Acucorp tested the Acu4GL Version 4.3 products with following Relational Database Management Systems:
DBMaker
Informix
Microsoft SQL Server
ODBC
Oracle
Sybase
As a result of our testing and according to general information received
from the makers of the RDBMS regarding upward compatibility of their product,
we believe the following to be accurate:
| RDBMS |
Acu4GL Version 4.3 Tested with RMDBS Version |
Probable Compatibility with Acu4GL 4.3, Based on Vendor Information |
| DBMAKER | 3.0 | No others |
| INFORMIX | 5.x, 7.2 | Versions greater than 7.2 |
| MICROSOFT SQL SERVER | 6.5 | Versions greater than 6.5 |
| ODBC Specification | 2.0 | Versions greater than 2.0 |
| ORACLE | * 7.3.3 and 8.0.x for UNIX
and for Windows 95/98/NT |
No others |
| SYBASE | 10.0 and greater | Versions greater than 10.0 |
* If the Windows machine that you are installing Acu4GL on has the version 8.x Oracle client software installed, you will need to install some additional software. Please see the "Windows 95/98/NT Installation Steps for the Acu4GL for Oracle product" section for information on installing the additional software.
The essence of an Acu4GL product is that standard COBOL I/O statements are used to access databases. The Acu4GL product handles the translation between standard COBOL and the language that the RDBMS understands.
There are special instructions and status messages that apply to each individual RDBMS. These instructions and messages are included in this on-line document, within the sections dedicated to each particular RDBMS.
How to Use this On-line Document
This on-line document contains a total of sixteen sections (or books). The first nine are dedicated to the common aspects of the six Acu4GL products (Oracle, Informix, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, ODBC, and DBMaker). The remaining six are dedicated to each of the above-named products, plus there is a summary of Acu4GL directives. The specifics of each section are briefly discussed in the next topic, Document Overview.
Within each section you can move forward or backward to a topic by using the browse buttons found at the top of each window. The Contents page (which you can locate via the Contents or Help Topics button) lists each section, and each topic contained within a section. You may jump directly to a topic from the Contents page, or you can use the browse buttons to move to a topic. The sequence the browse buttons follow is based on the order of sections and topics found on the Contents page. When you come to the end of a section's topics the forward browse button becomes inactive, and you need to return to the Contents page to open another section.
It is recommended that you use this on-line document as you would a printed user's guide, and start reading it from the beginning, guided by the browse buttons and the jumps.