Advantage Database Server: A Developer's Guide

Advantage Database Server: A Developer's Guide Cary Jensen, Ph.D. Loy Anderson, Ph.D. This comprehensive developer's guide to Advantage Database Server shows you how to build high-performance, low maintenance databases using the Advantage Database Server. Learn how to access large amounts of data in a multiuser environment with unbelievable speed. Discover how Advantage gives you unparalleled reliability and data integrity with little or no database administration. Leverage advanced features such as triggers, stored procedures, full-text search, user defined functions, replication, online backup, and more. Technically reviewed by the Advantage R&D team, this valuable resource will help you build and deploy reliable, scalable, relational database applications. Explore the new features added to Advantage in versions 8.0 and 8.1. Learn how to exploit Advantage's support for both set-based SQL and index-based navigation, a combination not supported by other high-performance, relational database servers. Enjoy nearly maintenance-free administration using self-tuning features. Get high-performance and advanced database features without the complexity. Support Windows NT/2000/2003/Vista, Linux, and NetWare operating systems. Use virtually any development environment including C# for .NET, C#Builder, Visual C++, C++Builder, Delphi, Delphi for .NET, Java, JBuilder, Kylix, PHP, Perl, Visual Objects, Visual Basic, and Visual Basic.NET, among others. Download a two-user developer version of ADS and Advantage clients-plus tools, utilities, and code samples.