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Introduction to PowerBuilder Introduction
PowerBuilder 5.0 ships with SQL Anywhere
(formerly Watcom database), a database engine. All the example applications that are shipped with
PowerBuilder make use of the databases created in SQL Anywhere. PowerBuilder can talk to
different data sources, i.e.
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Relational Databases, such as Sybase SQL Server,
Oracle, Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, DB2, SQL Anywhere (Watcom), etc.. |
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Databases such as FoxPro tables. |
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Other sources such as Text Files, Excel Spreadsheets,
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The reason Powersoft ships SQL Anywhere along with
PowerBuilder at free of cost is, SQL Anywhere has a small foot print. Which means that it
needs less resources and works on your desktop. So you can develop applications by
connecting to a database created in SQL Anywhere. Once completed, you can port it to other
data sources with minimal effort.
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