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Databases are files
Primary database systems
Other relational database systems
Flat file databases for OS/2
- AceFile - Announced as available for OS/2 but possibly never shipped. - Windows version later sold by Lotus in bundles.
- IBM Works - Discontinued but shipped free with eComStation and all versions of OS/2 Warp and later.
Other database systems
- Business Basic - BB has built in
- COBOL -
Publications
Vintage EDM/2 database articles
- Introduction to Relational Databases by Fernando Lozano (December 1998)
- Installing and Configuring the Sybase SQL Anywhere Server for OS/2 by Fernando Lozano (November 1998)
- Creating GUI Applications Using Java and mSQL by Fernando Lozano (November 1998)
- Accessing Databases using Java and JDBC by Fernando Lozano (July 1998)
- mSQL Revisited by Fernando Lozano (June 1998)
- An introduction to mSQL by Fernando Lozano (May 1998)
- Attention DB2 Developers(August 1996)
- Connect Your Data to the Web with Net.Data by John E. Peterson(August 1996)
- Extend DB2 Beyond the Ordinary by Ed Ort (August 1996)
DOS databases
Note that DOS flat file and free form databases are in most cases not worth investigating since they are in general even less powerful than the one shipped free with OS/2 and eComStation as part of IBM Works. They are included here for completeness sake.
| Name | Type | Last known version | Programming language | Generates executables | DBCS or Unicode | REXX Macros | Other macro language | Language | License | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha 4 | Relational | 8 | No | Paid runtime | No | No | Keyboard oriented | English | Commercial | Discontinued |
| Borland Paradox | Relational | ?? | PAL | Free runtime | ?? | No | Keyboard only | English & German | Commercial | Discontinued |
| DataEase | Relational | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | English | Commercial | Discontinued |
WinOS/2 databases
Note that WinOS/2 flat file databases are in most cases not worth investigating since they are in general even less powerful than the one shipped free with OS/2 and eComStation as part of IBM Works. They are included here for completeness sake.
| Name | Type | Last known version | Programming language | Generates executables | DBCS or Unicode | REXX Macros | Other macro language | Language | License | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AceFile | Flat file | 2.0 | None | No | ?? | No | Keyboard only | English | Commercial | Discontinued |
| Alpha 5 | Relational | ?? | xBasic | Paid runtime | ?? | No | ?? | English | Commercial | Discontinued |
| Borland Paradox | Relational | 5.0 | PAL | Free runtime | ?? | No | Keyboard only | English & German | Commercial | Discontinued |
| ButtonFile | Flat file | ?? | None | No | ?? | No | Keyboard only | English | Originally commercial, now freeware | Discontinued |
| CA Visual Objects | Relational | 1.0 | xBase | Yes | ?? | No | Keyboard only | English | Commercial | Discontinued |
| DataEase | Relational | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | English | Commercial | Discontinued |
| Microsoft Access | Relational | 2.0 | Basic | Free runtime | ?? | No | Keyboard only | English, German, French, Italian, Spanish & Portuguese | Commercial | Discontinued |