SQuirrel_SQL_Client, Utilities, JDBC-based graphical SQL client SQuirreL SQL Client is a graphical Java program that will allow you to view the structure of a JDBC compliant database, browse the data in tables, issue SQL commands, etc. The SQuirreL SQL Client project is hosted at http://squirrel-sql.sourceforge.net/ SQuirrel SQL Client is free software, and is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License. For license details, see http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html This OpenVMS Freeware package contains the full, unmodified contents of the standard SQuirreL SQL Client distribution, and in addition it includes a DCL command procedure to facilitate running the package on OpenVMS. It also includes the jTDS JDBC driver for accessing Sybase and Microsoft databases. These additions are also released under the LGPL. JDBC drivers for most other databases are available free to the end user, but they generally have licenses that are more restrictive than the LGPL and thus cannot be redistributed with this package. This package requires Java 1.4 or later and all of its extensive and aggressive tweaking of default system and process quotas. Do not ignore these requirements if you want to run SQuirreL SQL successfully. The package must be installed on an ODS-5 disk, and it must be run from an account that has a SYS$LOGIN directory residing on an ODS-5 disk. To install SQuirreL SQL Client, issue the following command in the same directory as the product kit: $ PRODUCT INSTALL SQUIRRELSQL After installing SQuirreL SQL Client, you may run it from the command line as follows (replace the device and directory names if you have chosen a non-default installation directory): $ @SYS$COMMON:[SQuirreL_SQL_Client]squirrel-sql.com You may wish to add that commmand to your DECWindows desktop using: Application Manager Desktop Apps Create Action If you do add the command to your desktop, you may also wish to reference the acorn icon supplied with the package; to do so, you must first copy the following file from the installation directory: [SQuirreL_SQL_Client.icons]acorn.xpm to the following location under your SYS$LOGIN directory: [.DT.ICONS]acorn.m_pm To provide access to your database, acquire a JDBC driver from your database supplier and drop its .jar file into the [.lib] directory under the main installation directory. Be sure to set read and execute permission on the file.