[comp.windows.ms] Databases....

dve@zooid.UUCP (David Mason) (10/29/90)

Help! Does anyone know of a good database program for Windows 3 that isn't 
expensive (less than $200) and is easy to use yet powerful!? Something along 
the lines of Q&A for DOS. Anything available or expected soon?

bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson) (11/01/90)

In article <qFksR3w163w@zooid.UUCP> dve@zooid.UUCP (David Mason) writes:
>Help! Does anyone know of a good database program for Windows 3 that isn't 
>expensive (less than $200) and is easy to use yet powerful!? Something along 
>the lines of Q&A for DOS. Anything available or expected soon?

I use Q+E which I got for about $99.  It is handy for defining (dBase and
a few other file formats), displaying, querying and editing databases under 
win3. Its report generation is simple and it has no real programming 
capability.  I like it because it is simple and quick.  However, I am
still interested in a product called Superbase2 (a larger version
called Superbase4).  Superbase2 allows windows graphics to be
inserted into the database, and costs around $200.  Just recently Borland
offered me Paradox for $149 (this is not a windows program) just for
being a Borland customer, and I am still amazed at my display of willpower 
by not buying it.  Maybe they'll do a windows versions.

Anyone else using a windows database in the range of less than $200, or
maybe even $300?  

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