Publications

Articles by Tom Packert
MultiValue/Pick-related articles originally written for and published in the Open Systems Database Association's newsletter.
http://www.mindspring.com/~tpackert/Articles.htm

Bakken Software Services - Tips
Offers suggestions for better use of the MultiValue/Pick query language and Pick/BASIC.
http://www.pick911.com/tips.html

B-TREE-P from Semaphore Corp in Goleta, California, USA
B-tree source code for the Pick operating system.
http://www.semaphorecorp.com/btp/btp.html

comp.databases.pick
news2mail.com makes Usenet newsgroup postings available in the form of a daily email digest, or online on the Web.
http://www.news2mail.com/comp/databases/pick.html

Computers: Universe: Life, the UniVerse, and Everything
A page from Manny Neira's personal Web site that offers an introduction to the IBM UniVerse database.
http://www.mannyneira.com/universe/

D3 Online Reference
A reference guide to the TigerLogic D3 database implemented using TigerLogic's character-based online reference material and provided by Sierra Bravo Corporation.
http://www.d3ref.com

Database Debunkings
The web site that sets matters straight by dispelling fallacies, misinformation and confusion about database management. The forum for concepts, principles and methods and their practical implications that receive little, incorrect, or no coverage from the trade media and no consideration from vendors and industry pundits.
http://www.dbdebunk.com

Database Trends and Applications by Unisphere Media, LLC in Chatham, New Jersey, USA
Provides coverage of information technology, intelligence and insight needed to conceptualize, plan, initiate, implement and manage large-scale, integrated information-rich projects.
http://www.dbta.com

IBM Database Magazine - U2 Zone
Home to the latest tips and tricks for working with IBM UniVerse and UniData data server software. Browse the latest U2 news and read technical articles for U2 DBAs, data warehousing professionals, information architects and application developers.
http://db2mag.com/U2/

IBM developerWorks - U2 Forum
Intended for developers and users of IBM UniData, UniVerse, U2 Web DE, SystemBuilder, wIntegrate, and U2.NET. The goal of the forum is to promote the exchange of ideas and solutions and foster communication between users and IBM.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=1133

IBM Software - U2 Library
Contains manuals, technical briefs, data sheets, white papers and newsletters for IBM UniData, UniVerse, SystemBuiler, RedBack, MITS and wIntegrate.
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/u2/pubs/

jBASE International - Documentation
Includes jBASE reference manuals for programmers, system administrators and Web developers.
http://www.jbase.com/support/documentation.html

MaVerick - Open Source MultiValue Database Management System
The MaVerick Maintenance Team have put a project together to produce an Open Source Multivalue Database Management System.
http://www.maverick-dbms.org

The MultiValue Community Ring
Serves the MultiValue/Pick community by offering a Web ring of interconnected sites.
http://l.webring.com/hub?ring=mvring

MVtools
Offers the source code for MVtools, MultiValue/Pick database system building software. This set of over 350 Pick/BASIC programs can be used as a full 4GL development environment, or as a subroutine library.
http://leonwooldridge.co.uk/admin/members/leonwool/mvtools/index.htm

Pick Data Dictionaries
Offers an article by Tony Smith about generic Pick dictionaries and their uses for flexible reporting.
http://www.hotpix.freeserve.co.uk/tscv/cvdict.htm

Pick Professionals
A listing of MultiValue/Pick professionals maintained by Ronald Rumpf.
http://www.pickpros.8m.com

Pick/BASIC: A Programmer's Guide
Jonathan E. Sisk's online Pick textbook.
http://www.jes.com/pb/

Programmer Tools by Tom Phillips
Offers a number of freeware programs for searching, comparing and editing MultiValue/Pick data.
http://www.tom-phillips.info

TigerLogic - Documentation Library
Contains online manuals and guides for TigerLogic (Raining Data) D3, mvBase, mvEnterprise, mvDesigner, Omnis and FlashConnect.
http://www.rainingdata.com/support/documentation/

University of Exeter - IT Services - UniVerse
Offers instructions on converting from PI/open to the IBM UniVerse database, and a number of online UniVerse 9.3.1 manuals.
http://www.its.ex.ac.uk/software/universe/

U2-Users Discussion List
Gmane mail-to-news gateway offers a convenient Web interface to read mail from the U2-Users Discussion List as if it were news.
http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.u2.general

Winter - MultiDimensional Database Management System
A free MultiValue database developed on Linux and designed around a Bytecode interpreter. Winter supports a superset of R83 Pick/BASIC syntax and intrinsics.
http://www.dargos.com/Winter