dhosek@lucy.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) (01/21/91)
Does anybody know of a good PD/Shareware/Commercial Relational
Database for MSDOS? I'd prefer something that uses SQL and
doesn't constrain me to some stupid specialized interface (e.g.,
I'd like to be able to write my own front ends in TurboC or
somesuch.)
-dh
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dh> Does anybody know of a good PD/Shareware/Commercial Relational dh> Database for MSDOS? I'd prefer something that uses SQL and dh> doesn't constrain me to some stupid specialized interface (e.g., dh> I'd like to be able to write my own front ends in TurboC or dh> somesuch.) dh> -dh >Try dBase IV from Ashton Tate. It has a SQL interface and allows you >to run binary images, so as long as you do not get to complex in your >screen design, you should be able to use Turbo C. But the built-in >screen design tool is not that bad either. >Avg Price in Computer Shopper: ~400 dollars. >-Walden Try Clipper v5.0 that is the best software I know for data bases on the PC, I am now programming in it and I love it. It has interfaces for C and assembler built in, in fact I beleive and other compiled language file can be linked in to the application. I don't know about SQL though, I have used it on mini and mainframe systems but I have not used it on the micro yet. Clipper is a compiled language Dbase is not plus it is very slow plus Clipper runs everything that Dbase does. If you have more questions about Clipper please send e-mail? Hope this helps... -- Paul A. Reitelbach * There's a way to do it better - Computer Programmer/Analyst * find it. United States Air Force Civilian * Pentagon, Washington, D.C. * Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931)