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April 1, 2003 - Vembu Technologies, a startup company
focusing on building database tools to make enterprise applications
leverage multiple relational databases better, announced today
the general availability of its SQL conversion tool, Vembu
SwisSQL 1.0. SwisSQL can parse any relational database vendor's
SQL dialect and automatically convert SQL queries into any
other SQL dialect. This unique SQL conversion capability allows
developers and DBAs working in a multi-database environment
to write SQL for one database and seamlessly run any database
without needing to port SQL queries.
"One of the major problems in SQL is the dialects of the
language. Even if you attempt to write pure, standard SQL-92,
you cannot escape re-writing code from one product to another.
They disagree about data types, rounding and truncation, vendor
defined functions and even their temporal data model", said
Mr. Joe Celko, Vice President of RDBMS at North Face Learning
and the author of the book, SQL for Smarties. "Even worse,
sometimes they are just close enough that you cannot see the
difference. What looks like the same syntax has different
semantics", added Mr. Celko.
According to Gartner, "90% of organizations out there now
work with multiple relational databases". With the relational
database vendors paying lip service to the SQL standard with
their own proprietary extensions and supporting only entry-level
ANSI standard, DBAs and database application developers would
be better off if they do not have to learn every SQL dialect
that is out there. SwisSQL precisely addresses this problem.
By supporting most relational database's SQL dialect and by
automatically converting SQL from one dialect to another,
SwisSQL improves the productivity of developers and DBAs working
with multiple databases.
"Using SwisSQL does not mean limiting oneself to SQL features
which are common across all the databases. We believe our
solution to the SQL portability problem is the best out there
as we let developers and DBAs leverage the full feature of
any relational database they are working with", said Mr. Sekar
Vembu, CEO of Vembu Technologies. "And our outstanding support
lets customers use our multi-database SQL expertise for all
their SQL migration problems", added Mr. Vembu.
SwisSQL comes in two flavors, an API with a JDBC wrapper
interface for J2EE application developers, and a GUI console
for DBAs and developers to manually convert SQL from one dialect
to another. The 1.0 version of SwisSQL supports Oracle, DB2,
MS-SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL and ANSI-SQL. Future releases
will support other databases like Sybase, SAP-DB etc.
The full version of SwisSQL is available for download and
a 30 days free evaluation at www.vembu.com. Vembu offers free technical support
during the evaluation period. Pricing for a single developer
license for SwisSQL API is US $495 with no runtime/royalty
fees for distribution and deployment. SwisSQL Console graphical
user interface is priced at US $145 per user.
About Vembu Technologies
Vembu Technologies is focused on building database tools
to make enterprise applications leverage multiple relational
databases better. Vembu's founders have extensive experience
in building enterprise scale applications with a deep appreciation
for how enterprise applications interact with relational databases.
Vembu is privately held with headquarters in Chennai, India.
For more information, visit www.vembu.com or contact info@vembu.com.
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