Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!dimacs.rutgers.edu!seismo!uunet!wuarchive!csus.edu!ucdavis!csusac!unify!jeff From: jeff@Unify.Com (Jeff Mischkinsky) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: What is the current status of ISO RDA? Message-ID: Date: 25 Feb 91 19:19:27 GMT References: <1991Feb12.194807.769@IDA.ORG> <1991Feb19.210316.27518@SanDiego.NCR.COM> Distribution: usa Organization: Unify Corporation, Sacramento, CA, USA Lines: 47 In article <1991Feb19.210316.27518@SanDiego.NCR.COM> benl@adt.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Ben.Lheureux) writes: >In article <1991Feb12.194807.769@IDA.ORG> bryk@IDA.ORG (Bill Brykczynski) writes: >>Pardon if this topic has been recently discussed, but what >>is the current status of the Remote Database Access standard? >>The last I heard was that the generic RDA standard was out for its >>second ballot, and that the SQL specialization was out for its >>first. The results of the ballot were to be made public late >>in 1990. Were they successful? The ballots have closed. There was an editing meeting which was continued to Feb, 1991 (i think) to finalize the results but it was cancelled due to the gulf war. Its been tentatively rescheduled, but... There is also an ISO ballot on a New Work Item to do RDA stored procedures that is currently being voted on. BTW, Bill, There was an ISO editing meeting which approved registering SQL2 as a Draft International Standard (DIS). It will be "available" as soon as Melton gets done doing the massive edit job, probably sometime in April. Current plan is to start an IS ballot around June/July with the editing meeting (for IS) tentatively scheduled for Jan, 1992. SQL2 may actually be approved in our lifetimes! >> >>Who is experimenting with RDA? I had heard that X3H2.1 had >>formed a consortium to develop an RDA prototype, and that it >>was composed of major vendors (e.g., Tandem, DEC, Ingres, HP, >>NCR, etc.,). Are any results available? Is anyone else >>experimenting with RDA? > >The SQL Access group is working on (and making significant progress >on) a prototype of RDA and X/Open's Specification of SQL. You may >talk to our PR representative for more details: > > Bob Crutchfield > 996 Redondo Avenue > Suite 515 > Long Beach, CA 90804 > (213) 438-5788 I might add that SQL Access is feeding its work into X3H2.1 as change proposals to the draft standard. -- Jeff Mischkinsky internet: jeff@unify.com Unify Corporation ...!{pyramid,csusac}!unify!jeff 3870 Rosin Court voice: (916) 920-9092 fax: (916) 921-5340 Sacramento, CA 95834 ICBMS: 38 38 40 N / 120 28 10 W Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com