Build History:Phone Object

Build 2214

Released July 2013

Interface Changes

• New mdGlobalPhone interface added to the Phone Object library. This is separate and will not interfere with the current mdPhone interface. Please reference the manual for details.

Functionality Changes

• New Global Phone functionality. Please reference the manual for details.

Data File Changes

• Added Global Phone data to the disc.

Build 2149

Release March 2013

• No Change

Build 2057

Released September 2012

Data Quality Suite Global Changes

• Linux Installer - setup.sh has been deprecated. It now points to main_setup.sh
• Sample Code - Added PL/SQL wrappers

Functionality Changes

• Legacy license strings can no longer be used to initialize the object. The new license structure is now required.

Build 1974

Released April 2012

• No Changes

Build 1960

Released March 2012

• No Changes

Build 1895

Released December 2011

• No Changes

Build 1876

Released October 2011

• No Changes

Build 1816

Released July 2011

• No Changes

Build 1766

Released April 2011

• No Changes

Build 1730

Released February 2011

• No Changes

Build 1663

Released September 2010

• No Changes

Build 1609

Released June 2010

• No Changes

Build 1567

Released March 2010

New Functionality

• Added toll free numbers: Phone Object now support lookups for toll free 800, 866, 877, and 888 numbers.

Bug Fix

• Fixed detection of splits in CorrectAreaCode() method: Fixed a bug that prevent the detection of splits when using the CorrectAreaCode() method instead of the Lookup() method.

Build 1472

Released October 2009

New Functionality

• New data files: mdPhone.dat and mdPhone.idx. New data files have been added to Phone Object to enable validation of phone numbers down to the 7 and 10 digit level instead of the 6 digit level it did before.

Interface Change

• New Results Property: The new Results property replaces the Status and Error properties. It also contains information about Exchange Type [land line vs cell vs voip] and Phone Type [residence vs business vs home office]. Please see the manual for all available codes and details.

Build 1461

Released September 2009

New Functionality

• Phone Object can now validate the phone number down to the 7 and 10 digit level instead of the 6 digit level it did before.
• Phone Object can append [land line, cell, or voip] information about the phone number if it is validated to the 7 digit level.
• Phone object can append [home, business, or home office] information about the phone number if it is validated to the 10 digit level.
• All of these new features use a new Results property, which replaces the Status and Error Code properties.

Please reference the guide for more details.

• Two new phone object data files (mdPhone.dat and mdPhone.idx) have been added.

Build 1352

Released August 2008

• Phone Object is now available for multiple platforms ie: Linux, Solaris, HPUX and AIX using shared object technology.
• Phone Object for Windows now ships with a new standard DLL library “mdPhone.dll“ in addition to the COM Object “PhoneObj.dll.“

Build 1189

Released September 2007

• Phone Object now uses mdAddr.dat instead of MP4.dat. The zipnpa.txt file requirement stays the same.

Build 161

Released July 2004

• Fixed multiple matching problem with a tie-breaker algorithm.

• Improved the radius calculations within 15 miles.

Build 160

Released October 2003

• Fixed to replace the invalid area code problem.

Build 153

Released May 2003

• Routine recompile with minor changes