bitmap in the database master block also serves another purpose. the executables also have a feature bitmap in them. that bitmap tells what for which features the executable has the required code to implement them. so when the database is opened, the bitmap in the database is compared against the bitmap in the executable to verify that executable has the code to handle the features that are present in the database. the point of that mechanism is to reduce the need for database conversions and allow more flxibility in point releases.

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