Re: Gupta vs. Powerbuilder or VB

umyin_at_ccu.umanitoba.ca (Qing Yin) writes:

>The real issue is that PB needs the backend database at all for the extended
>attribute. When version 3.0 comes out with built in Watcom SQL server, they
>are saying that now you can program both at work (with Sybase for example)
>and at home (with the built in Watcom.) I guess what they didn't tell you
>is that, yes, you can do it as long as you don't use extended attributes.

That's not the case. Version 3.0 is out, with Watcom SQL, and extended attibutes are supported in Watcom as well as SQL Server. The concept behind extended attributes is that they are stored closest to the data that they describe. So if you wanted to add attributes to Watcom data, then the tables would be in Watcom. Extended attributes make no sense unless related to the data structure in a database.  

>Vincent Q. Yin
>umyin_at_ccu.umanitoba.ca

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