mtm@philabs.philips.com (Marie McCall) (08/30/90)
I am considering the purchase of JAM from a company called JYACC. I want
to use it to automate timecards in our office. I will be using flat
ASCII file to store the data and just wanted JAM so I don't have to use
curses. I would appreciate hearing about people's opinions on this
product or perhaps a suggestion of something else I could use. JAM is
going to cost me about $4000 to use on a Sun system. Thanks in advance!
p.s. I will be using "C" to write the code for timecards
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Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510 | | {mtm@philabs.philips.com}rad@genco.uucp (Bob Daniel) (08/31/90)
In article <107148@philabs.Philips.Com> mtm@philabs.philips.com (Marie McCall) writes: >I am considering the purchase of JAM from a company called JYACC. I want >to use it to automate timecards in our office. I will be using flat >ASCII file to store the data and just wanted JAM so I don't have to use >curses. I would appreciate hearing about people's opinions on this >product or perhaps a suggestion of something else I could use. JAM is >going to cost me about $4000 to use on a Sun system. Thanks in advance! > >p.s. I will be using "C" to write the code for timecards > > We reviewed JAM for two months as an alternative to SQL Forms in Oracle. We were impressed with the abilities of JAM and it's Data Dictionary but it didn't tie into the Oracle database in a very friendly manner. Since you are working on an ASCII file and developing in C, I think you'll find JAM an extremely powerful tool. If you plan to tie into a SQL server, it is possibly but is not very developer friendly. We decided not to go with JAM because we needed easy tie-ins to Oracle. Your project, on the other hand, sounds like it could greatly benefit from it. I found JYACC to be very friendly and helpful and they honored the 90 day trial period that we arranged. Definitely worth looking in to!