Excel DAM: DAL (Data Access Language) Is New Name for CL/1

Last reviewed: November 1, 1994
Article ID: Q70116

SUMMARY

Network Innovations (Apple) changed the name of CL/1 (Connectivity Language) to DAL (Data Access Language) in 1990.

The Microsoft Excel Data Access Macro (DAM) uses the Data Access Language to access data on mainframes.


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Last reviewed: November 1, 1994
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