What Are The Benefits of Using IMAGE/SQL?

By leveraging your investment --

Your existing investment in TurboIMAGE/XL is preserved while you take advantage of relational technology. You can develop new applications in SQL to access TurboIMAGE/XL databases through IMAGE/SQL. At the same time, your current TurboIMAGE/XL access is completely compatible with the SQL access to TurboIMAGE/XL. Therefore, you will not have to convert, recompile, or make changes to your existing applications. The only difference is the new application development and decision support tools available for looking at your data.

By accessing new tools --

Using IMAGE/SQL allows you to use a wide selection of application development and decision support tools not previously available to TurboIMAGE/XL users. Hewlett-Packard and independent software vendors have a wide selection of SQL client/server tools. These SQL client/server tools allow you to view data in new ways by combining data from TurboIMAGE/XL, ALLBASE/SQL, or third-party databases in the same query. See Appendix A “Tools For IMAGE/SQL” for more information on the available tools.

By benefiting from productivity gains --

SQL uses a common interface to access TurboIMAGE/XL, ALLBASE/SQL, and third-party SQL databases. Productivity improves when you can use the same interface to access both types of databases.