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Subject: Re: Database program for the Amiga
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Date: 16 Jun 89 23:58:19 GMT
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In article <594@bnr-fos.UUCP> protcoop@bnr-public.UUCP (Joel Avery) writes:
>to choose from.  One of the biggest names I can recall off hand is
>SuperBase, but I've never used it.  I just purchased micro-fiche

I have used SuperBase Professional. There are two versions, personal and
professional. I have never used the personal version, but it is
basically a watered down version of the more expensive professional
package.

THis is the only database I have ever used, so I cannot compare it to
other programs.
It is fairly solid, more so in the latest release. It even handle
low memory pretty well. It lets you enter any number of fileds for a
record. It allows indexing on any field, and sorting. You can
have some fields be validated (only accept certain inputs, like only
positive amounts less than 5000 divisible by 3). You can also set
up automatic computations.
With the professional version you get a forms editor and a program
editor. This allows you to make very fancy screen layouts of your
information. The forms editor can also be used to make fancy reports for
printing on your favorite printer.
With the program editor, you can write programs to
print complex reports or do complex data transformations that would
be hard to do otherwise. The language is terrible though. It seems as if
they tried hard to make it look as much like Microsloth basic as
possible, just adding keywords as neccesary to do database stuff. I
would think they would make a better language, somewhat more optimized
to database work.

A demo database that comes with it combines sound and graphics. I
have never played with the graphics part of it, but you can integrate
IFF (I think, probly) pictures + sound into a database.

Oh, it also allows encryption + password protection of data.

Overall I'd say it a fairly good program, but then I don't have any
experience with other databases on the Amiga or otherwise.
You should take a look at it though.
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