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From: v105mahs@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Peter P Donohue)
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Subject: program to use (Clipper or dBase)
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Date: 30 Aug 90 15:14:17 GMT
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   I am going to have to work on a MS-DOS PC-based database project 
later this semester and was wondering which program to use.  A short 
while ago I was given Clipper as a gift, but have never used it.  On 
the LAN at school, they use and support dBase IV (which I have also 
never used), but there is usually a wait to get on a computer.
   Other than the fact that Clipper is compileable, how different is it
from dBase?  If I create the program in Clipper and give the teacher the 
code, is it similar enough to dBase that he could understand it (he 
hasn't used Clipper before)?  The assignment shouldn't be too involved 
(the dBase section is only about one-quarter of the course).
   I realize that these are hypothetic questions and apologize for any
vagueness.  Thank you in advance for your help.

						Pete

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