Datebase Reference
1 .Using relational databaseswith AR System
This chapter describes how AR System 7.6.04 interacts with IBM® DB2 Universal Database®, IBM Informix®, Oracle®, Sybase, and Microsoft SQL Server database systems.
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In general, AR System hides the underlying database from the user. The AR System server interacts with the database and provides information to the user independent of the underlying database. All access through the API supplied with the product goes through this server and is independent of the database. AR System supports read access directly from the tables but does not support update access to any of the AR System tables directly through SQL. You must go through the AR System API for update access.
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