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Subject: [de.comp.databases,comp.databases,comp.databases.ingres,alt.sources: Onyx a copylefted 4gl version 2.29 is out]
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 94 22:55:24 -0700
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From: Michael Kraehe <kraehe@bakunin.north.de>
Subject: Onyx a copylefted 4gl version 2.29 is out
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 1994 17:10:06 GMT
Welcome to Onyx 2.29 a copylefted sql/4gl
Abstract
* Onyx is my private sql/4gl game, donated to all folks
freaks, and gurus who like the idea of copyleft ;-)
I've started to write it because the department of enviroment
state Bremen had several dos boxes with informix, chrashing
frequently, so we decided to use linux as clients as ip
becomes stable with 99p6.
* Onyx has a own transaction manager, which is build
by a object oriented predicative parser generator. Just
an other game but very usefull as this funny thing also
produces header files and manual pages.
Its so posible to parse what I call it "crippled sql" and
produce commands for other engines like university ingres
or even gnu awk.
If Y use a real sql engine, Y'll get their "real" sql of
course and not my crippled one ;-)
* Main goal of the transactionmanager is to implement a protocol
for connecting applications to a database in a vendor independent
way. Informix, Ingres, Postgres, Yard, GAWK, Shql are now supported,
and others are planned.
So any application capable to telnet to port is able to use
my protocol which is documented in a rfc-like style.
* Onyx has a 4gl which is more a shell, but unlike other shells
knows about tables, transactions, masks and menus.
Onyx is designed by the Model-View-Controller paradigma,
so tables are the model, masks are the views and transactions
are the controllers which can be bound to a input field,
a menu, function keys or the change of the current record
in a cursor.
* Unlike other 4gl's Onyx dosnt hide the system, so its easy
to export or inport from pipe and use the bunch of tools
*nix have. E.g. I'm using a pipe to "gawk | groff | lpr"
to print my bills, or a pipe from "tar | gawk" to manage
my tapes.
* Copyleft is a chance that good programmers dont need to
work for a big company, or become a slave of their distribution
chanels.
Linux and Onyx is a chance for database application programmers
to sell their solutions and support to the customers without the
need to pay a lot to the big companys for using their tools, and
listen hours to "please hold the line" if they need support.
News in 2.29
* dynasel as a new import statement to make selecting much more
user friendly, see manual page for transaction grammar.
* fixed bug in SqlGawk when deleting everything.
* the example application/fakt now looks realy nice.
News in 2.28
* Directory structur and configuration redesigned.
Make config gives a editor (vi) to edit configuration
which will be parsed by awk to produce the files.
Trouble with old .C files and missing .h files solved
(i hope ;-)
* A lot of work arounds, for C++ related bugs in GCC > 2.4
Should now compile with gcc 2.5.8 and i hope above.
* Yard now seams stable, lot of trouble with permissions
in sharded memory (I hate SysPfeifDrauf, but I dont want
to translate this german joke ;-)
News in 2.27
* First binary relase just for test at wowbagger.
* Now supporting Yard as a comercial database engine availabe
for linux.
* Some hacks for multiple cursors in one mask. See app/fakt
as a example. Needs more hacking for displaying them as
row's and columns, and mixed in a mask.
How to get it
V32bis: bakunin.north.de +49 421 870523
ftp: wowbagger.pc-labor.uni-bremen.de pub/unix/databases
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For further information take a look into the doc directory,
be warned some docs are produced while compiling.
If Y realy want to use it send mail to
<kraehe@bakunin.north.de>
If Y like to donate beer or postcards, send them to :
Kraehe
Karl Toma Allee 4
28215 Free Republic Weidedamm III
Bremen/Germany
If Y like to donate money, send it to :
Michael Koehne
Sparkasse Bremen
Bankleitzahl : 290 501 01
Konto : 3189 3019
--
" ceterum censeo MSDOS delendam esse " sagt der Guru und krault seinen Bart
kraehe@bakunin.north.de
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Paul M. Aoki | University of California at Berkeley
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