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From: cage@fmeed1.UUCP (Russ Cage)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Databases for MSDOS?
Summary: C-Tree
Message-ID: <9298@fmeed1.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jan 91 17:23:04 GMT
References: <700@helios.prosys.se>
Reply-To: russ@m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us (Russ Cage)
Organization: Ford Motor Co., Electronics Div., Dearborn, MI
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In article <700@helios.prosys.se> ath@prosys.se (Anders Thulin) writes:
+After having disposed of window and screen management packages, I'm on
+the lookout for database libraries for MSDOS.  Does anyone have any
+experiences?

C-Tree will do what you say you want, but C programs are not as
flexible as you might like (compared to, say, dBASE).

+	Imagine a database with library cards. The keys are
+	[1] Author, [2] Title
+
+	Now, If I had the possibility to specify the key consist both
+	of field [1] and [2] the sorting would be done automagically by
+	the database.

C-Tree will do that, no problem.
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