Ah yes. We have Benefactor here which runs over Unidata. Its unfortunate that you must use UniQuery to do all the interactions with the DB (on our version). One of the newer versions of Unidata is supposed to support ODBC with an add-on package. Unfortunately, we don't have it. :(
--Jeff On 5/9/2005 2:27 PM, Dawson, Michael wrote: >>That depends on your definition of a database > > > IBM's Unidata renamed "database" to "account". Unidata's databases, so > to speak, are directory structures. Some files in a base directory, > others are in sub directories. > > If you want to see a whacked non-rdbms solution, you should read a > whitepaper, or two, on Unidata. > > It has a total of four datatypes, which probably is fine, but no real > limit on data lengths. > > The query language is most-non-intuitive, but that is with my SQL > background. You cannot join tables in Unidata. You must first run a > query to retrieve key values which are automatically cached by Unidata. > The next query you run uses, then clears these cached keys. If you goof > up on the second query, you must re-run the first query to cache the > keys, then try the second query again. > > That is when I decided that being a Unidata DBA was not in my career > objectives. > > M!ke > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:206108 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
