<s>
The	O
SQL	B-Language
Access	I-Language
Group	I-Language
(	O
SAG	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
software	O
companies	O
that	O
was	O
formed	O
in	O
1989	O
to	O
define	O
and	O
promote	O
standards	O
for	O
database	O
portability	O
and	O
interoperability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initial	O
members	O
were	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
,	O
Informix	O
,	O
Ingres	B-Application
,	O
DEC	O
,	O
Tandem	O
,	O
Sun	O
and	O
HP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SAG	O
started	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
SQL	B-Language
Call	O
Level	O
Interface	O
which	O
later	O
was	O
published	O
as	O
an	O
X/Open	O
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
version	O
1.0	O
of	O
ODBC	O
which	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
X/Open	O
SQL	B-Language
CLI	O
specification	O
.	O
</s>
