This manual describes the handling of ADABAS QueryPlus.
ADABAS D is a relational database system with an SQL compatible user interface.
The term relational means that ADABAS represents all items of information in the form of tables for the user. The standardized language SQL - Structured Query Language - provides a set of statements that can be used to administer, maintain, and evaluate these tables.
QueryPlus is a tool that can run under Microsoft Windows to give access to data stored on an ADABAS D server. QueryPlus is a Multi Document Interface (MDI) application, supports "drag-and-drop", allows data to be copied onto the clipboard, and supports Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE). QueryPlus completes other Microsoft Windows tools by adding data exchange with ADABAS. Data can be inserted into a mail merge document, a spreadsheet, or a presentation. Data exchange is facilitated by the possibility of linking Windows objects, such as Excel or Word documents, to saved visual queries or SQL statements. In this way, ADABAS data in existing documents can be updated at any time simply by clicking on a button.
In addition, QueryPlus is a convenient tool for testing in advance the SQL statements application programmers want to use in their programs.