Database

CTMaker uses ODBC for accessing databases, and SQL for manipulating them. You must also have a database which is ODBC-compatible. You can also use a text-file based database, if you have the appropriate ODBC text driver installed, or any local or remote SQL-database such as ORACLE, DB2, Informix etc. The handling of blob-fields also depends on the database system being used. In the CTMaker environment you can have total control of your SQL-database. This means you can create tables, fields, append fields, add new records and edit them, perform a select and activate a specified record. If you are familiar with the SQL-language you can even use the command line to execute SQL-direct commands.