todd@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Todd Ogasawara) (08/14/90)
My interactive sales rep just sent me some info on a dBASE-like database
for ISC UNIX 2.2 called "Recital". Has anyone out there used this
database? I had never heard of it until this morning.
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INTERNET: todd@uhccux.UHCC.HAWAII.EDUgombo@tharr.UUCP (Alun Jones) (08/16/90)
In article <8977@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> todd@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Todd Ogasawara) writes: >My interactive sales rep just sent me some info on a dBASE-like database >for ISC UNIX 2.2 called "Recital". Has anyone out there used this >database? I had never heard of it until this morning. The simple answer is - yes, I have used it. The complicated answer should start with a statement that I may be biased about Recital - the company has very close links with the company I work for. I even happen to know some of their employees. That having been said, it's quite a good product on various grounds: 1) I've got a DBASE/FOXBASE application that I want put onto Recital. This is the most usual reason for people to buy Recital, as far as I can see. Recital themselves operate a porting service - send them an applicaation for dBase, and they'll port it for you (although I could be wrong on this) - at a charge, of course :) 2)I want a database that's reasonably easy to use, but powerful and programmable. Again, Recital fits the bill reasonably well here - it's faster than dBase on a similar hardware platform, it's got some nice windowing/menuing options, and for an ex-dBase programmer, it has a nice 'feel' to it. As to power, unfortunately my only comparison is with FoxBase/dBase - and the comparison is very good. I don't have any figures on me, but I'm sure Recital would be happy to talk to you about them. For my purposes, I am trying to port an application from Vax Recital to Unix Recital. The original application (Open Plan, a project management system) was on PCs. The port from Vax to Unix Recital has been quick for the main database program files - the only changes being that unix uses path names, but Vax can have logical drives, like on DOS. (In other words, the changes I had to make weren't due to Recital, but to Unix) The only part of Recital I have a major quibble about is this: Although you can automatically convert database files from dBase to Recital, there are no facilities for the opposite conversion, nor are there any to convert a Vax Recital dbf file into a Unix Recital dbf file. If you're looking just for a dBase clone with bells on (a lot of really rather good bells!), this program is good. Very good. Note the disclaimer !!!!!!!!!! These are my OWN PERSONAL VIEWS, and NOTHING TO DO WITH either RECITAL, or Welcom Software Technology. Alun Jones Unix Development Engineer Welcom Software Technology International South Bank Technopark 90 London Road London SE1 6LN (That's London, ENGLAND to you!)