The SQL Access Group (SAG) was a group of
software
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The history of software is closely tied to the development of digital comput ...
companies that was formed in 1989 to define and promote standards for database portability and interoperability. Initial members were
Oracle Corporation
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,
Informix
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,
Ingres
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,
DEC,
Tandem
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,
Sun
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and
HP.
The SAG started the development of the
SQL
Structured Query Language (SQL) (pronounced ''S-Q-L''; or alternatively as "sequel")
is a domain-specific language used to manage data, especially in a relational database management system (RDBMS). It is particularly useful in handling s ...
Call Level Interface which later was published as an
X/Open X/Open group (also known as the Open Group for Unix Systems and incorporated in 1987 as X/Open Company, Ltd.) was a consortium founded by several European UNIX systems manufacturers in 1984 to identify and promote open standards in the field of info ...
specification.
In 1992, Microsoft released version 1.0 of ODBC which was based on the X/Open SQL CLI specification.
The SQL Access Group transferred its activities and assets to X/Open in the fourth
quarter of 1994.
External links
Introduction to SAG CLI by the SAG Chairman on Dr. Dobbs{{ISBN, 1-85912-081-4 Apr 1995
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