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The Pervasive SQL Server
For complete information on the Pervasive SQL database system, please review Pervasive Software's documentation.
Pervasive SQL requires that the 16-bit ODBC support files are also installed.
The Pervasive SQL Driver
The Pervasive SQL Driver is one of several SoftVelocity SQL Accelerator drivers. These SQL Drivers share a common code base and many common features such as SoftVelocity's unique, high speed buffering technology, common driver strings, and SQL logging capability. See SQL Accelerator Drivers for information on these common features.
The Pervasive SQL Driver converts standard Clarion file I/O statements and function calls into optimized SQL statements, which it sends to the backend Pervasive SQL server for processing. This means you can use the same Clarion code to access both Pervasive SQL tables and other file systems such as TopSpeed files. It also means you can use Clarion template generated code with your SQL databases.
All the common behavior of all the SQL Accelerator drivers is documented in the SQL Drivers section. All behavior specific to the Pervasive SQL driver is noted in this chapter.