The SQL Access Group (SAG) was a group of
software
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...
companies that was formed in 1989 to define and promote standards for database portability and interoperability. Initial members were
Oracle Corporation,
Informix
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,
Ingres,
DEC,
Tandem
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,
Sun
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and
HP.
The SAG started the development of the
SQL Call Level Interface which later was published as an
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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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