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From: robf@squid.rtech.com (Robert Fair)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Ingres question
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Date: 2 Aug 89 12:15:54 GMT
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>JKMJJ@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU writes:
>I am conceptually evaluating a proposal that mentions the Ingres
>data base and I have some questions about Ingres (if I may)
>Can the Ingress database be accessed from something other than
>4GL?
>Oracle?
>Or C?
>Or Basic?
>Or Cobol?

INGRES has ESQL and EQUEL interfaces for:
	- C
	- Fortran
	- ADA
	- COBOL
	- Pascal
	- BASIC
	- PL/1

>Is 4GL compilable?

In INGRES 5.0 4GL is fully compiled [4GL->C->executable]
In INGRES 6.2 upwards 4GL can be compiled or interpreted, depending
on the user's preference.

>
>What is the status of RTI's Global Communications Architecture?

The GCA actually stands for General Communications Architecture and
is in full use in INGRES release 6, including both the GCN
(Name service facility) and GCC (Communications service facility)
as well as the documented application level and other protocols.

[For people who have wondered, this is what the IIGCN and IIGCC processes are]

>-------
>Jack Meth
>John Jay College of Criminal Justice
>New York, NY 10019

Robert Fair
Technical  Support
Relation Technology, Inc

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