The X/Open SQL Access Group, born from the ashes of the original SQL Access Group which ended in a rag-bag of fragmentation and disagreement (CI No 2,560), has published version 1.0 of its ISO-ratified Call Level Interface, third generation language application programming interface. Call Level Interface for C and Cobol defines calls for applications to interface with SQL. Meantime Microsoft Corp said its impending Open Database Connectivity 3.0 release will include all the X/Open Call Level Interface additions. The group, which includes AT&T Corp, Borland International Inc, Computer Associates International Inc, Hitachi Ltd, IBM Corp, Information Builders Inc and others, said it has ongoing work and will continue to enhance and refine both SQL and Call Level Interface, including stored routines, asynchronous calling mode, array fetch and extended data types.
