Gupta SQLWindows 4.1 and Quest 2.1 To Support Oracle Workgroup Server

Gupta SQLWindows 4.1 and Quest 2.1 are the world's leading client/server
tools for building Windows applications. They are architected to meet
today's business requirement to downsize and reengineer corporate
application development. When combined with Gupta's SQLBase Server they
comprise a family of products known as The Gupta Client/Server System
delivering to customers powerful products and solid solutions.

The latest releases of SQLWindows and Quest are optimized to take full
advantage of all the enhancements in ORACLE7 when using Gupta's
connectivity software, SQLRouter/Oracle . Examples of how SQLWindows and
Quest are optimized for ORACLE7 follow:

-- SQLWindows 4.1 and Quest 2.1 fully support data updates and returns
using PL/SQL Stored Procedures. Even more impressively, SQLWindows allows
ORACLE developers to not only execute, but to create, stored procedures in
SQL.

-- SQLWindows 4.1 and Quest 2.1 fully support bind variables. SQLWindows
applications which use PL/SQL Stored Procedures can take advantage of
array binding and increase overall performance. Through its support of
ARRAY arguments, SQLRouter/ORACLE can retrieve multiple rows of data
through PL/SQL table variables and pass multiple rows of data for update
through PL/SQL. By returning values through array binding, SQLWindows
developers accessing ORACLE data can achieve substantial reduced network
traffic and increased performance.

-- Images are stored as BLOBs in the ORACLE database. With SQLRouter/ORACLE
used with Quest 2.1 and SQLWindows 4.1, there are no restrictions on the
size of the BLOB or long column. SQLWindows and Quest will support
whatever the maximum size or buffer for BLOBs and the LONG column is in
the ORACLE DBMS.

-- ORACLE7 implements a number of measures which limit network traffic and
improve performance overall. Two of these features are DEFERRED PARSE and
DESCRIBE:

-- DEFERRED PARSE allows the parsing of a SQL statement to be deferred or
not. Deferring an SQL parse is especially beneficial in the performance of
a networked environment since a separate call across the network will not
be issued for every column selected. DEFERRED PARSE is fully supported in
SQLWindows 4.1 and Quest 2.1.

-- With ORACLE7's new DESCRIBE operation multiple columns are bundled
together and buffered which produces only one message. The end result is
much less traffic over the network. By using Gupta's SQLRouter/Oracle 2.2
with SQLWindows 4.1 and Quest 2.1 users may exploit fully ORACLE's new
DESCRIBE operations.

In short, there simply is no better tool for building robust Windows
client/server applications that take full advantage of the new
functionality and performance benefits of ORACLE7 than Gupta SQLWindows
4.1 or Quest 2.1.

Gupta Corp, 1060 Marsh Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025
415-321-9500;  Fax: 415-321-5471

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