FrontBase explained

FrontBase
Developer:	FrontBase, Inc.
Latest Release Version:	8.2.6
Operating System:	Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux
Genre:	RDBMS
License:	FrontBase, Inc.

FrontBase is a relational database management system written in ANSI C.^{[1] [2]} FrontBase uses the Unicode character encoding.^[1]

International standards

FrontBase complies with SQL 92 (fully compliant), Unicode (Unicode 2.0) and TCP/IP (uses sockets).^[1]

Available platforms

FrontBase is available on the following platforms:

• Macintosh - Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server 10.x and Mac OS X Server 1.2
• Linux - RedHat, SuSE(Intel and Power PC), YellowDog Linux and Mandrake Linux
• Unix - FreeBSB, Solaris and HP-UX
• Windows - Windows NT and Windows 2000.^[1]

Drivers and adaptors

Drivers and adaptors include Apple WebObjects, PHP3,^[2] PHP4,^[2] Perl, ODBC, JDBC, Omnis Studio, REALBasic, Tcl, EOF, FBAccess and FBCAccess.^[1]

Data types

Data types supported include INTEGER, DECIMAL, TIMESTAMP, BLOB and VARCHAR.^[3]

See also

• List of relational database management systems
• Comparison of relational database management systems

Notes and References

1. Web site: FrontBase Relatinal Database Server. 11 February 2016. FrontBase.
2. Book: Programming PHP. Lerdorf. R. Tatroe. K. Maclntyre. P. McGraw-Hil Book Company, Inc. 2nd. 2006. Sebastopol, USA. 494.
3. Book: SOLARWINDS-Web Help Desk Administrative Guide. SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC.. 2015. 27.