John B.
john at winhaven.net
Fri Oct 10 08:49:14 CDT 2003
Hi Jim, Caché isn't really very new. I don't know when it first arrived on the scene but I have been laughing at their adds for at least a couple of years now. (Dr. Dobbs Journal) They have adds where a picture shows the front of a Cheetah with a Cow's back end and legs (morphed together) and a slogan of something like - Is your database holding your application back from its true potential? The latest one is the front of a Grand Prix car morphed into the back end of a farm tractor. Good stuff. I've read some good reviews about it too. John B. > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence > (AccessD) > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 7:18 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: RE: [AccessD] InterSystems Caché database engine > > > Gustav: > > Your comments are so timely. Today I went to lunch with a Database > programming acquaintance and he was raving about this new database, Caché. > He has worked extensively with Sybase right through to SQL2000 and Oracle > from 5.1 to 9i and he is now working with this DB. He is totally > impressed. > He says that it runs about 50% faster for simple queries but when working > with large Cubes experiences a steady 600 plus percent performance gain. > > He strongly recommended that I download the free evaluation copy, work my > way through the tutorials and says they have been supplying > excellent email > support (free) when he has been running into problems. > > It was a very interesting lunch that extended almost a couple of hours. > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Gustav Brock > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 8:58 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Cc: accessdb2web at egroups.com > Subject: Re: [AccessD] InterSystems Caché database engine > > > Hi group > > Well, today I went to this hands-on seminar, and I'm impressed. > > The core of the engine is an object oriented data store. You create as > easy as in Access - in a very nice designer using a basic like > language - classes for storing data. When compiled, these classes are > at once compiled too - and represented - as tables via ODBC and JDBC, > classes via C++, Java, ActiveX (COM), .net and XML, and you can access > the data simultaneous via all interfaces. These layers are all highly > efficient they claim is the main reason for the high speed of the > engine next to the speed of the engine itself. > > Further, you can create CSP pages similar to ASP and JSP pages with a > direct connection to the engine. An add-in for Dreamweaver is offered > with wizards for creating web pages. These pages are interesting as > they offer live update of presented data via either a server call or a > hidden frame meaning that requery or repaint of the displayed page is > avoided - this is in my opinion mandatory for anything serious > application-like running in a browser. > > The best perspective of this, in my eyes, is that you can start using > the engine and your proven tools whatever they might be (Access) while > moving to or adding other interfaces like another language, a browser > interface, XML or web services (SOAP). Rome was not built in one day, > remember. > > The engine scales to shadowed servers, clusters and TB size with no > more efforts than within reach of a developer (we are impatient and > really have no time for this, you know), and it runs on close to > anything including WinNT/200x/XP, Redhat/Suse Linux, Solaris, OpenVMS, > Tru64, HP-UX, AIX, and Win ME/98 - even Win95 - and MacOX with the > next release - requiring modest hardware only. > > /gustav > > > >> Just noticed this option for a free developer license: > > >> http://www.intersystems.com/downloads/index.html > > >> Anyone having experience with this engine as a backend for Access or > >> otherwise? > > >> The free license doesn't allow you to sell your apps. It is, however, > >> not time limited. > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >