Databases
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)
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 the 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 |
| Borland Paradox | Relational | 5.0 | PAL | Runtime | ?? | No | Keyboard only | English | 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 |
| Microsoft Access | Relational | 2.0 | Basic | Runtime | ?? | No | Keyboard only | English, German, French, Italian, Spanish & Portuguese | Commercial | Discontinued |