CodeBase

A multi-platform dBase compatible database engine with some xBase compatibility, originally sold as a way for programmers using tools such as C, Pascal and Modula-2 to get a fully fledged database engine out of the box and as a way to transition from xBase tools such as dBase and Clipper to a more flexible development system. Now the system is also sold as a way to interface more modern database systems and front ends to older .dbf/.dbt databases, with some versions offering ODBC and SQL front ends to the product rather than just the xBase like CodeBase API.

CodeBase for OS/2 was dropped a few years back alongside the DOS version, but the company has since added Java versions of the engine that run under OS/2 and support both working with the CodeBase API and as an internal SQL server. Note that the Unix style versions of the engine only offer C style bindings, meaning that you will have to use wrappers and/or header converters if you want to use another language.

Version

CodeBase

• 4.5 (1991)
• 5.0 (Apr 1993)
• 5.1 (Feb 1994)
• 6.0
• 6.1 (Sep 1996) - with Java Support
• 6.2 (Dec 1996) - with Royalty-free, Unlimited Client/Server Licensing
• 6.3 (Jul 1997)
• 6.4 (Jul 1998) - Very Large Table Support
• 6.5 (Dec 1999) - Unicode support

CodeBase++

• 1.0 (1991)
• 1.01 (1991) - DOS, OS/2, Windows
• 1.4 (1992)
• 5.1 (Feb 1994)

License

• Commercial
• Author: Sequiter

Links

• Code Base 4 (Dr. Dobb's 1990)