SYBASE SQL SERVER PASSES TESTS FOR ANSI SQL89 COMPLIANCE

EMERYVILLE, CA, November 10, 1992 -- Sybase, Inc. today announced that
pre-release versions of SYBASE products have passed the International
Standards Organization (ISO)/American National Standard Institute (ANSI)
Standard SQL89 compliance tests. SYBASE SQL Server 10 and the SYBASE
Embedded SQL precompilers were tested in accordance with the procedures
defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for
Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) PUB 127-1.

SYBASE SQL Server is a leading client/server-based relational database
management system for on-line, enterprise-wide applications. SQL Server
10, including the Embedded SQL precompilers, will be in beta test during
the first half of 1993 and will be available in production later in 1993
as a part of the SYBASE System 10 family of products.

Stewart Schuster, Sybase vice president of marketing, commented, "This
announcement reaffirms our commitment to standards. As a member of the
ANSI SQL committee, SQL Access Group, and other standards bodies, Sybase
takes an active role in driving standards and developing products to
comply with these standards. SQL Server 10 will provide customers with a
fully ANSI-compliant database to support portability across a new
generation of enterprise-wide client/server applications."

ANSI SQL89 Compliance

ANSI SQL89 is a standard set forth by ANSI that provides a common set of
language commands for SQL (Structured Query Language) to ensure
portability across heterogeneous relational database management systems.
ANSI SQL89 includes such features as cursor support and Integrity
Enhancement Features, also known as declarative referential integrity. The
FIPS PUB 127-1 standard is the ANSI SQL89 standard plus a "FIPS flagger"
feature that flags any SQL statement in an application program that is not
ANSI SQL89 compliant. The FIPS standard is for the Federal government and
is the only SQL standard tested by NIST. 

SYBASE SQL Server 10

The SYBASE SQL Server database, available since 1987, was designed
specifically for client/server computing. SQL Server software is deployed
in large, mission-critical client/server applications at over 5,600
customer sites worldwide.

Features of the SYBASE SQL Server 10 product include: declarative
referential integrity and cursor support; new control features such as
charge-back accounting; increased security features; and very large
database support providing sub-second response time for single row
activities, improved consistency checking, back-up and loading
capabilities, and international features for managing international
language and data.

SQL Server 10 also features Embedded SQL precompilers, a standard interface
for embedding ANSI-standard SQL statements in applications written in
common programming languages, such as C and COBOL. 

SYBASE System 10

The SYBASE SQL Server 10 product is a component of SYBASE System 10, a
modular family of integrated products that includes: SYBASE Navigation
Server, SYBASE OmniSQL Gateway', SYBASE Replication Server', and SYBASE
Control Server. These products are designed to address the five critical
areas of Enterprise Client/Server computing: proven advanced technology,
scalable high performance, interoperability between applications, reliable
distributed systems, and operational control. Sybase, Inc

Sybase, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYBS) develops and markets the SYBASE system, a
leading client/server-based RDBMS product family for on-line,
enterprise-wide applications. The company offers proven products and
services to provide customers with complete desktop to mainframe
solutions. Headquartered in Emeryville, CA, Sybase markets its products
worldwide through its direct sales force, telesales, distributors, OEMs,
VARs, and systems integrators.

SYBASE, 6475 Christie Ave, Emeryville, CA 94608
510-596-3500,  fax: 510-658-9441

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