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In article <646@pacvax.UUCP> pgk@pacersoft.com (Paul Kamp) writes:
#>Does anybody know whether Foxbase for the Mac support DAL?  Fox is listed in
#>Apples list of vendors who support the DAL client within their application.
#>I stopped by their booth at DB/Expo but know one there seemed to know for sure.
#>To be fair they were quite distracted by the news that they had been bought by
#>Microsoft so there was alot of activity in their booth.
#>
#>e-mail responses would be fine.  Thanks in advance.
#>
#>Paul Kamp
#>Pacer Software, Inc.
#>pgk@pacersoft.com

I was told at the Fox booth at DB Expo that FoxPro for the
Mac will support DAL, whenever it is released. (It's been
expected for a long time.) However, I saw a DAL server
called Butler from Everyware (416/819-1173), which purports
to act as a DAL server for any Mac software. They didn't
have a FoxBase demo running but claimed that the product
would work with FoxBase. Their literature, however, lists
Excel, HyperCard, 4th Dimension and other programs but not
FoxBase.

I'm still pursuing this issue, but my emphasis has been on
the other end, how to get DAL to access an Ingres database
running on a VAX running Ultrix. My understanding is that Pacer
will eventually supply such a server. Apple tells me that
Ingres can also create one if they wish (Ingres told me they
are). Also, there are apparently non-DAL servers, such as
GQL, which may fill the gap.

Steve Goldfield
College of Engineering
UC Berkeley