The World of Avlis

We are happy to announce the second incarnation of APS/NWNX, the real-time Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) interface for Neverwinter Nights.



Unlike previous systems, which utilize either tokens to hold information or creatively read the log file and re-compile it into the module, the Avlis Persistence System (APS) and the underlying NWN Extender 2 (NWNX2) read and write information from a database on the fly and make information stored in the database available in real-time. Supports all Windows operating systems.



Version 2.0 of NWNX offers many improvements over the original version: Faster, more reliable, unlimited result sets, GUI, Win9x support, NWNX log file, server log file rotation. Other benefits include:



* No performance hit if no queries are made. This time for real.



* NWNX2 augments the internal SetLocalString() function instead of interrupting it. That means NWNX2 is running inside of the server and not as a seperate process and thus significantly improves performance.



* Unlimited size for resultsets. A single row still has a limit of 1K (can be changed to a higher limit) but you can grab an unlimited amount of rows (previous limit: 4k for the whole thing).



* Should run with Win9x (hey... this one comes for free, so why not)



* Logs all activity to a file and may show additional info in a seperate (graphical) window.



* APS hasn't changed. (Almost) no conversion of existing code will be necessary.



* Foundation for lots of other stuff. Already made sure that ODBC is just a subsystem of NWNX2.