This will be a unified front end to 17 huge databases of astronomical observations and related data.
The TMDB is essentially a web-friendly front-end to a sophisticated MSSQL server relational database (2008 R2).
There was 1) a change in local ownership of data to a centralized database, 2) a change in the computer-user interactions from a locally installed database and front-end to a web-based interface, and 3) a change in the terminology and ontologies to be used in order to become compliant with NCI terminology.
Unfortunately if you only have the front end of a database or some of the table links are no longer valid, you will get an error with those tables and not be able to import them.
Access to any individual calculation on any specific molecule however is available only via a search front-end to the database based on specified search parameters.
Adding a 3D dimension further enriches the field by enabling the research to place 3D models within such contexts, to perform viewshed analyses, and to construct spatially organized database front ends to rich collections of primary and secondary source materials.
The prototype was designed to be a front-end for a database of information about the evolution of visual rendering techniques and technologies in the arts and sciences.
As for Sybase, which has tried to differentiate itself by establishing a strong niche in the vertical markets like financial services, the HFN pickup gives the company a Web front-end to offer with its database and moves it into a higher-growth area.
Alternatively, you can use RA as a relational-algebra front-end to connect to other database servers from various vendors.
It's a front end for our database of company information (address, executives/founders, funding info, etc).
Graphical user interface (GUI) has been developed using VC++, which acts as a client at the front end, while the database developed using MS-ACCESS-XP acts as the server at the back-end.
