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From: alexis@panix.UUCP (Alexis Rosen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Relational Databases
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Date: 25 Sep 90 06:22:08 GMT
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Currently, only Oracle has a MacOS SQL product. It's a real monster, though
it seems to work OK. Note that it does *not* correspond to their unix or PC
products in terms of the supplied tools.

They are working on a V6 SQL*Net server, release date unknown, but it was
being shown in a working form at the August MacWorld. If I can find the time
and energy I might beta-test it.

There is a small, high-quality company currently working on a Mac SQL product.
It will be back-end only, supporting ANSI level 1 and some of L2. You can
talk to it with DAL (CL/1), using products like Clear Access (and presumably
HyperCard, Omnis, etc.), or write your own DAL code. This company already has
one superb Mac product on the market, so they're not a couple of untried
dreamers.

My understanding is that this product will be shown at MacWorld Toronto for
the first time. With any luck, it should be done around the end of the year.

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Alexis Rosen
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