home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Nebula 2
/
Nebula Two.iso
/
Documents
/
PressReleases93
/
02Feburary
/
DBConnect.txt
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1995-06-12
|
2KB
|
49 lines
Item 2957667 93/02/17 15:07 From:
CONRAD_GEIGER@NEXT.COM@INET# Internet Gateway
News:
Contact: Greg Noel Penultimate Development 1319 Summit Avenue Saint Paul, MN
55105 Phone: (612)225-1401
DBConnect for INGRES Ships
Saint Paul, MN - February 12, 1992 - Penultimate Development today announced
that it is shipping version 1.0 of DBConnect for INGRES - a NeXT Database Kit
Adaptor for INGRES database software.
DBConnect for Ingres allows NeXT users to easily access and manipulate data
from a network INGRES database server. It is designed to work with NeXT's
Database Kit (DBKit) to provide custom, object oriented tools for creating
INGRES database applications on the NeXT platform. Both NeXT Computer Inc.
and the INGRES Corporation have endorsed product development efforts.
DBConnect for INGRES features three main components: an INGRES Custom Adaptor,
a DBConnect API (Application Program Interface), and a DBConnect INGRES
Server. The INGRES Custom Adaptor provides a convenient interface to the
INGRES software, allowing a developer to integrate complete INGRES
functionality with the NeXT Interface Builder and DBKit Object Library to
develop custom NeXT applications. The provided DBConnect API allows any INGRES
application to be ported for use on a NeXT workstation. The product's INGRES
Server runs on the INGRES Unix host and allows the custom NeXT application to
manipulate the INGRES database.
"Our goal is to provide customized tools to aid the NeXT developer," says Greg
Noel, product manager for Penultimate Development. "We saw an opportunity to
expand the functionality of NeXTSTEP 3.0 by creating an adaptor for one of the
most popular relational database packages available - INGRES.
Version 1.0 of DBConnect for INGRES supports Unix servers from Data General,
HP, and Sun. Support for IBM, Pyramid, and Sequent servers is planned.
Noel says that Penultimate Development and its software development partner -
Rathe Inc. - plan to release several new NeXT development tools in the near
future, including other custom DBKit Adaptors for major relational database
software.
For more information about DBConnect for INGRES, Penultimate Development, or
Rathe Inc., contact Greg Noel by phone at 612/225-1401, or by FAX at 612-223-
5388. Address written inquiries to: Penultimate Development, 1319 Summit
Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105