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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
on Form S-3 of Ardent Software, Inc. of our report dated October 25, 1996
relating to the financial statements of Unidata, Inc., which appears in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Ardent Software, Inc. for the year ended December
31, 1998 and the S-4 registration statement relating to securities issued as
part of the merger of Prism Solutions, Inc. into Ardent, filed with the SEC on
April 5, 1999.


                                                      PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Denver, CO
August 2, 1999