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Last updated on February 25, 2008


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Dr Dobbs Synchronizing Schema Changes and Managing Referential Integrity Violations

iAnywhere Solutions Top 10 Cool New Features in SQL Anywhere 10
Local Temporary Tables in SQL Anywhere 9
LogExpensiveQueries: A Little Bit Of Jasper In 9.0.2
Addressing Table Fragmentation in SQL Anywhere 9
Database Synchronization for the
NC DOT Mobile Bridge Inspector Application: HTML version
and PDF version
Solving Mobile Data Sync Challenges for the NC DOT (webcast)

Developer.com

Case Study: NC DOT Database Synchronization

SD Times

Always On? Not Quite Yet

Intel

Canadian Coder Calls for Automated Synchronization

WebSphere Journal Book Review: SQL Anywhere Studio 9 Developer's Guide





Japanese edition of SQL Anywhere Studio 9 Developer's Guide Japanese Edition Published

The Japanese edition of SQL Anywhere Studio 9 Developers Guide has been published as ISBN 4798110183, and it is available from amazon.co.jp

For more information see the description of the book.


Here's Breck Carter with the new Japanese and Chinese editions, on a visit to iAnywhere Solutions February 22, 2006; in the background you can see a mural of the original WATCOM "lightning bolt":

Breck with Japanese and Chinese editions



Chinese edition of SQL Anywhere Studio 9 Developer's Guide Chinese Edition Is Now Available

The Chinese edition of SQL Anywhere Studio 9 Developers Guide has been published as ISBN 7-121-02185-4 by Publishing House of Electronics Industry (PHEI), and it is available from dearbook.com.cn

For more information see the description of the book.


Here's Breck Carter (center )on a visit to iAnywhere Solutions February 22, 2006, together with Chinese edition reviewers (left to right) Hong Shi, Raymond Wang, Bob Luo and Shengyu Bao:

Breck with Hong Shi, Raymond Wang, Bob Luo and Shengyu Bao



SQL Anywhere Developer's Corner

SQL Anywhere Developer's Corner

The first issue of the SQL Anywhere Developer's Corner has just been published, with 3 of the six articles coming from RisingRoad.


Always On? Not Quite Yet

Shane Dunlow, NCDOT, using a Tablet PC running SQL Anywhere 9 That's the title of an article published in the SD Times on December 15, 2005.

Here are a couple of great quotes:

  • The database industry's heavy hitters figure prominently in any discussion of corporate or government users who access business applications away from the office. The big four - IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and iAnywhere - each touts the ability to extend database functionality to the edges of nearly any network.

    Of the four, there's little disagreement that iAnywhere has the biggest share of the enterprise-ready mobile database market.

    "And they're No. 1 by a substantial margin," said analyst Jack Gold, founder and principal of J. Gold and Associates.

  • "Oracle suffers from a 'show me' problem," said Gold. "In the mobile space, the company has really yet to show significant numbers of deployments."

    Indeed, the first two hits in a Google search for "Oracle Lite success stories" are customer examples from the iAnywhere Web site.


QuickBooks Enterprise uses SQL Anywhere

From "Intuit Beefs Up QuickBooks For Enterprise" October 17, 2005:

Intuit QuickBooks Enterprise Business Line Leader Bill Lucchini said the new enterprise edition features iAnywhere Solution's SQL Anywhere database. That's a big change from the proprietary C-Index database in its predecessor, Lucchini said.

The new database has helped increase performance by three to five times and marks the end of a three-year effort to move to a new open database platform, he said.

For more see the InformationWeek article by Barbara Darrow and Steven Burke.


Yukon Borrowing from SQL Anywhere?

"Yukon/WinFS bears a striking resemblance in some parts to SQL Anywhere - proving that Microsoft is not adverse to "borrowing" major chunks of novel ideas and software from iAnywhere Solutions more than once."

...from Can Big Companies Innovate?, September 20, 2005, ŠJBSurveyer 2005, jbsurv@theopensourcery.com


The Intel Interview: "Mobility in the Enterprise"

Read this interview by Geoff Koch in the Intel Software Network.


The WebSphere Journal Review: "SQL Anywhere Studio 9 Developer's Guide"

Here's an excerpt from Berndt Hamboeck's review in the WebSphere Journal:

The book is easy to read and contains important details about SQL Anywhere development. If you're new to SQL Anywhere the material will save you hours of time and dramatically shorten your learning curve. This book is simply a must-have for SQL Anywhere database developers because it's a complete and compact reference for experienced developers as well as comprehensive immersion for beginners and less experienced coders. It's written by someone who has a great deal of experience using SQL Anywhere Studio to build real-world software solutions. Have fun reading it.


RisingRoad Article Published on iAnywhere.com

A RisingRoad article, written as part of the iAnywhere Solutions "Developer Viewpoint" program, has been published on the iAnywhere website: Database Synchronization for the NC DOT Mobile Bridge Inspector Application.


Grand Opening of New iAnywhere Solutions Building November 18, 2004

New iAnywhere Solutions Building

iAnywhere Solutions celebrated the grand opening of its new campus facility in the University of Waterloo Research + Technology Park on Thursday, November 18, 2004. See the news release, or read more about the Research + Technology Park.



RisingRoad At The Top Of The List

The "RisingRoad" link is at the top of the list on the iAnywhere.com - Developer Community - Related Links page.


SQL Anywhere Studio 9 Developer's Guide Announced in iAnywhere Solutions Newsletter

"SQL Anywhere Studio 9 Developer's Guide by Breck Carter describes in detail how to administer and program for the Adaptive Server Anywhere database server and the MobiLink synchronization server. Extensive working examples are included to illustrate each topic. All the major SQL commands and MobiLink scripts are presented, as well as many practical tips and techniques not covered in the product documentation."

See iAnywhere Solutions Developer Community Technical Newsletter, November 2004 .


Book Corrections Posted October 22, 2004

See corrections to the book SQL Anywhere Studio 9 Developer's Guide, ISBN 1556225067.


End of Life for SQL Remote ASE: October 1, 2005

On October 1, 2004 iAnywhere Solutions announced that engineering support for the ASE version of SQL Remote will end on October 1, 2005.

The RisingRoad position is that SQL Remote is still a fine product for certain applications using SQL Anywhere consolidated databases, but that MobiLink is a far better alternative for cross-platform synchronization solutions. And of course, if you need help converting from SQL Remote to MobiLink, talk to us at info@risingroad.com.


SQL Anywhere Performance Benchmarks