Moving Forward with Replication, Part 2
by Glenn Froemming
In the final part of this two-part
series, replication expert Glenn Froemming explains how to get around some of the tougher issues involved with replication in a mobile environment.
Battle of the Visual Masters
by David S. Linthicum
A battle is shaping up for the hearts and minds of client/server developers, and the combatants are willing to do almost anything to win. In this tool roundup, Contributing Editor David Linthicum sets Microsoft Visual Basic, Borland Delphi, and Oracle Po
wer Objects side by side to compare the development capabilities, database support, performance, and other features that really matter to developers.
Enterprise C/S
by Judith Hurwitz
Preparing for a data warehouse project may be the hardest part.
Data Warehouse Architect
by Ralph Kimball
How to handle a warehouse's slowly changing dimensions.
SQL for Smarties
by Joe Celko
Got your #2 pencil? This month, Joe gives lessons in SQL and nested model sets.
C/S Developer
by David S. Linthicum
Intergalactic application development with Visix Galaxy 2.5.
Desktop DBMS
by Tom Spitzer
ACI's 4th Dimension makes the move to Windows.
Platinum Technology's ProReports 1.4, an "enterprise-ready" client/server data access and reporting tool.
BMC's Patrol 3.0.15, not just another pretty systems management tool suite.
Soft Notes, new client/server database products and upgrades.
Event Alerter
A calendar of conferences, trade shows, and seminars.
Client/Server Connection
News from around the industry.
ODBC is flourishing as a dominant form of data-access middleware. It is no longer tied exclusively to Windows, and it is even helping connect Web browsers to remote data sources over the Internet. This article by noted ODBC expert Ken North describes rec
ent innovations in ODBC, including ODBC for Unix, OS/2, and Macintosh; performance testing techniques; using ODBC for application partitioning; ODBC servers; and ODBC for the World Wide Web. A product chart detailing over 80 ODB
C drivers follows this article.
Understanding ODBC 3.0
Standards and OLE DB
ODBC refuses to stand still. Version 3.0, due out in early 1996, is a major upgrade that aligns ODBC with the ANSI/ISO SQL-92 standard call-level interface. The new version also introduces a wide range of enhancements, including support for Unicode; bett
er facilities for describing data, handling errors, and un-installing components; and better handling of large binary and text objects. It also adds batch enhancements, new data types, and additional SQL scalar functions. This article concludes with a lo
ok at OLE DB, the next step in ODBC's evolution.
Using ODBC to Access Nontabular Data
ODBC was designed to work with tabular data, but that has not stopped creative vendors from building ODBC drivers for DBMSs that do not store data in rows and columns. This article describes six different examples of ODBC drivers that provide SQL access
to nontabular data sources. If your company uses a hierarchical or network model DBMS, Lotus Notes, an object-relational DBMS, or even a pure object-oriented DBMS, you can access your data using ODBC.
Power to the People
By Ken North
By Paul Reed
Column
From the Editor
ODBC On The Move
By Maurice Frank
Online Extra
In addition to the articles published in the ODBC Special Report, DBMS presents the full text of the following case study:
How the Xerox PeopleNet human resources application relies on ODBC to keep 20,000 users in touch.
By Clara H. Parkes
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