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#SUPERBASE 4 AMIGA

    23-Aug-90 18:54:33
Fm: Duke Lane/Precision SW 76004,2356
To: Ray Lewis 76057,467
I'm not sure how you'll be able to work best with the Amiga version of SB4 and Oracle SQL database, but the Windows product is a different animal in this regard: after all, you must admit that the overall market demand for the Amiga to act as a front end to Oracle is pretty small, even despite the plusses it offers. Right now, on the PC– which DOES have a large demand for SQL front ends– we use 3rd party products which translate DML code to SQL statements and pass them on to the server. In Windows, we do this via DDE, or Dynamic Data Exchange, which is very similar in concept if not functionality with the ARexx port. I'm not aware of any such products currently available for the Amiga, but if you or someone else does, please let me know. I don't anticipate that embedded SQL will be a feature of SB4/Amiga, but that will depend at least to some degree on the finalized release date. Sorry, but I can't say any more than that at present. –Duke