SQLFlex® is a high-performance ISDBC driver for connecting to Microsofts  MS SQL Server® database from DataFlex programs. The driver  uses Microsoft's OLEDB Programming Interface for communicating and accessing the MS SQL Server database. You only need the MS SQL Server  client which is, more than likely, already installed on your machine if you have installed Microsoft Office products. There is no need to buy additional drivers from other vendors, like in the case of ODBC.

Product Highlights

• Support for overlap/partial overlap fields
• Complete support for case sensitive indexes
• Complete support for mixed ascending and  descending index segments
• Preservation of RECNUM values during data migration
• High-speed data migration
• Record Locking instead of file locking
• Complete Support for Transaction
• Access views as DataFlex files
• Seamless integration with existing TABLES and VIEWS by automatic generation of FD and TAG files from existing tables and views
• NO CODE RECOMPILATION! The Table structure is exactly like DataFlex! 
• Support for DataFlex restructure commands
• Detailed migration report
• Generate SQL Script for creating tables and indexes

Required Components

To be able to run a DataFlex program from any Windows version of DataFlex,  the user needs to install or have access to MS SQL Server client libraries and client networking utility, properly configured to access the MS SQL Server. Mertech's driver and license file is installed in the same directory as the DataFlex runtime and must also be accessible to the program.

Supported MS SQL Server Versions

• MS SQL Server 6.5 and above ( We recommend using Windows 2000 and MS SQL Server 2000)

Supported DataFlex Versions

• DataFlex 5.x and above
• DataFlex 3.1c and above Console Mode