uuvince@venus.lerc.nasa.gov (Vince Scullin) (11/29/90)
I am looking for a relational database package to use as part of a project to tailor a UNIX workstation for experimental data analysis and visualization. I will be dealing with databases of up to 4 or 5 Mbytes in size. I hope to find a package with a vector, array, or blob datatype because the database records can consist of up to 10K words and I don't want or need to name them all as individual fields. I prefer to use a programmatic interface (preferably FORTRAN) to load the databases and to interface to specialized applications programs. I have received some sales literature about * Techra * TECHBASE * TekBase Kvatro A/S Minesoft, Ltd. Leading Technology Trondheim, Norway Denver, Colorado London, England I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has had experience with any of these database products. The workstation for this project will be a Sun Sparcstation 1+ . I would also be interested in suggestions of other database products which might be applicable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Vince Scullin | Never attribute to malice that | | Scientific Data Applications Branch | which can be adequately explained | | NASA Lewis Research Center | by ignorance. | | Cleveland, Ohio 44135 uuvince@venus.lerc.nasa.gov (Vince Scullin) | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
eric@wdl47.wdl.fac.com (Eric Kuhnen) (11/30/90)
You might also look at Interbase. I like to think of it as the programmer's database because it isn't chromed with a useless 4GL. It does BLOB (Basic Large OBject) fields. It has a straight-forward interface in QLI and its 3GL language support is comprehensive. The product is in Version 3 mode right now. Interbase Software Corporation 209 Burlington Road Bedford, MA 01730 (617) 275-3222 "Q" (not an Interbase employee or consultant)