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'''Mimer SQL''' is an [[SQL]]-based [[relational database management system]]<ref name="footprint">{{bokref | title = Mimer SQL Technical Description | url = http://developer.mimer.com/documentation/WhitePapers/Technical_Description/MIMTECDESC.pdf | format = [[Portable Document Format|PDF]] | author= Mimer Information Technology | chapter = Technical Overview}}</ref> from the [[Sweden|Swedish]] company ''Mimer Information Technology AB'' (formerly ''Upright Database Technology AB''). It has been developed and produced since the 1970s when it was founded at the [[Uppsala University]], [[Uppsala]], [[Sweden]].
==Features==
The name "Mimer" is taken from the [[Norse mythology]], where [[Mímir|Mimer]] was the giant guarding the well of wisdom, also known as "[[Mímisbrunnr]]". Metaphorically this is what a database system is doing - managing data.▼
Mimer SQL offers a scalable and portable solution providing [[database server]]s for environments that spans from [[embedded system|embedded]] and [[real-time operating system]]s to [[enterprise systems]]. This includes platforms like [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[MacOS]], [[Linux]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[Unix]], [[OpenVMS]], and [[VxWorks]].<ref name="platforms">{{webbref | url = http://developer.mimer.com/platforms/index.tml | title = Mimer SQL Products & Platforms | work = Mimer Developers – Platforms | date = 5 May 2017}}</ref>
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Mimer SQL uses [[optimistic concurrency control]] (OCC).<ref name="JennyOmasters">{{cite web | url = http://developer.mimer.com/features/feature_15.htm | title = Transaction Concurrency - Optimistic Concurrency Control | work = Mimer Developers - Features | date = 26 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis|type=Masters|title=Comparative Study of SQL Server and Mimer SQL in Mission-Critical Systems|first=Jenny|last=Olsson|chapter=2.3|id=Mimer SQL Engine|date=2008|url=https://www.nada.kth.se/utbildning/grukth/exjobb/rapportlistor/2004/rapporter04/olsson_jenny_04133.pdf|dead-url=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015185627/https://www.nada.kth.se/utbildning/grukth/exjobb/rapportlistor/2004/rapporter04/olsson_jenny_04133.pdf|archive-date=15 October 2008}}</ref>
==Etymology==
▲The name "Mimer" is taken from the [[Norse mythology]], where [[Mímir|Mimer]] was the giant guarding the well of wisdom, also known as "[[Mímisbrunnr]]". Metaphorically this is what a database system is doing - managing data.
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