Raima Database Manager 14.0 Features

Features

Multiple APIs: for Enhanced Usability

• Cursor API (new) – RDM 14.0 introduces a new API, a modern alternative to the legacy RDM Navigational API. The Cursor API facilitates the traversal of database records for retrieval, additional and removal of database records. Thus, the database cursor resembles modern programming concepts of iteration over a collection. The Cursor API fits seamlessly with RDM’s database concepts with Record, Key and Set Cursors.
• Comprehensive SQL API – RDM’s SQL is accessed internally through an easy-to-use API designed by Raima. This non-standard API is simpler than ODBC. In fact, our ODBC API is based on this one. It also supports stored procedures and most other standard SQL.
• SQL Programming Language (PL) API – RDM’s SQL PL allows for programming logic to be done through pure SQL. Developers can leverage their knowledge of SQL and still be able to add in programming conditionals and logic.
• Standards Based ODBC API – Following the ODBC standards Raima developed the ODBC API to provide developers with a familiar way to utilize the power of the RDM 14.0 database engine.
• JDBC – Standard JAVA interface to the RDM 14.0 database engine. There are two modes of operation for this interface. The first is through TCP/IP and the second is a direct link through JNI.
• ADO.NET – Standard C# interface to the RDM 14.0 database engine. Supported connection method is through TCP/IP.
• Object Oriented C++ Cursor API – The C++ API was designed with ease of use as its primary requirement while still providing developers with full access and control to both RDM’s network and relational functionality.
• Legacy Navigational C API – For more than 25 years, developers have used RDM’s low-level C API with more than 200 intuitive easy-to-use functions, which provides application developers ultimate control of the database. This API is still supported, with minor changes required for the developer.