MetaModel Database compliancy
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It is one of the important goals of MetaModel to be compliant with as many databases and datastores as possible! We ensure a broad compliance by several initiatives:
- A broad integration test suite.
- Extensive but fault-tolerant use of the Java DataBase Connectivity (JDBC) specification.
- Use of uniform SQL-99 compliant queries.
Supported databases
Below is a list of databases that we support and continuously test for all our functionality. If you experience any issues with a supported database we will be able to help you, so post your questions and we will deal with it promptly:
| Database | Version | JDBC Driver | Compliancy |
| MySQL | 5+ | Connector/J | Fully compliant |
| PostgreSQL | 8+ | PostgreSQL JDBC Driver | Fully compliant |
| Oracle | 10g | SQLJ/JDBC | Fully compliant |
| Apache Derby aka Sun JavaDB | 10+ | Derby driver | Fully compliant |
| Firebird SQL | 2.0+ | JayBird Driver | Fully compliant |
| Hsqldb | 1.8+ | Hsqldb driver | Fully compliant |
| H2 | 1.2+ | H2 driver | Fully compliant |
| SQLite | 3.6.0+ | Xerial driver | Fully compliant |
| Microsoft SQL Server | 2005 (+ possibly others) | Official MS driver | Fully compliant |
Supported file-formats
| Format | Extension | Version | Compliancy |
| Comma-separated files | .csv | - | Fully compliant |
| Excel spreadsheets | .xls | Excel '97(-2007) | Fully compliant |
| OpenOffice.org databases | .odb | OpenOffice 2.0+ | Fully compliant |
| XML files | .xml | - | Prototype |
| Microsoft Access databases | .mdb | - | Fully compliant |
| dBase databases | .dbf | - | Fully compliant |
Unsupported but working databases
These databases are known to work fine with MetaModel but are not included in our test suites, which is why we cannot support and help you with them:
- Ingres (Look for ticket #225 for support progress)
Databases that doesn't work with MetaModel
None known yet. If you try out MetaModel and experience problems, let us know and we will see what we can do!
