pritchaj@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (John Pritchard) (02/08/90)
I have been using Superbase Personal 2.0 for about a year. While I have liked it, I would like to get more control over entry forms and reports. Looks like Superbase Professional 3 is the way to go. Does anyone know of an upgrade policy? Can I get credit for Personal?
ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (L.J.Dickey) (07/23/90)
Someone mentioned a program called SuperBase. I have not heard of this. Can anyone give me more information about this?
andyc@hplsla.HP.COM (Andy Cassino) (07/25/90)
ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (L.J.Dickey) writes: >Someone mentioned a program called SuperBase. >I have not heard of this. >Can anyone give me more information about this? ---------- Funny you should ask - I just bought a copy of SuperBase Personal II by Precision Software this weekend. I am still familiarizing myself with it. Here's what I think I have: * a fairly sophisticated, menu-driven relational data base * data is stored and accessed on disk, so the size of the database is limited not by available memory (as in, say, Base Two) but by your mass storage media * can import and export ASCII, DIF, dBase III, dBase IV and Lotus 123 files * has been implemented for Amiga, IBM PC clones, and Macintosh My impressions thus far are very positive. I think this is a MUCH more capable program than Base Two, yet you can safely ignore much of the complexity if you so wish. One thing for sure, the FILTER options are much nicer and flexible. My sole complaint so far is that the program doesn't use the built-in TOS file selector, but some custom dialogs instead. This must be a reflection of designing the program to be ported to many platforms. Oh well, that's what UIS III and the CALL_UIS.ACC are for. I don't see this as a big problem - I don't do much file manipulation when I use a database, I tend to be working with the program mostly, not the file system. The reason I chose this program is to answer some problems which Base Two has sensitized me to: 1) It can import data in many forms; Base Two can't even read in ASCII. 2) It can export to Lotus (and hence, LDW Power); Base Two can't. 3) If I move to a PC/Amiga/Mac (oh, I hope I don't have to!), I can move my data base to Superbase or dBase on those platforms. 4) It's gotta have better report generation (couldn't be worse)! If there's interest, I'll post more as I learn about it. Disclaimer: The opinions above are solely those of the author, who has no pecuniary interest in any of the companies mentioned. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Andy Cassino % % uucp: hplabs!hplsla!andyc internet: andyc@lsid.hp.com % % Hewlett-Packard Lake Stevens Instrument Division % % 8600 Soper Hill Road MS60 Everett, WA 98205-1298 % % Land-line: (206) 335-2211 % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%