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From: terry@wolves.uucp (Terry L Parker)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: FoxPro
Message-ID: <1990Aug10.202029.15602@wolves.uucp>
Date: 10 Aug 90 20:20:29 GMT
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In <1052@ocsmd.ocs.com> glenn@ocsmd.ocs.com (Glenn Ford) writes:

>I would like to find out some more information on FoxPro from anyone
>out there who has used it.  A little while ago I posted a message about
>Oracles inability to use a LONG field in an application.  Well, Foxpro
>can do this.  Now, my question is what can Oracle do that Foxpro
>can't do?  Can FoxPro do search on multiple fields in a record? across
>tables? etc... thanks.

Foxpro can search on multiple fields in a record (you create an index that     
consists of a multiple-field key).  It will not automatically search across
multiple tables, but that is easy enough to program.

Foxpro is a (great) superset of the dBase/Foxbase/dBase IV languages.  I
have been programming in xbase languages since '82 and am nuts about 
Foxpro.  Be warned though, that it is a language.  While it has a user
interface with which you can perform data management tasks, its real
power lies in writing specific applications using the Foxpro language.

If you have any other specific questions, feel free to toss them out.

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