Re: PowerBuilder and Oracle
Date: 1996/08/20
Message-ID: <4vbbn4$pv8_at_tofu.alt.net>#1/1
In article <19960819175600UDSD065_at_DSIBM.OKLADOT.STATE.OK.US>, UDSD065_at_DSIBM.OKLADOT.STATE.OK.US wrote:
>Hi all,
>
> I haven't dived very deep into PB, but this question is bugging me
>since a week. Reading this news group and job ads, I saw that PB and
>Oracle are usually mentioned together. As far as I know, PB has watcom
>database that comes with it and one can create PB front end to manipulat
>e this database. I have not used Oracle but somebody told me that Oracle
>also comes with some feature that lets you make screen for data manipula
>tion. I am not sure if he is right. Now, my question is:
>
>1) Why do they use them together?
>
>2) Why not use WATCOM that comes with the package instead of using
>ORACLE?
The version of Watcom (now SQL Anywhere) that comes with PB is a single-user
version, although multi-user versions are of course available. Since most PB
apps are client-server, not desktop, you need a server RDBMS. There are a LOT
of Oracle sites out there, and they need applications. :)
Oracle has a product available (it does not "come with" Oracle). It does not even bear comparing to PB, in my opinion of course.
>
3) Is this true that PB is only used as a front end and ORACLE as back?
>
[snip]
No. PB is usually for the front end, but works with many back-end databases; Sybase and Oracle are probably the most popular, but there are a string of others like DB2 and Informix, etc. And of course any database with an ODBC driver can be used as well.
Bob Davis
bdavis_at_btigate.com
"Some things have to be believed to be seen." - Unknown
Received on Tue Aug 20 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST