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- From: DJLQC@CUNYVM.BITNET (D Leavitt)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
- Subject: Re: PC SQL databases?
- Message-ID: <92259.215250DJLQC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
- Date: 16 Sep 92 01:52:50 GMT
- References: <1992Sep14.220009.11955@research.nj.nec.com><DTq6qB1w165w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> <exuptr.616.716595968@exu.ericsson.se>
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- In article <exuptr.616.716595968@exu.ericsson.se>, exuptr@exu.ericsson.se
- (exuptr@exu.ericsson.se) says:
- >
- >Does R:Base support client - server mode? I'm an old "system V" user and
- >I've been a little out of touch.
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- The new release of Rbase, 4.0 does not support a client - server mode as
- ORACLE does, but they do
- have a product called Vanguard that does allow Rbase do read SQL databases
- (ORALCE) off of VAX computers. So in other words, Rbase running on the PC
- is acting as a front end tool to access data on a different platform. The user
- won't even know their working off of an ORACLE table. Vanguard for DOS will
- be out first half of 1993.
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- Rbase System V, was replacedby Rbase for DOS 2.1, which was replaced by
- Rbase 3.0, 3.1, 3.1a, 3.1b, 3.1c, 3.1d, 4.0. Rbase 4 can read data from V.
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- Another product called Personal Rbase is also very popular. Its the same
- thing as the industrial strength version, except it lacks the R> prompt, where
- you can issue SQL commands.
-