>From: "Rob Schuff" <robertsc@...>

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>Oracle has a product called oracle 8i lite I think.
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Oracle, Sybase and IBM all have "lite" Palm versions of their databases, but
they are VERY limited. In fact, I don't think any of them even support
JOINs in SELECT statements. IBM's Palm version of DB2 is actually a free
download (that's right, the full version, not a demo), while the other two
expect you to pay. I saw the Oracle and Sybase offerings on display at
ScanTech in Chicago in October. The Oracle rep that I spoke to there went
so far as to tell me that if you weren't using Oracle as a back-end
database, there was no good reason to use the lite version on a Palm device,
as the main benefit was synchronization. The long and the short of it is,
these programs appear to be complete re-writes of the originals,
implementing a subset of the API for each. In other words, I think there
would be a lot more to creating a Palm version of Interbase than simply
porting the existing source code.

I really like the idea of porting the client API, however, especially since
the Palm OS-based Symbol SPT 1700 has optional built-in wireless networking
support. This could open up some great opportunities in warehouse or retail
environments.

Brian