I think so... Matt Reagan used to run the SQR roundtable discussions at IOUG back when SQR was allowed on-site
Don't know who owns it now, I could try to ask Matt -- he'd have all the background and history on it Rachel --- "Robson, Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmmm - I wonder if we are talking about the same company? The SQR > product I > know of came out of a US company called MITI (Long Beach, CA), and > was > marketed in UK by SPS. It was originally a report writer for Oracle, > but > developed the programming side to such an extent that it became (like > PL/SQL) a programming environment in its own right. > > Is this the same one that was bought by Sybase? Is it still owned by > them? > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: 14 February 2003 10:59 > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > I believe SQR was bought by Sybase.... so Oracle didn't want it at > the > conference. > > I remember IOUW in Miami (in '91 I think).... SQR had an RV outside > the > conference hotel because they were not on the exhibit floor > > > --- "Robson, Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > <snip> > > > > Teradata would not be the first product banned. Way back in > > olden-times the > > maker of SQR were banned, but I cannot remember why. > > > > <snip> > > > > Well, I can answer that. SQR began life as a report writer with > > procedural > > capabilities. It arrived before PL/SQL, and was the first 4GL which > > provided > > procedural processing of Oracle data. 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