The SQL Access Group, formed to define a specification for interworking between different products that use Structured Query Language, has joined forces with X/Open Co Ltd to develop the specification for heterogeneous SQL applications portability and network communication database capabilities based on the existing X/Open Portability Guide definition for data management and the SQL Access Group’s technical specification. The SQL definition from the fourth edition of the X/Open Portability Guide will be available to the SQL Access Group to serve as the base for its technical standard under a non-exclusive licence. X/Open will also take an active role in the SQL Access Group by attending meetings and providing technical and consulting support. It is hoped that the SQL Access technical specification will appear in X/Open’s Portabiltiy Guide as soon as next year. The SQL Access Group, headquartered in San Jose, is a non-profit association open to all vendors with relational database application or server products. Members include Ashton-Tate Corp, Bull SA, DEC, Fujitsu America Inc, Hewlett-Packard Co, Infocentre Corp, Informix, Ingres Inc, Metaphor, NCR Corp, Oracle Corp, Retix, Sun Microsystems, Tandem Computers, Teradata Corp, Unify and X/Open Co Ltd.
