<s>
Raima	B-Application
Database	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
(	O
or	O
RDM	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
ACID-compliant	O
embedded	B-Application
database	I-Application
management	O
system	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RDM	O
has	O
been	O
designed	O
to	O
utilize	O
multi-core	O
computers	O
,	O
networking	O
(	O
local	O
or	O
wide	O
area	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
on-disk	O
or	O
in-memory	B-General_Concept
storage	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RDM	O
provides	O
support	O
for	O
multiple	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
(	O
APIs	B-Application
)	O
:	O
low-level	O
C	O
API	B-Application
,	O
C++	O
,	O
and	O
SQL( native	O
,	O
ODBC	B-Application
,	O
JDBC	B-Language
,	O
ADO.NET	B-Device
,	O
and	O
REST	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RDM	O
is	O
highly	O
portable	O
and	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Unix	B-Application
and	O
several	O
real-time	O
or	O
embedded	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
RDM	O
has	O
support	O
for	O
both	O
non-SQL	O
(	O
record	O
and	O
cursor	O
level	O
database	O
access	O
)	O
and	O
SQL	B-Language
database	I-Language
design	O
and	O
manipulation	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
non-SQL	O
features	O
are	O
important	O
for	O
the	O
most	O
resource-restricted	O
embedded	B-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
environments	O
,	O
where	O
high	O
performance	O
in	O
a	O
very	O
small	O
footprint	O
is	O
the	O
priority	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SQL	B-Language
is	O
important	O
in	O
providing	O
a	O
widely	O
known	O
standard	O
database	O
access	O
method	O
in	O
a	O
small	O
enough	O
footprint	O
for	O
most	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
microcomputer	O
network	B-General_Concept
model	I-General_Concept
database	O
management	O
systems	O
designed	O
exclusively	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
C	O
language	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
companion	O
product	O
called	O
db_QUERY	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
1986	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
SQL-like	O
query	O
and	O
report	O
writing	O
utility	O
for	O
a	O
network	B-General_Concept
model	I-General_Concept
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
db_VISTA	O
derivative	O
DBMS	B-General_Concept
designed	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
high-performance	O
,	O
transaction-processing	O
client-server	O
SQL	B-Language
DBMS	B-General_Concept
called	O
Raima	O
Database	O
Server	O
(	O
RDS	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
DBMS	B-General_Concept
that	O
provided	O
an	O
ODBC	B-Application
API	B-Application
as	O
its	O
native	O
SQL	B-Language
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
SQL	B-Language
system	O
that	O
incorporated	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
network	B-General_Concept
model	I-General_Concept
in	O
its	O
DDL	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
thereafter	O
,	O
RDS	O
was	O
renamed	O
Velocis	O
and	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
RDM	B-Application
Server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
8.4	O
of	O
RDM	B-Application
Server	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Uninterrupted	O
development	O
of	O
RDM	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
RDM	B-Application
Embedded	I-Application
)	O
has	O
continued	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
most	O
recent	O
feature	O
additions	O
including	O
database	O
mirroring	O
use	O
in	O
support	O
of	O
highly	O
available	O
(	O
HA	O
)	O
systems	O
,	O
database	B-General_Concept
replication	I-General_Concept
,	O
multi-version	O
concurrency	O
with	O
read-only	O
transactions	O
,	O
multiple	O
transactional	O
file	O
server	O
access	O
,	O
encryption	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
SQL	B-Language
designed	O
specifically	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
RDM	O
introduced	O
the	O
first	O
on-platform	O
SQL	B-Language
DBMS	B-General_Concept
available	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
National	O
Instruments	O
 '	O
LabView	B-Application
graphical	O
programming	O
language	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
named	O
the	O
National	O
Instruments	O
 '	O
LabView	B-Application
Embedded	O
Tools	O
Network	O
Product	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RDM	O
v	O
.	O
14.0	O
contains	O
an	O
all-new	O
data	O
storage	O
engine	O
optimized	O
specifically	O
for	O
working	O
with	O
in-memory	B-General_Concept
resident	O
data	O
sets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
in-memory	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
(	O
IMDB	O
)	O
allows	O
for	O
significant	O
performance	O
gains	O
and	O
a	O
reduction	O
in	O
processing	O
requirements	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
older	O
in-memory	B-General_Concept
or	O
on-disk	O
implementations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Raima	O
has	O
extended	O
and	O
improved	O
SQL	B-Language
support	O
,	O
snapshots	O
,	O
and	O
geospatial	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
lines	O
and	O
features	O
in	O
Raima	B-Application
Database	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
and	O
RDM	B-Application
Server	I-Application
are	O
consolidated	O
into	O
one	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RDM	O
includes	O
these	O
major	O
features	O
:	O
updated	O
in-memory	B-General_Concept
support	O
,	O
time	O
series	O
and	O
FFT	O
support	O
,	O
snapshots	O
,	O
R-Tree	B-Library
support	O
,	O
compression	O
,	O
encryption	O
,	O
SQL	B-Language
,	O
SQL	B-Language
PL	O
,	O
and	O
platform	B-Operating_System
independence	I-Operating_System
—	O
develop	O
once	O
,	O
deploy	O
anywhere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
includes	O
a	O
streamlined	O
interface	O
that	O
is	O
cursor-based	O
,	O
extended	O
SQL	B-Language
support	O
and	O
stored	O
procedures	O
that	O
support	O
SQL	B-Language
PL	O
;	O
it	O
also	O
supports	O
ODBC	B-Application
(	O
C	O
,	O
C++	O
)	O
,	O
ADO.NET	B-Device
(	O
C#	O
)	O
,	O
RESTful	O
and	O
JDBC	B-Language
(	O
Java	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
redesigned	O
and	O
optimized	O
database	O
file	O
format	O
architecture	O
maintains	O
ACID	O
compliance	O
and	O
data	O
safeguards	O
,	O
with	O
separate	O
formats	O
for	O
in-memory	B-General_Concept
,	O
on-disk	O
or	O
hybrid	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
any	O
point	O
in	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
issue	O
a	O
snapshot	O
of	O
specific	O
tables	O
through	O
calling	O
our	O
rdm_dbStartSnapshot( )	O
API	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BCD	O
(	O
SQL	B-Language
Decimal	O
)	O
–	O
Binary-code-decimal	O
is	O
a	O
standard	O
database	O
representation	O
for	O
financial	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Non-SQL	O
(	O
core	O
)	O
DDL	O
Features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Network	B-General_Concept
model	I-General_Concept
set	O
declarations	O
for	O
defining	O
1-many	O
inter-record	O
relationships	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
direct	O
,	O
B-tree	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
hashed	B-Algorithm
record	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In-memory	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
or	O
file	O
declarations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
database	O
can	O
be	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
either	O
on-disk	O
or	O
in-memory	B-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
a	O
hybrid	O
where	O
some	O
parts	O
reside	O
in-memory	B-General_Concept
while	O
others	O
are	O
stored	O
on	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SQL	B-Language
DDL	O
Features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Declared	O
referential	B-General_Concept
integrity	I-General_Concept
support	O
automatically	O
implemented	O
using	O
RDM	O
's	O
network	B-General_Concept
model	I-General_Concept
sets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
direct	O
,	O
B-tree	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
hashed	B-Algorithm
row	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In-memory	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
or	O
table	O
declarations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtual	O
tables	O
declarations	O
that	O
provide	O
SQL	B-Language
access	O
to	O
external	O
data	O
sources	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
real-time	O
sensor	O
data	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RDM	O
's	O
encryption	O
supports	O
the	O
Rijndael/AES	B-Algorithm
encryption	O
algorithm	O
with	O
128-	O
,	O
192	O
-	O
or	O
256-bit	O
keys	O
based	O
on	O
an	O
application-specified	O
encryption	O
key	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RDM	O
also	O
provides	O
a	O
set	O
HA	O
support	O
API	B-Application
functions	I-Application
that	O
can	O
be	O
called	O
from	O
the	O
application	O
's	O
HA	O
monitor	O
to	O
monitor	O
the	O
operational	O
status	O
of	O
the	O
TFServers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Replication	B-General_Concept
is	O
similar	O
to	O
mirroring	O
but	O
it	O
not	O
really	O
intended	O
for	O
HA	O
support	O
but	O
for	O
transferring	O
all	O
or	O
,	O
more	O
likely	O
,	O
portions	O
of	O
one	O
database	O
(	O
master	O
)	O
to	O
another	O
database	O
(	O
slave	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Replication	B-General_Concept
is	O
designed	O
to	O
work	O
where	O
the	O
databases	O
are	O
not	O
necessarily	O
being	O
maintained	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
slave	O
databases	O
can	O
be	O
other	O
RDM-managed	O
databases	O
or	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
a	O
3rd-party	O
DBMS	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
RDM	O
's	O
replication	B-General_Concept
includes	O
support	O
for	O
multiple	O
master	O
to	O
single	O
slave	O
selective	O
replication	B-General_Concept
of	O
circular	O
table	O
data	O
—	O
important	O
for	O
embedded	B-Architecture
computers	I-Architecture
and	O
devices	O
at	O
the	O
edge	O
of	O
the	O
data	O
grid	O
where	O
status	O
and	O
condition	O
monitoring	O
occurs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RDM	O
also	O
provides	O
a	O
database	O
change	O
notification	O
API	B-Application
library	O
that	O
allows	O
a	O
slave	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
master	O
replication	B-General_Concept
logs	O
without	O
the	O
data	O
be	O
stored	O
and	O
managed	O
in	O
a	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
master	O
to	O
store	O
device	O
control	O
information	O
in	O
a	O
database	O
that	O
is	O
replicated	O
to	O
the	O
device	O
through	O
the	O
notification	O
API	B-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
efficiently	O
control	O
device	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RDM	O
SQL	B-Language
Programming	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
SQL	B-Language
PL	O
)	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
ansi/ISO	O
SQL	B-Language
Persistent	O
Stored	O
Modules	O
(	O
PSM	O
)	O
specification	O
(	O
ISO/IEC	O
90756-4:2011	O
+2012	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
a	O
high-level	O
language	O
in	O
which	O
stored	O
procedures	O
and	O
functions	O
can	O
be	O
written	O
,	O
compiled	O
and	O
called	O
within	O
the	O
RDM	O
SQL	B-Language
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SQL	B-Language
PL	O
is	O
a	O
computationally	O
complete	O
programming	O
language	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
RDM	O
SQL	B-Language
stored	O
routines	O
(	O
procedures	O
or	O
functions	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seamless	O
access	O
to	O
SQL	B-Language
is	O
provided	O
via	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
execute	O
most	O
SQL	B-Language
statements	O
that	O
can	O
include	O
references	O
to	O
locally	O
declared	O
variables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exception	O
handling	O
is	O
also	O
provided	O
,	O
allowing	O
handlers	O
to	O
be	O
coded	O
for	O
specific	O
or	O
classes	O
of	O
errors	O
or	O
statuses	O
returned	O
from	O
the	O
execution	O
of	O
an	O
SQL	B-Language
statement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RDM	O
SQL	B-Language
has	O
been	O
designed	O
specifically	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
important	O
features	O
of	O
RDM	O
SQL	B-Language
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Small	O
footprint	O
—	O
no	O
SQL	B-Language
views	O
or	O
security	O
is	O
provided	O
as	O
these	O
are	O
usually	O
unnecessary	O
in	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
apps	O
and	O
their	O
absence	O
helps	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
SQL	B-Language
footprint	O
small	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Standard	O
SQL	B-Language
transaction	O
and	O
referential	B-General_Concept
integrity	I-General_Concept
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SQL	B-Language
system	O
catalog	O
and	O
stored	O
procedures	O
can	O
be	O
stored	O
in	O
a	O
file	O
or	O
as	O
statically	O
declared	O
data	O
structures	O
in	O
C	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
variety	O
of	O
table	O
access	O
methods	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
consideration	O
by	O
the	O
optimizer	O
:	O
direct	O
row	O
access	O
(	O
through	O
rowid	O
primarykeys	O
)	O
,	O
optimal	O
primary/foreign	O
key	O
join	O
access	O
through	O
network	B-General_Concept
model	I-General_Concept
sets	O
,	O
B-tree	B-Architecture
and	O
hash	O
indexes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ability	O
to	O
extend	O
SQL	B-Language
capabilities	O
through	O
C-based	O
user-defined	O
scalar	O
and	O
aggregate	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ability	O
to	O
extend	O
SQL	B-Language
capabilities	O
through	O
C-based	O
user-defined	O
virtual	O
table	O
interfaces	O
that	O
provide	O
SQL	B-Language
access	O
to	O
external	O
data	O
sources	O
such	O
as	O
real-time	O
sensor	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ability	O
to	O
have	O
read-only	O
access	O
from	O
SQL	B-Language
to	O
a	O
non-SQL	O
(	O
i.e.	O
,	O
core	O
level	O
)	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
means	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
that	O
a	O
remote	O
RDM	O
SQL	B-Language
application	O
can	O
access	O
a	O
non-SQL	O
RDM	O
database	O
running	O
on	O
a	O
very	O
resource-restricted	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RDM	O
provides	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
that	O
allow	O
application	O
development	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
programming	O
languages	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
C	O
based	O
Cursor	O
API	B-Application
–	O
Facilitates	O
the	O
traversal	O
of	O
database	O
records	O
for	O
retrieval	O
,	O
insertion	O
,	O
update	O
and	O
removal	O
of	O
database	O
records	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Comprehensive	O
SQL	B-Language
API	B-Application
–	O
Accessed	O
internally	O
through	O
a	O
simplified	O
ODBC-like	O
API	B-Application
that	O
uses	O
a	O
Raima	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
supports	O
stored	O
procedures	O
and	O
most	O
other	O
standard	O
SQL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
SQL	B-Language
Programming	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
PL	O
)	O
API	B-Application
–	O
Allows	O
programming	O
logic	O
to	O
be	O
done	O
through	O
pure	O
SQL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
can	O
leverage	O
their	O
knowledge	O
of	O
SQL	B-Language
and	O
still	O
add	O
programming	O
conditionals	O
and	O
logic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Standards	O
Based	O
ODBC	B-Application
API	B-Application
–	O
Following	O
the	O
ODBC	B-Application
standards	O
,	O
the	O
ODBC	B-Application
API	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
so	O
developers	O
have	O
a	O
familiar	O
way	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
RDM	O
database	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JDBC	B-Language
–	O
Standard	O
JAVA	O
interface	O
to	O
the	O
RDM	O
database	O
engine	O
,	O
with	O
two	O
modes	O
of	O
operation	O
:	O
the	O
first	O
through	O
TCP/IP	O
and	O
the	O
second	O
a	O
direct	O
link	O
through	O
JNI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ADO.NET	B-Device
–	O
Standard	O
C#	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RESTful	O
–	O
The	O
REST-ful	O
API	B-Application
is	O
a	O
modern	O
API	B-Application
designed	O
for	O
application	O
developers	O
who	O
want	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
view	O
and	O
modify	O
database	O
contents	O
through	O
HTTP	O
GET	O
,	O
POST	O
,	O
PUT	O
and	O
DELETE	O
methods	O
with	O
a	O
return	O
format	O
of	O
JSON	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
an	O
administrative	O
set	O
of	O
APIs	B-Application
is	O
exposed	O
to	O
allow	O
for	O
a	O
quick	O
overview	O
of	O
the	O
whole	O
RDM	O
subsystem	O
's	O
status	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
API	B-Application
is	O
perfect	O
for	O
the	O
developer	O
who	O
is	O
interested	O
in	O
web	O
development	O
or	O
wants	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
quick	O
interface	O
to	O
an	O
RDM	O
database	O
that	O
is	O
accessible	O
on	O
any	O
platform	O
through	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Object	O
Oriented	O
C++	O
Cursor	O
API	B-Application
–	O
The	O
C++	O
API	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
while	O
providing	O
developers	O
with	O
full	O
access	O
and	O
control	O
to	O
both	O
RDM	O
’s	O
network	O
and	O
relational	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Legacy	O
Navigational	O
C	O
API	B-Application
–	O
RDM	O
’s	O
low-level	O
C	O
is	O
still	O
supported	O
,	O
with	O
minor	O
changes	O
required	O
for	O
the	O
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AIX	B-Application
PPC	O
32	O
,	O
64	O
bit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RDM	O
Core	O
includes	O
just	O
the	O
core	O
cursor	O
API	B-Application
interface	O
;	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
underlying	O
and	O
most-optimized	O
API	B-Application
designed	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
the	O
C	O
programming	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RDM	O
Enterprise	O
contains	O
both	O
the	O
core	O
cursor	O
API	B-Application
and	O
the	O
SQL	B-Language
interface	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
remaining	O
APIs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
package	O
allows	O
for	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
C#	O
ADO.NET	B-Device
interface	O
,	O
the	O
JAVA	O
JDBC	B-Language
interface	O
,	O
RESTful	O
API	B-Application
and	O
the	O
ODBC	B-Application
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
has	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
third-party	O
connectivity	O
and	O
administrative	O
tools	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
supporting	O
the	O
full	O
legacy	O
API	B-Application
from	O
previous	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
RDM	O
product	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
