Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:17858 comp.databases:1138 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!amdahl!bnrmtv!geller From: geller@bnrmtv.UUCP (Phil Geller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.databases Subject: Re: SQL and Macintosh Summary: SQL Databases for the Mac Keywords: DBMS SQL Message-ID: <3626@bnrmtv.UUCP> Date: 6 Jul 88 15:57:27 GMT References: <545@utacs.UTA.FI> Organization: Bell Northern Research, Mtn. View, CA Lines: 52 In article <545@utacs.UTA.FI>, hs@utacs.UTA.FI (Harri Siirtola) writes: > > Does there exist an SQL-based DBMS for the Macintosh? Or anything > that comes close? Any comments would be appreciated. > > Please answer by e-mail, I will post summary if wanted. > > Harri > > --- > Harri Siirtola {seismo,mcvax}!enea!tut!utacs!hs or hs@utacs (uucp) > Univ. of Tampere hs@utacs.uta.fi or hsiirtola@opmvax.kpo.fi (Internet) > Dept. of Computer Science OPMVAX::HSIIRTOLA (BITNET, EARN) I can tell you what I have found after a couple of weeks of investigation. . Products are coming, but there is a very limited selection at the moment. A list of specific products follows. Please keep in mind that I have not tried any of these products. My information comes reviews or vendor information. o RAIMA Corp. (Bellevue, WA. USA) makes a DBMS called db_VISTA. It has a front-end called db_QUERY which is a SQL interface. The limitations are that it is a network, not relational, database model; the SQL language is for retrieval only - update, insert, and retrieval are not allowed (but are coming in a year (maybe); and it is a c language interface intended for c developers who want to construct their own application and user interface. o Alisa Systems, Inc. (Pasadena, CA. USA) has a SQL database link called SequelLink. It allows a Macintosh to talk to a VAX/VMS host which has a SQL DBMS. The Mac side supports HyperCard and 4th Dimension as a front-end to the VAX/VMS DBMS. o Omnis 3 Plus version 3.3 (Blyth Software), due out in August, is supposed to support SQL. I don't have any specifics. o Oracle has has an A/UX system in beta trial. I'd be very interested in getting a summary of your responses. Phil Geller Voice: (415) 940-2376 UUCP: ...{hplabs | amdahl | ames}!bnrmtv!geller mail: BNR, P.O. Box 7277, Mountain View, CA 94039-7277 > P.O. Box 607, SF-33101 Tampere, Finland Tel. +358-31-156066 (GMT+2:00)