Re: SQR Server 5.1 now available

[Shriniwas Mahambare <shriniwas.mahambare@RTSSOFTWARE.COM>]

Hi!,
   Why does SQR does not support the date  data-type , so that it can make
date comparisons easiers.
Else I have to convert it into number and use it for comparison.
Thanks
Shriniwas M.

----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Robinson <Ian.Robinson@BRIO.COM>
To: Multiple recipients of list SQR-USERS <SQR-USERS@list.iex.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 5:58 PM
Subject: SQR Server 5.1 now available


> FYI,
>
> SQR Server, developed by the Enterprise Reporting business unit of Brio
> Technology, is now sold as a component of the BrioReport package and
updated
> several times each year. The product continues to experience rapid growth,
> and is now installed within more than 8000 customer sites, including well
> over half of the Fortune 500 companies. Customers can look forward to
> continued expansion of the BrioReport product line, which benefits from
the
> unrivaled performance, scalability, robustness and enterprise platform
> coverage of SQR Server.
>
> The latest release of SQR Server is included in BrioReport 5.1, which is
> available this month. The complete package includes a single copy of SQR
> Server (available for more than 50 enterprise platforms, from Windows and
> Unix through to AS/400 and MVS), a single developer license of BrioReport
> Builder (formerly known as VisualSQRIBE), a single developer license of
> Personal SQR, a single developer license of Brio.Insight 6.0, BrioReport
> Viewer (formerly SQR Viewer) and BrioReport Activator (formerly InSQRIBE
for
> SQR).
>
> New features implemented within SQR Server 5.1 include support for
> multiple-byte character sets and the innovative, patent-pending Direct
Data
> Objects (DDO) technology, which allows SQR to access non-SQL data sources
> such as SAP R/3 BAPIs, XML, COM and CORBA objects. The SQR syntax has been
> extended, but remains fully compatible so that the millions of existing
SQR
> programs will continue to run.
>
> Further information on the BrioReport product line can be found at the
Brio
> Web site.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> ------------
> Ian Robinson
> Director, Enterprise Reporting Products
> Brio Technology
> www.brio.com