<s>
Mimer	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
is	O
an	O
SQL-based	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
produced	O
by	O
the	O
Swedish	O
company	O
Mimer	O
Information	O
Technology	O
AB	O
(	O
Mimer	O
AB	O
)	O
,	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Upright	O
Database	O
Technology	O
AB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
sometimes	O
been	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
limited	O
options	O
available	O
in	O
realtime	O
critical	O
applications	O
and	O
resource	O
restricted	O
situations	O
such	O
as	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mimer	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
originated	O
from	O
a	O
project	O
from	O
the	O
ITC	O
service	O
center	O
supporting	O
Uppsala	O
University	O
and	O
some	O
other	O
institutions	O
to	O
leverage	O
the	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
capabilities	O
proposed	O
by	O
Codd	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
release	O
in	O
about	O
1975	O
was	O
designated	O
RAPID	O
and	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
IBM	B-Device
assembler	I-Device
language	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
universities	O
were	O
interested	O
in	O
the	O
project	O
on	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
machine	O
architectures	O
and	O
Mimer	O
was	O
rewritten	O
in	O
Fortran	B-Application
to	O
achieve	O
portability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
models	O
were	O
developed	O
for	O
Mimer	O
with	O
the	O
Mimer/QL	O
implementing	O
the	O
QUEL	B-Language
query	I-Language
languages	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
emergence	O
of	O
SQL	B-Language
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
as	O
the	O
standard	O
query	O
language	O
resulted	O
in	O
Mimers	O
 '	O
developers	O
choosing	O
to	O
adopt	O
it	O
with	O
the	O
product	O
becoming	O
Mimer	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
Mimer	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
database	B-Application
server	I-Application
is	O
currently	O
supported	O
on	O
the	O
main	O
platforms	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
MacOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
(	O
Itanium	B-General_Concept
and	O
x86-64	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previous	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
database	B-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
was	O
supported	O
on	O
other	O
operating	O
systems	O
including	O
Solaris	B-Application
,	O
AIX	B-Application
,	O
HP-UX	B-Application
,	O
Tru	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
,	O
SCO	B-Operating_System
and	O
DNIX	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
of	O
Mimer	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
are	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
and	O
free	O
for	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Enterprise	B-Architecture
product	O
is	O
a	O
standards	O
based	O
SQL	B-Language
database	B-Application
server	I-Application
based	O
upon	O
the	O
Mimer	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Experience	O
database	B-Application
server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
product	O
is	O
highly	O
configurable	O
and	O
components	O
can	O
be	O
added	O
,	O
removed	O
or	O
replacing	O
in	O
the	O
foundation	O
product	O
to	O
achieve	O
a	O
derived	O
product	O
suitable	O
for	O
embedded	B-Architecture
,	O
real-time	O
or	O
small	O
footprint	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mimer	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Realtime	O
database	B-Application
server	I-Application
is	O
a	O
replacement	O
database	B-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
specifically	O
designed	O
for	O
applications	O
where	O
real-time	O
aspects	O
are	O
paramount	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
resource	O
limited	O
environments	O
the	O
Mimer	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Mobile	O
database	B-Application
server	I-Application
is	O
a	O
replacement	O
runtime	O
environment	O
without	O
a	O
SQL	B-Language
compiler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Custom	O
embedded	B-Architecture
approaches	O
can	O
be	O
applied	O
to	O
multiple	O
hardware	O
and	O
operating	O
system	O
combinations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
options	O
enable	O
Mimer	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
to	O
be	O
deployed	O
to	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
additional	O
target	O
platforms	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
real-time	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
including	O
VxWorks	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
database	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
real-time	O
,	O
embedded	B-Architecture
and	O
automotive	O
specialist	O
versions	O
requiring	O
no	O
maintenance	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
intention	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
product	O
suitable	O
for	O
mission-critical	O
automotive	O
,	O
process	O
automation	O
and	O
telecommunication	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mimer	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
provides	O
support	O
for	O
multiple	O
database	O
application	O
programming	O
interfaces	O
(	O
APIs	O
)	O
:	O
ODBC	B-Application
,	O
JDBC	B-Language
,	O
ADO.NET	B-Device
,	O
Embedded	B-Language
SQL	I-Language
(	O
C/C	O
++	O
,	O
Cobol	O
and	O
Fortran	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Module	O
SQL	B-Language
(	O
C/C	O
++	O
,	O
Cobol	O
,	O
Fortran	B-Application
and	O
Pascal	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
native	O
API	O
's	O
Mimer	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
C	O
API	O
,	O
Mimer	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Real-Time	O
API	O
,	O
and	O
Mimer	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Micro	O
C	O
API	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MimerPy	O
is	O
an	O
adapter	O
for	O
Mimer	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
in	O
Python	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mimer	O
Provider	O
Manager	O
is	O
an	O
ADO.NET	B-Device
provider	I-Device
dispatcher	O
that	O
uses	O
different	O
plugins	O
to	O
access	O
different	O
underlying	O
ADO.NET	B-Device
providers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mimer	O
Provider	O
Manager	O
makes	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
write	O
database	O
independent	O
ADO.NET	B-Device
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mimer	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
mainly	O
uses	O
optimistic	B-Operating_System
concurrency	I-Operating_System
control	I-Operating_System
(	O
OCC	O
)	O
to	O
manage	O
concurrent	O
transactions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mimer	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
is	O
assigned	O
port	O
1360	O
in	O
the	O
Internet	O
Assigned	O
Numbers	O
Authority	O
(	O
IANA	O
)	O
registry	O
.	O
</s>
