Advantage Database Server

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Advantage Database Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) for small to medium-sized businesses by SAP SE (formerly Sybase iAnywhere, formerly Extended Systems).

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Description

Advantage was introduced in 1993, for Clipper developers. Advantage Database Server is used by application developers as a client/server backend for shared, networked, standalone, mobile and Internet database applications. ADS provides both ISAM table-based and SQL based data access.

Features include:

• Replication
• Online Backup
• ISAM access (Navigational Access)
• SQL-92 compliant
• SQL Query Optimizer
• User Defined Functions
• Triggers
• Stored Procedures
• Views
• Server Side Aliases
• Encrypted indexes and communications
• DBF tables and memos greater than 4 gigabytes
• Transactions
• Events / Notifications
• 64-bit support
• Full Text Search
• Multiple Processor support
• Small footprint
• Odata Web Service
• Native DBF data format support
• Unicode Support

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Programming languages

• Popular development environments including Embarcadero Delphi, CodeGear C++Builder, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual C++, CA-Visual Objects, CA-Clipper, Uniface, Microsoft Visual FoxPro, Harbour compiler and xHarbour.
• Supports standard interfaces such as ODBC, OLE DB, JDBC, PHP, and ADO.NET.

History

• August 1993 - Initially released as Advantage xBase server by Extended Systems.
• December 1995 - version 4.0 release, now called Advantage Database Server. This release included the first ODBC driver.
• February 1997 - Advantage Internet Server released.
• April 2000 - Advantage ODBC driver with StreamlineSQL released.
• November 2005 - Advantage Database Server: The Official Guide published.
• November 2005 - Extended Systems acquired by Sybase, rolled in to iAnywhere Solutions subsidiary.
• November 2008 - Advantage Database Server 9.1.
• June 2010 - Advantage Database Server 10.0
• December 2010 - Advantage Database Server 10.1
• July 2012 - Advantage Database Server 11.0
• October 2015 - Advantage Database Server 12.0 (acquired by SAP)

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See also

• Comparison of relational database management systems
• Sybase iAnywhere
• ISAM

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References

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External links

• Advantage Database Server website
• iAnywhere website on Sybase.com
• Chris Franz's Advantage blog
• Cary Jensen's website
• Advantage Developer Zone

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