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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
> 
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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
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