MACCS Database Management System Interface

MACCS-II enables direct interface with other database management systems, such as the Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) and Oracle, so that databases which contain text and numeric data for which special interfaces are normally needed can be constmcted. Eor example, an Oracle MACCS-II linked system is currendy being used by the National Institute on Dmg Abuse (113) to develop a database that will allow scientists to determine the molecular stmctures of cocaine and other controlled substances as well as designer dmgs. 

MACCS-II enables direct interface with other database management systems, such as Ihe Relational Database Management System RDBMS) and Oracle, so that databases that contain text and numeric data, for which special interfaces arc normally needed, can be constructed. 

Those parts of the pharmaceutical database which handle input and output of structural formulae, i.e., the registration of compounds, the data sheets, and part of the result output are implemented using MACCS-II. A typical data sheet output is shown in Figure 2. One of the features of MACCS-II which we heavily use is the interface to the ORACLE database management system. The example data sheet shown in Figure 2... 

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