* * Access to Oracle Porting utility! * *

From: Jim McCusker <mccusker_at_fast.net>
Date: 1995/11/30
Message-ID: <49kjlm$g0e_at_nn.fast.net>#1/1


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

	Contact:  Allen Dutra, Bunker Hill Software
		Voice:  (800) 676-8007, (510) 734-8007
		Fax:  (510) 734-9443
		E-mail:  76620.1501_at_compuserve.com

BUNKER HILL SOFTWARE INTRODUCES SCRIPTORIA TOOL SUITE Bunker Hill Software (BHS) of Pleasanton, California, announces the full-version release of Scriptoria(tm), its Access(tm)-to-Oracle7(tm) migration toolset. Introduced this week at DB Expo in San Francisco, Scriptoria comprises simple yet robust front- and back-end tools for building industrial strength Oracle applications from prototypes designed in Access -- with little or no SQL coding.

   Scriptoria precisely replicates Microsoft(tm) Access tables and    queries as SQL script with just a few mouse-clicks, maintaining    all entity relationships including cascade update.

   Access datatypes, indexes, counters, defaults, validation rules    and even built-in functions, are instantly translated into their    Oracle counterparts, with object names properly converted and    SQL sequences and triggers automatically generated. Scriptoria    also lets database developers and administrators create applications    that retain the look-and-feel of Access while utilizing the powerful    Oracle database engine.  

   From Access queries, Scriptoria creates skeleton Basic functions    that pass generated native SQL directly to the Oracle server using    ODBC or Oracle Objects. This allows the SQL query to be processed    by the faster Oracle server (with only relevant data returned to    the desktop) to achieve optimal network and database performance.    Scriptoria also generates the skeleton Visual/Access Basic code for    applications that maintain and manipulate Oracle tables and views.

"By maintaining the functionality of its database schema in the SQL
   environment, we've also extended the power of Access itself,"    remarked Ron Tornambe, Bunker Hill Software's chief developer.
"We originally set out to develop a straightforward desktop-to SQL
   upsizing utility. Thanks to contributions from our beta and field    testers, Scriptoria has evolved into an ideal environment for    client/server design and prototyping."

   It was the favorable response to offerings of the component tools    that prompted Bunker Hill Software to package and market the entire    toolset under the "Scriptoria" label for mail, telephone, online,    and retail sales. For a limited time, BHS is offering Scriptoria at    an introductory price of US$1,495.00. For information regarding    individual and corporate sales, contact Bunker Hill Software by    voice at (800) 676 8007 or (510) 734-8007, by fax at (510) 734-9443,    or by email at 76620.1501_at_compuserve.com.

With more features and power than ever, Scriptoria has proved to be much more than an Access add-on. It is an essential productivity tool for client/server development that truly brings the power of Oracle7 to the desktop.

Scriptoria (C)1995 Bunker Hill Software
Microsoft and Access are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Oracle and Oracle7 are registered trademarks of Oracle Corp. Received on Thu Nov 30 1995 - 00:00:00 CET

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