PrimeBase is a commercial SQL database management system developed in Hamburg, Germany. Although designed as a general-purpose relational DBMS, it historically found its largest user base in the print and pre-press industry due to features such as efficient BLOB handling and full-text search.
- Website
- http://primebase.org[01]
- Country of Origin
- DE
- Start Year
- 1990
- Former Name
- P.INK SQL
- Project Type
- Commercial
- Written in
- C++
- Supported Languages
- SQL
- License
- Proprietary
PrimeBase is a commercial SQL database management system developed in Hamburg, Germany. Although designed as a general-purpose relational DBMS, it historically found its largest user base in the print and pre-press industry due to features such as efficient BLOB handling and full-text search.
History
The project originated in 1990 as P.INK SQL, initially developed for the Macintosh platform by P.INK Software Engineering GmbH. It was ported to Unix systems in 1992 and utilized in publishing applications. Following the bankruptcy of P.INK Software in 1995, former employees acquired the database rights and founded SNAP Innovation GmbH in 1996, continuing development under the PrimeBase name. Additional components including replication and application servers were introduced by 2001, and the PBXT storage engine for MySQL was developed starting in 2004. The products are currently maintained by PrimeBase Systems GmbH.
Query Interface[03]
PrimeBase uses a extended version of SQL called Data Access Language for the Macintosh (DAL). It's extensions to SQL are similar to Microsoft's T-SQL.
Citations
3 sources- http://primebase.org primebase.org
- PrimeBase - Wikipedia wikipedia.org
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Access_Language wikipedia.org