Re: PowerBuilder and Oracle

Martin Bronstein <marty_at_amelia.sp.trw.com> wrote:

>John Mackie wrote:
>>
>> 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. <<snip>>
>> >
>> > I would really appreciate if someone could help me be clear about this.
>> >
>> > Thank you for your help.
>> >
>> > Sincerely
>> > Suman.
>
>Oracle sells a product called Developer/2000 that has all the tools you
>need to build front end applications for the Oracle database. In addition
>there is a reporting application developer, as well as graphics and data
>query tools. It all integrates together with the Oracle backend.
>
>marty_at_amelia.sp.trw.com

Hi,

        PowerBuilder can connect to any Database with an ODBC driver these include Oracle, Informix, Access and more (30 DBM's). PowerBuilder connects directly to Sybase.

	Hope this helps,
	Alan Fay.