wangfeng@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Feng-Kwei Raymond Wang) (11/10/90)
I am designing a database for my division. Basically, this database
will deal with bookkeeping and reports of billing information. It
needs simple searches for records, heavy calculations and lots of
cross references of data among different modules.
I am currently using Double Helix 3.0 for the database design. The
software was bought when there was a very high appraisal for it two
years ago because of its icon-based style. The division though that,
after buying the software, there was no need for a programmer to do
the database design. Of course, things didn't go as they expected. I,
as a programmer, was called in to start the database design all over
again. I have done many database systems on the PC platform and am
"spoiled" by programming languages. When I first got in touch with
Double Helix, my mind get crippled. I dislike the way of
drag-and-click for programmings. Changing and rearranging the icons
for modifications is especially painful. In addition, it makes
documenting the database much more difficult. Anyway, I am suffering.
Therefore, I plan to shift the database system to the other softwares.
I have done some scripting in Hypercard. I believe all of the
functions needed in my database can be done in Hypercard. However, I am
concerned the performance. Is there any one who has done seriously
database systems in Hypercard? I highly appreciate any suggestions for
this case. Thanks.
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