Relativity Products

The components detailed in the Relativity Components section are available within the following products:

Designer Suite

The Relativity Designer Suite is a Windows-only development tool which enables you to create Relativity databases. The Suite consists of the following components - the Designer, the Database Administrator, and the Data Manager.

You can import COBOL file record definitions into the database, and then create tables based on those record definitions.

Use the Database Administrator to maintain such things as the table connections, date constants, and character sets used in a Relativity database.

Relativity for Windows Workstations

Relativity for Windows Workstations is Windows-only run-time product and is a single-tier solution required when your ODBC application and COBOL data files reside on the same machine, and the ODBC application is a 32-bit program. Relativity for Windows Workstations requires a Relativity database that was developed using the Designer Suite.

Relativity for Windows Workstations contains the following components - Database Administrator and the Data Manager.

Use the Database Administrator to maintain such things as the table connections, date constants, and character sets used in a Relativity database.

Data Server

The Relativity Data Server is a run-time product which contains the Data Server for a specific platform (Windows or UNIX), and also a platform-specific Data Client.

It is a client/server solution required when your ODBC application is required to access COBOL data files that reside on another machine, or when your ODBC application is a 64-bit program. The Relativity Data Server requires a Relativity database that was developed using the Relativity Designer Suite.

This product also contains a Java Client, which is part of the client/server solution required by JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) applications.