FairCom ISAM

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FairCom ISAM is a plug-and-play replacement for a Btrieve database. It natively supports Btrieve functionality at high speed and provides its many benefits without requiring you to rewrite any application code.

You only need to do two things:

Relink your existing application to the FairCom ISAM driver, which supports Btrieve C API opcodes, including extended functions for batch and filtering (large records are handled with blob chunk handling).
Run FairCom's command-line utility once to migrate your Btrieve files to FairCom's data file format.

FairCom ISAM breathes new life into existing applications for increased performance and modern capabilities, including SQL, JSON, messaging, event streaming, data change streaming, data replication, and more.

You can also create new applications in any programming language and use FairCom's JSON and SQL APIs to read and modify data simultaneously with existing Btrieve applications.

Getting started

Section	Description
Install FairCom products	Install, configure, start, stop, and troubleshoot FairCom products.
Administration Guide	Guide for installing and operating the FairCom server.
Quick start tutorials	Tutorials and drivers for each major programming language.

BTRV documentation

Section	Description
FairCom ISAM User Guide	Installing and configuring FairCom ISAM.
FairCom ISAM License Agreement	FairCom ISAM License Agreement.

Contact us

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FairCom ISAM modernizes Btrieve applications by replacing their record management system with FairCom's database engine, offering increased reliability, high availability, and performance without changing existing code. It allows modern systems and languages to access legacy data alongside legacy applications. FairCom RTG replaces the Btrieve file system with a database server, enabling real-time read/write access through relational and non-relational interfaces. The value proposition includes enhanced scalability, availability, encryption, data replication, hot backups, and ACID transactions. The FairCom ISAM server supports all Btrieve functionality and is invisible to existing applications. Users can also create new applications using FairCom's JSON and SQL APIs. Documentation links are provided for installation, configuration, and user guides.

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