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From: bmartin@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Brian Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Info about database software needed
Message-ID: <10560@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
Date: 9 Dec 90 03:47:00 GMT
References: <702@nih-csl.nih.gov>
Reply-To: martin@medix.pegasus.com
Organization: University of Hawaii
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In article <702@nih-csl.nih.gov> foley@helix.nih.gov (Charles K. Foley) writes:
>Problem:
>
>I presently use Excel 2.2 for managing scientific data.  Lately I have
>been wondering if a database would better suit my data management needs.
>I have done some research on available database software for the 
>Macintosh and it appears that 4th Dimension is the top rated program.
>In reading about the database software, it appears one needs to be
>able to do some programming to get the program to conduct searches.

Switch to 4D. The searching, sorting and reporting capabilities are
unmatched.  I have all cases from the Hawaii Tumor Registry up through
1988 on my mac II in a 4D database. I use 4D to create crosstabs and
datasets which I then transfer to one of my statistics packages or my
spreadsheet for analysis.

Best regards,

    Brian K. Martin, M.D.
    1103 9th Avenue, Suite 203
    Honolulu, Hawai`i 96816-2403
    Voice (808) 733-2003
    Fax (808) 733-2011

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