Gupta Ships Quest 2.1 and a New Product, Quest Reporter

New forms capability and business graphics add to Quest's abilities as a
'data management' tool for end users

Menlo Park, Calif., January 17, 1994--Gupta Corporation (NASDAQ: GPTA),
today announced the shipment of Quest 2.1; an enhanced version of the
leading client/server data management tool for end-users that includes a
new interface for entering and querying data via forms, support for
business graphics and a Query Estimator feature. The addition of forms and
graphics boosts Quest's query and reporting abilities and makes the
product a complete personal data management system for end-users to easily
create sophisticated queries, forms, reports and charts without knowing
SQL Gupta also announced Quest Reporter, a streamlined version of Quest
that provides the power of Quest via full query and reporting
capabilities, while preserving database security.

Gupta has introduced Quest Reporter in order to better meet customer needs
by providing the right tool for the right job for the right user. Quest
Reporter 2.1 gives end users the ability to query data, build reports, run
forms and create charts in a graphical environment without the ability to
change the back-end database. MIS can rest easy with the knowledge that
end users can easily and directly access and analyze corporate data, an
important requirement in today's streamlined office environment, with no
chance of breaching database security since users cannot update the
database. With the addition of Quest Reporter to Gupta's other line of
tools including SQLWindows and Quest, Gupta offers a complete and scalable
set of products--from the simple data management abilities provided by
Quest and now Quest Reporter to the complex application development
abilities provided by SQLWindows.

Quest 2.1 is a client/server data management tool for end-users and
developers that provides a richer end-user environment. Quest includes all
the functionality of Quest Reporter plus 'write access' to the database, a
SQL activity for SQL-literate users who want to type in . interactive SQL
commands, the ability for users with proper authority levels to browse
system catalog information, and a form activity which enables the end-user
to create and run forms interfaces against all leading back-end
databases.

"Quest was the first Windows-based client/server query and reporting tool
when we introduced it in 1991. SQLWindows 4.0 pioneered end-user
involvement in client/server application development when it added the
ability to integrate objects created by Quest users. This synergy in our
family of integrated products lets developers use SQLWindows and Quest for
Joint Application Development," said Umang P. Gupta, president and CEO of
Gupta Corporation.

New business graphics in Quest 2.1 include line, bar and pie charts, and
specialized charts such as high-low-close and log-line. Graphs are created
automatically and are easily customized with an intuitive interface. Quest
2.1 can generate a wide range of reports including ad-hoc, cross-tabular,
two-pass total, conditional input and canned reports.

Quest and Quest Reporter include a new Query Estimator feature that allows
MIS to set the maximum number of rows that can be accessed in a query. As
end users obtain access to larger and larger databases, this becomes an
increasingly important feature necessary to minimize network traffic and
CPU time.

Objects built with Quest and Quest Reporter can easily be integrated into
applications developed with Gupta SQLWindows. The integration between
Quest and SQLWindows promotes Joint Application Development (JAD), a
method by which end users and programmers cooperate in the application
development process. By involving end-users in the development cycle more
useful applications are delivered faster. With Quest's easy-to-use
interface, users can quickly build sophisticated objects without involving
MIS. MIS staff can integrate these objects into their SQLWindows
applications without having to rewrite code. In addition to shorter
development cycles, JAD using SQLWindows and Quest results in higher
quality applications with fully tested and reusable objects, and a more
consistent company-wide user interface.

Quest and Quest Reporter each include a single-user copy of Gupta's SQLBase
for Engine for Windows, which gives users the ability to manage local
databases (if permitted to do so by MIS). SQLBase's catalog caching lowers
response time when accessing the database server, increases performance
and cuts network traffic. The inclusion of SQLBase also gives users a good
learning tool lessening the need to log on to a production server to
perform data activities.

Quest and Quest Reporter can be used with all major RDBMSs.

Availability and Pricing

Quest is currently shipping and has a special promotional price of $295.00
until March 31, 1994 in the U.S. and Canada. After that date Quest will be
priced at $495.00. Quest Reporter will ship in February 1994 and will have
an introductory price of $149.00 until March 31, 1994 in the U.S. and
Canada After that date Quest Reporter will be priced at $250.00. For large
sites, a 50-pack of Quest Reporter will be available for $5,000.00.
Registered users of Quest 2.0 will be able to upgrade to Quest 2.1 free of
charge.

About Gupta Corporation

Gupta Corporation (NASDAQ:GPTA), founded in 1984, is a leading provider of
PC client/server system software. Gupta's products (SQLWindows, Quest,
SQLBase and SQLNetwork) are used by Fortune 1000 companies to
downsize/rightsize their applications to PC networks and the enterprise.
The company's Windows tool product, Gupta SQLWindows, is the most robust
and popular PC client/server development tool in the world. Over 70,000
copies of its tools software (SQLWindows and Quest) and over 100,000
copies of SQLBase have been sold worldwide. Gupta had '92 revenues of
$32.5 million.

Gupta Corp, 1060 Marsh Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025
415-321-9500;  Fax: 415-321-5471

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