OS/2 Client and Server Databases with ODBC Drivers
Database
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Client/Server
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Win16
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Description
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Btrieve
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Both
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Yes
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The database engine and client are no longer available, although they are supported by Pervasive. Btrieve has been succeed as a product by PrevasiveSQL
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DB2
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Both
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Yes
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Server versions 2, 5, 6 and 7 or/have been available for OS/2. Client can access DB2 on all platforms.
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dBase/Clipper/FoxPro, FoxBase
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Server
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Yes
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The Intersolv/Merant ODBC driver acts as the database engine. There are a number of vnedors that distribute Win16 drivers
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Informix
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Both
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?
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Informix 5 and 7 clients were available on OS/2. I do not have Informix am not able to obtain any information from Informix.
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CA Ingress
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Client
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Yes
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Ingress 6.4/04 supported. No more information.
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MicroDecisionware/InfoHub
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Client
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No
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Access InfoHub databases via Windows NT server. No more info available.
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miniSQL
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Both
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No
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Open source, no longer free. ODBC driver is iODBC type. Does not work with most ODBC applications.
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MS SQL Server
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Client
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Yes
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version 6 client will access 6, 6.5, 7 and 2000 servers.
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mySQL
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Both
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No
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Open source. ODBC driver is about to be released.
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Oracle
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Both
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Yes
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Version 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 clients were/are available for OS/2. Those will connect to version 7.x and 8.x/8i (and probably above)on all platforms.
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PervasiveSQL
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Client
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?
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According to tech support at Pervasive, the Btrieve ODBC driver can used to connect to PervasiveSQL.
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PostgreSQL
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Both
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No
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Lastest version for OS/2 is 7.0.2. Latest version for Unix is 7.1 (2 releases later)
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SolidSQL
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Both
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?
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I could not find any information about this database.
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SQLBase (Gupta)
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Both
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Yes
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No more infomation available.
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Sybase Server
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Client
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Yes
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Version 10 client will connect to version 10, 11 Server and Adaptive server.
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Sybase SQL Anywhere
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Both
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Yes
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Last version for OS/2 is 5.5.
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Text
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Server
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Yes
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The Intersolv/Merant driver acts as the database engine. There are a number of vendors that distribute Win16 drivers. Supports CSV (comma separated), tab seperated, character separated and fixed length text type files.
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Watcom SQL
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Both
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Yes
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Watcom was released (for OS/2) in versions 3.2 and 4. The product then became Sybase SQL Anywhere.
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