                            Rexx/SQL

                 A Rexx interface to SQL databases


General:
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Rexx/SQL provides a simple interface for Rexx programs to access SQL databases
through a number of external functions. Rexx/SQL is intended to provide a
consistant interface to all SQL databases.

Rexx/SQL is distributed under the GNU General Lesser Public License. See the file
COPYING-LIB for more details.  Rexx/SQL's WWW home is:
    http://rexxsql.sf.net/

Documentation, in Postscript and HTML is available in rxsqlnn_doc.zip and
online.

Sample programs are included.

The documentation is intended as both a user's guide and a reference
guide for implementors of Rexx/SQL on other database and operating system
platforms.

All text files are stored in Unix text file format. ie LF only.

Database Support:
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The current version contains the following native ports:

   Database        Database      Operating
                    Version        System
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    Oracle            7.0+   Un*x, Win32
    MySQL             5.0+   Un*x, Win32, OS/2
    DB2               4.0+   Un*x, Win32, OS/2
    SQLite3           3.3.x  Un*x, Win32, OS/2
    ODBC              N/A    Un*x, Win32

Other databases can be accessed via their supplied ODBC driver. This
includes for example:

    SqlAnywhere       5.0+   Un*x, Win32, OS/2
    Solid Server      2.2+   Un*x, Win32, OS/2
    Openlink UDBC     N/A    Un*x, Win32, OS/2
    Openlink ODBC     N/A    Un*x
    Informix          ???    Un*x
    PostgreSQL        7.0+   Un*x, Win32
    SQL Server        6.0+         Win32
    MS Access         ???          Win32
    MS Excel          ???          Win32

If you find problems with or suggestions for this product, please contact me.
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 * Mark Hessling,  mark@rexx.org  http://www.rexx.org
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