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From: chuq@Apple.COM (Spot, the Wonder Dog)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Want Info on Apple's DAL (CL/1)
Keywords: DAL CL/1 Apple A/UX SQL
Message-ID: <43656@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 5 Aug 90 06:29:50 GMT
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talley@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (James T. Talley) writes:

>I have some questions about Apple's Data Access Language (DAL --
>formerly CL/1).  It's not clear from the promotional literature I have
>whether the DAL server software is a necessary part of the equation
>for access to SQL databases.

Yes. You need a server on the host machine to access a database. It's the
hook that gets you onto the system.

>For example, if you have Oracle running
>on an A/UX system, do you need the DAL server software on the A/UX
>machine for DAL clients on other Macs to access the Oracle databases?

If a DAL server existed on A/UX, yes. DAL is only supported on VMS, MVS and
VM at the current time. There's no A/UX-based server right now.

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