Re: client/server ms windows 3.1 applications development
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1993 23:24:49 +0000
Message-ID: <742260289snz_at_pro-data.demon.co.uk>
In article <C9vFz0.6uM_at_news2.cis.umn.edu> westrich_at_bingo.ncc.umn.edu writes:
>In article <212ms4$h7v_at_panix.com> dbenua_at_panix.com (David Benua) writes:
>>In <1993Jul1.174824.13907_at_cs.rit.edu> mdp8018_at_cs.rit.edu (Mark D Pollard)
writes:
>>
>>Powerbuilder does not have it's own database, if you need a SQL database on
>>the laptop, look at Watcom and Gupta. I don't beleive that the ORACLE PC
>>standalone will work in a Windows environment (I may be wrong on this)
>
>Version 3.0 of Powerbuilder will have a standalone database option. I
>think it will cost around $1500 for PB plus the database.
>
The standalone version of Oracle is not a proper client/server database
and cannot talk to SQL*Net - hence stuffing up talking to most front
end tools including SQLWindows.
I don't suppose you know anything about Powerbuilder's database. Is it going to be an Admiral product or are they pinching it from somewhere? Is it going to be upgradable to multi-user client/server?
-- Chris JackReceived on Sat Jul 10 1993 - 01:24:49 CEST