Besides full SQL support and reusability (database specifications separated from the code to make it portable across platform), there are many other features that are unique to the BEE platform, such as an automatic display paging mechanism for long query result, and a database "action" system that query and/or update the data based on the submitted form and some environmental variables.

To see an example in action, please try it out.  More details can be found from the the Database access section in the BEE User Guide.

For advanced usage of the BEE database operation, please go to the database command section in the BEE Reference manual.  There is also a dedicated section for the Database Operation.

At the moment, BEE supports:

• BEE VirtualBase (flat file or CSV)
• MySQL
• ODBC
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Oracle 8
• mSQL 
• Sybase
• InterBase
• PostgreSQL

BEE is an object-oriented language.  There is a Database Object in the Common library that you can include (include "common/dbobj.bs";).  The Database Object makes the database operation even more transparent and becomes an extendedpart of the BEE language.

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