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OS/2 Client and Server Databases with ODBC Drivers

Database

Client/Server

Win16

Description

Btrieve

Both

Yes

The database engine and client are no longer available, although they are supported by Pervasive. Btrieve has been succeed as a product by PrevasiveSQL

DB2

Both

Yes

Server versions 2, 5, 6 and 7 or/have been available for OS/2. Client can access DB2 on all platforms.

dBase/Clipper/FoxPro, FoxBase

Server

Yes

The Intersolv/Merant ODBC driver acts as the database engine. There are a number of vnedors that distribute Win16 drivers

Informix

Both

?

Informix 5 and 7 clients were available on OS/2. I do not have Informix am not able to obtain any information from Informix.

CA Ingress

Client

Yes

Ingress 6.4/04 supported. No more information.

MicroDecisionware/InfoHub

Client

No

Access InfoHub databases via Windows NT server. No more info available.

miniSQL

Both

No

Open source, no longer free. ODBC driver is iODBC type. Does not work with most ODBC applications.

MS SQL Server

Client

Yes

version 6 client will access 6, 6.5, 7 and 2000 servers.

mySQL

Both

No

Open source. ODBC driver is about to be released.

Oracle

Both

Yes

Version 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 clients were/are available for OS/2. Those will connect to version 7.x and 8.x/8i (and probably above)on all platforms.

PervasiveSQL

Client

?

According to tech support at Pervasive, the Btrieve ODBC driver can used to connect to PervasiveSQL.

PostgreSQL

Both

No

Lastest version for OS/2 is 7.0.2. Latest version for Unix is 7.1 (2 releases later)

SolidSQL

Both

?

I could not find any information about this database.

SQLBase (Gupta)

Both

Yes

No more infomation available.

Sybase Server

Client

Yes

Version 10 client will connect to version 10, 11 Server and Adaptive server.

Sybase SQL Anywhere

Both

Yes

Last version for OS/2 is 5.5.

Text

Server

Yes

The Intersolv/Merant driver acts as the database engine. There are a number of vendors that distribute Win16 drivers. Supports CSV (comma separated), tab seperated, character separated and fixed length text type files.

Watcom SQL

Both

Yes

Watcom was released (for OS/2) in versions 3.2 and 4. The product then became Sybase SQL Anywhere.