Cincom MANTIS® Data Access

Unlimited Data Access to Multiple Data Structures

MANTIS provides high-level support for a variety of data access and database management techniques, including:

Databases:

• SUPRA® Server PDM - Cincom's hierarchical database management system
• SUPRA Server SQL - Cincom's relational database management system
• DB2
• Oracle
• Rdb
• MS SQL Server

File Systems:

• VSAM
• RMS
• C-ISAM
• M-ISAM
• Sequential

Easy Data Access

Regardless of which file or database technique is used, MANTIS programs provide data access using only four verbs: GET, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE or via industry-standard SQL.

MANTIS also provides special interface routines that make it easy for MANTIS applications to access any database structure or file organization. This enables you to make the most of existing data structure investments.