DatabaseLink Features
- Connectivity with most standard SQL database applications
- Connectivity with both local and network-based databases
(including those on different types of computer)
- Supplied drivers for a number of important databases, including MySQL,
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), and HSQL Database Engine (HSQLDB)
- Included lightweight database, the HSQL Database Engine
(HSQLDB)--useful for database applications if you don't have an
existing database
- SQL command interface--you can exploit your knowledge of SQL without
learning a new system
- Mathematica command interface--useful if you are familiar with
Mathematica programming
- GUI interfaces--the Database Explorer and the Connection Tool provide
convenient tools for opening connections and querying the databases
- Access to data and metadata--you can inspect the names of tables and
columns, as well as the data in each entry
- Configurable--common tasks can be simplified and Mathematica
applications can add their own database information
- Batch support--provides efficiency when making repeated changes to a
database
- Datatype support--works with standard SQL datatypes, including
numbers, strings, binary data, date and time, and Mathematica
expressions
- Support for advanced features such as multiple connections and
transactions (including rollbacks and savepoints)
- Support for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) communications with the
database
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