Can I use AppComposer with relational databases without licensing the DigiSlice SQL components?
Yes. If you know SQL and JDBC, it is as easy to access a relational database from AppComposer as you would from any Java program. The main benefit of the SQL beans is that they build SQL statements for you automatically, using a visual interface. This is functionality will be familiar to people who have used commercial products like Sybase’s PowerBuilder. The SQL components also present a component interface that makes it much easier to access data from an SQL query. The whole point of components is that they make it faster and easier to build your application, rather than writing that functionality yourself. The power of AppComposer is that you can create any Java program in AppComposer, whether you have components or not. Of course, components will make your life easier, but if you don’t have the needed components, or don’t want to pay for them, you can always write them yourself. AppComposer has a unique feature that allows you to write scripts directly in Java, so you can always cr
