[Andy Sjostrom]

http://www.odbcx.com/index.php

The company Razab-Sekh Information Company based in the Netherlands has released a new database middleware product called odbcx. odbcx consists of two entities: the server product which can connect to any ODBC compliant database (such as SQL Server 6.5/7.0/2000, Oracle, DB2 and so on) and the Pocket PC client which consists of a library of functions that communicates with the server product. This type of two phase architecture is quite common and is utilized by Microsoft's SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition, Odyssey Software CEfusion and ViaDB etc. If you need to access remote databases from a Pocket PC client and use C or C++, then you should take a look at odbcx which also incorporates encryption, data compression and instant messaging functionality.

Personally, I thought that the database middleware product segment was already covered with third party companies such as XTND Systems and Odyssey Software, proprietary solutions such as Microsoft SQL Server Remote Data Access and Merge Replication and even componentized XML Web Services. Razab-Sekh Information Company thinks differently and I hope they will do well! By the way... doesn't the Pocket PC image used on their site look very much like SPB Software House's Pocket PC Developer Network Pocket PC icon? :wink:

[Andy Sjostrom]

http://www.odbcx.com/index.php

The company Razab-Sekh Information Company based in the Netherlands has released a new database middleware product called odbcx. odbcx consists of two entities: the server product which can connect to any ODBC compliant database (such as SQL Server 6.5/7.0/2000, Oracle, DB2 and so on) and the Pocket PC client which consists of a library of functions that communicates with the server product. This type of two phase architecture is quite common and is utilized by Microsoft's SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition, Odyssey Software CEfusion and ViaDB etc. If you need to access remote databases from a Pocket PC client and use C or C++, then you should take a look at odbcx which also incorporates encryption, data compression and instant messaging functionality.

Personally, I thought that the database middleware product segment was already covered with third party companies such as XTND Systems and Odyssey Software, proprietary solutions such as Microsoft SQL Server Remote Data Access and Merge Replication and even componentized XML Web Services. Razab-Sekh Information Company thinks differently and I hope they will do well! By the way... doesn't the Pocket PC image used on their site look very much like SPB Software House's Pocket PC Developer Network Pocket PC icon? :wink:

[lurch]

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Ah, the blanket "cover my butt" statement.

This product looks very similar to the Odyssey Software solution, but I wonder if the attractive feature here is cost?

[albsilva]

I don't know anything about this product, only the 'sui generis' way it was promoted on all ms pocket pc newsgroups... something like a message from a girl stating 'hey, look what I've found... its seems very interesting', and in pocketpc.developer newsgroup someone answered... yeah, it's like other products but cheaper... Well, I've investigated the ip address where these messages were sent from and found it was always the same, as it is also the same from their support email...
:roll:
Alberto Silva