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Advantage Database Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) for small to medium-sized businesses by SAP SE (formerly Sybase iAnywhere , formerly Extended Systems).
Description
Advantage was introduced in 1993, for Clipper[clarification needed ] developers.[1]
Advantage Database Server is used by application developers as a client/server backend for shared, networked, standalone, mobile and Internet database applications. ADS provides both ISAM table-based and SQL based data access.[2]
Features include:
Replication
Online Backup
ISAM access (Navigational Access)
SQL-92 compliant
SQL Query Optimizer
User Defined Functions
Triggers
Stored Procedures
Views
Server Side Aliases
Encrypted indexes and communications
DBF tables and memos greater than 4 gigabytes
Transactions
Events / Notifications
64-bit support
Full Text Search
Multiple Processor support
Small footprint
Odata Web Service
Native DBF data format support
Unicode Support
Programming languages
Popular development environments including Embarcadero Delphi , CodeGear C++Builder , Microsoft Visual Basic , Microsoft Visual C++ , CA-Visual Objects , CA-Clipper , Uniface , Microsoft Visual FoxPro ,Alaska XBase++ , Harbour compiler and xHarbour .
Supports standard interfaces such as ODBC , OLE DB , JDBC , PHP , and ADO.NET .
History
August 1993 – Initially released as Advantage xBase server by Extended Systems.
December 1995 – version 4.0 release, now called Advantage Database Server. This release included the first ODBC driver.
February 1997 – Advantage Internet Server released.
April 2000 – Advantage ODBC driver with StreamlineSQL released.
September 2003 - Advantage Database Server 7.0
July 2004 - Advantage Database Server 7.1
November 2005 – Advantage Database Server: The Official Guide published.[3]
November 2005 – Extended Systems acquired by Sybase, rolled in to iAnywhere Solutions subsidiary, version 8.0
October 2006 - Advantage Database Server 8.1
March 2008 - Advantage Database Server 9.0
November 2008 – Advantage Database Server 9.1
June 2010 – Advantage Database Server 10.0
December 2010 - Advantage Database Server 10.1
July 2012 – Advantage Database Server 11.0
December 2012 - Advantage Database Server 11.1
October 2015 – Advantage Database Server 12.0 (acquired by SAP)
See also
References
^ Cary Jensen, Ph.D.Loy Anderson, Ph.D, Advantage Database Server: A Developer's Guide, February 5, 2007, 616 pages, AuthorHouse, 978-1425-7726-9
^ Cary Jensen, Ph.D.Loy Anderson, Ph.D, Advantage Database Server: A Developer's Guide, February 5, 2007, page 7, AuthorHouse, 978-1425-7726-9
^ Cary Jensen, Ph.D.Loy Anderson, Ph.D, Advantage Database Server: The Official Guide, October 29, 2003, 496 pages, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 0-07-223084-1
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