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From: ardvar!krs@stag.UUCP (Kent Schumacher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Databases
Message-ID: <1989Oct16.101319.10914@stag.UUCP>
Date: 16 Oct 89 10:13:19 GMT
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[dm@pnet01.cts.com (Dan Melson) writes...]
> This is a repeated question.  I'm in the market for a database, and having no
> experience with them, would appreciate the views of the net on them.  The more
> specific and detailed, the better, of course.
>  
> I originally posted this about five days ago, and got exactly five responses,
> three of which were 'could you let me know, too'.  At this point, replies via
> either e-mail or public means are more than welcome.  Those of you who
> maintained silence for fear of deluging the recipient are hereby invited to
> attempt it.  I'll summarize the e-mail responses I get. 
>  
>                                                 DM

The most powerful data-base manager is DbMan.  Along with that go ridiculous
amounts of disk usage and access, the most pathetic user interface I've ever
seen on an ST (it's almost as bad as most PC based applications), and a
small number of bugs - some fatal - all work-aroundable.

DbMan is usable if you have a hard-drive, at least one meg of memory,
Turbo ST 1.6, and have used a PC extensively, or alternatively
you periodically hit your head against hard objects.

The only reason to buy it, is that it offers the most power to the user
of all the data-bases I have any experience with.  Try before you buy.
(Also read a magazine review and get a look at the manual). I paid
$150.00 for the thing.


  - Kent Schumacher                  /* "A member of STdNET-         */
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