SQR, in its latest form, is currently know as BRIO Reports from Brio
Software. Brio acquired the product line about 2 years ago. SQR is heavily
used in PeopleSoft shops and comes bundled in with the PeopleSoft products.

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same product.  and before MITI, it was owned by Sql Solutions.

I still think it was one of the coolest - and easiest - batch
updating/reporting products on the market.  I bought it and we converted
about 750,000 lines of Cobol code to Oracle forms and SQR back in the late
80's early 90's.  And Rachel, I remember the SQR RV in Miami in 91.  Didn't
they also rent a large boat for a party?

As far as I know, now it is used by SCT/Banner (college info software
product).  I'm sure you can buy it outright from someone, but it is hard to
find.


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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? 


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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


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> <snip>
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> Teradata would not be the first product banned.  Way back in
> olden-times the
> maker of SQR were banned, but I cannot remember why.  
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> <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. Even after PL/SQL arrived, our
> local
> Oracle contacts confirmed SQR to be far superior... and as for
> comparing
> Oracle's report writer with SQR - oh please...
> 
> peter
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