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Advantage Database Server 14
Advantage Database Server
Developer(s) Sybase
Initial release
Written in C, C++
Operating
system
Available in English
Cross-platform
Type RDBMS
Website
advantagedatabase.com
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Advantage Database Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) for small to medium sized
businesses by Sybase iAnywhere. Database author Cary Jensen describes Advantage as follows: "Advantage has
been around since 1993, when it was introduced to provide a stable solution for Clipper developers who were tired of
slow performance and corrupt indexes inherent to file server-based databases. Over the years, ADS has grown in
both popularity and features. Advantage is now a mature product with an impressive collection of features that rival
many of the more expensive and complicated database servers" [2] .
“In short, the Advantage Database Server is a high-performance, low-maintenance, remote database server that
permits you to easily build and deploy client/server applications and web-based applications” [3] .
Uses
Advantage Database Server is most popular among application developers as a client/server backend solution for
shared, networked, standalone, mobile and Internet database applications. ADS is unique among other database
offerings because it provides both ISAM table-based and SQL based data access.
Features
• Replication
• Online Backup
• ISAM 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