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- From: Bernard Orenstein <bernie@resntl.bhp.com.au>
- Subject: Portable API to SQL Databases : A Summary
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- Organization: BHP Research (Newcastle Laboratories)
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- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 07:00:20 GMT
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-
- As promised to many that responded to my request for information
- on a portable API to databases, here is the summary:
-
- **********************
-
- Product: ASQUELL
- DBs: Oracle, Ingres, RDB, Informix, Sybase
- OS: Ultrix, VMS, HP, IBM RS/6000, IBM PC, Sun-3, Sun-4
- API: Lisp based - ILOG's LE-LISP
- Company: ILOG
- Phone: +33 (1) 47-408-000
- Fax: +33 (1) 47-400-444
- Address: 12, av. Raspail, BP 7,
- 94251 Gentilly Cedex FRANCE
- **********************
-
- Product: SuperNOVA
- DBs: Informix, Ingres, Oracle, Sybase, Teradata
- OS: Unix, VMS, DOS
- API: SuperNOVA 4GL, C
- Company: Four Seasons Software BV
- Phone: +31 (30) 252-315
- Fax: +31 (30) 292-264
- Address: P.O. Box 310, NL-3270 AH
- Bilthoven, THE NETHERLANDS
-
- Other Responses:
-
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- A couple of years back, we developed a call interface for processing
- SQL queries which sits on top of Oracle's OCI. At the time, we tried
- to design it in such a way that it _could_ be ported to other DBMS
- call interfaces (the Sybase DBLIB comes to mind).
-
- --
- Robert Marti | Phone: +41 1 254 72 60
- Informationssysteme | FAX: +41 1 262 39 73
- ETH-Zentrum | E-Mail: marti@inf.ethz.ch
- CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland |
-
- **********************
-
- CommonBase from ImageSoft is supposed to work portably
- with many relational database managers. I think they
- are located in Port Washington, New York. They are also
- the US distributor for Glockenspiel C++.
-
- ranjit@vlsi.cs.caltech.edu
-
- {also }
-
- There is a product called CommonBase which is a C++ class interface
- to ISAM and SQL databases. According to the product description I have
- it supports Oracle, Ingres, Informix, Sybase, SQLServer, IntegraSQL,
- SQLBase, ObjecTrieve, IBM OS/2 EE, C-Tree, B-trieve, Sun NetISAM, and
- *quote* many others *unquote*. It is published by a company called
- ImageSoft Inc. in the US and also appears on Microway Australia's
- price list.
-
- ImageSoft can be reached at
- Phone: (516) 767-2233
- Fax: (516) 767-9067
- UUCP: mcdhup!image!info
-
- sms@rand.mel.cocam.oz.au (Steve Szalla)
-
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-
- I think the new tools coming out real soon now from ISE may
- go along way toward meeting your requirements. In particular
- they have a GUI builder, support for various X graphics (I don't
- thing they can support MS-Windows or Mac), and interfaces to
- relational and OO databeases. { EiffelStore database interface}
-
- Contact:
-
- Darcy Harrison
- Director of Marketing
- ISE Inc.
- 270 Storke Road, Suite 7
- Goleta, CA 93117 USA
- Phone: (805)685-1006 * Fax: (805)685-6869
-
- jcm@mstr.hgc.edu (James McKim)
-
- **********************
- { ParcPlace provide a class library for C++ & Smalltalk }
-
- We have signed on a dealer located in Syndey that can help
- provide the information you are seeking.
-
- The dealer's information is:
-
- Mr. Gary Donin
- Unixpac Pty. Ltd.
- 339 Military Road Cremorne, NSW 2090, Australia
- Telephone: 61 2 953 8366
- Facsimile: 61 2 953 5875
- Email: gary@unixpac.oz.au
-
- Margie Forster
- International Operations
- margie@parcplace.com
-
- **********************
-
- the SQLC API is probably what you are thinking of. Microsoft also
- is working on one based on SQLC called ODBC. I really can't take the
- time to say much more than ODBC is targeted (right now) at windows, and
- you will likely find SQLC elsewhere.
-
- SQLC is a Microsoft/Sybase venture. Contact them for more info.
-
- Matt
- mwoodwar@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (woodward matthew d - CS350)
- Organization: Washington State University!
-
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-
- I hope people find the information above useful. If anybody
- discovers more of these sort of tools, please forward the
- info to me.
-
- Cheers,
- bernie
-