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FrontBase

FrontBase is a relational database management system written in ANSI C. FrontBase uses the Unicode character encoding.

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FrontBase
DevelopersFrontBase, Inc.
Stable release
8.2.6 / 15 December 2015 (2015-12-15)
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, macOS, Linux
TypeRDBMS
LicenseFrontBase, Inc.
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FrontBase is a relational database management system written in ANSI C.12 FrontBase uses the Unicode character encoding.1

International standards

FrontBase complies with SQL 92 (fully compliant), Unicode (Unicode 2.0) and TCP/IP (uses sockets).1

Available platforms

FrontBase is available on the following platforms:

  • Macintosh - Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server 10.x and Mac OS X Server 1.2
  • Linux - RedHat, SuSE(Intel and Power PC), YellowDog Linux and Mandrake Linux
  • Unix - FreeBSB, Solaris and HP-UX
  • Windows - Windows NT and Windows 2000.1

Drivers and adaptors

Drivers and adaptors include Apple WebObjects, PHP3,2 PHP4,2 Perl, ODBC, JDBC, Omnis Studio, REALBasic, Tcl, EOF, FBAccess and FBCAccess.1

Data types

Data types supported include INTEGER, DECIMAL, TIMESTAMP, BLOB and VARCHAR.3

See also

See also

References

References

  1. "FrontBase Relatinal Database Server". FrontBase. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  2. Lerdorf, R; Tatroe, K; Maclntyre, P (2006). Programming PHP (2nd ed.). Sebastopol, USA: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. p. 494.
  3. SOLARWINDS-Web Help Desk Administrative Guide. SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. 2015. p. 27.
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