Re: client/server ms windows 3.1 applications development

In article <742260289snz_at_pro-data.demon.co.uk> Chrisj_at_pro-data.demon.co.uk writes:
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>>Version 3.0 of Powerbuilder will have a standalone database option. I
>>think it will cost around $1500 for PB plus the database.
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>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?

Watcom SQL is one option (for PB's standalone database) and I believe XDB may be another option. Talking to the PB rep, my impression is that Client/Server apps can be built using the Watcom, then later used with other databases such as Sybase/Oracle, but *I think* one must use the lowest common denominator available to both DBMS engines. So I imagine one could write an application as a remote developer that assumed all the data integrity rules will eventually be enforced by the database engine, and when the application is then ported to a Sybase/Oracle type DBMS, it would be fine. I'm definitely not an expert on this, though. Anyone else have any insight on this?

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