Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cimshop!davidm From: cimshop!davidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications Subject: Re: Relational databases and "Acquisition" Message-ID: Date: 22 Jan 91 00:23:38 GMT References: Sender: davidm@cimshop.UUCP Distribution: comp Organization: Consilium Inc., Mountain View, California Lines: 27 In-reply-to: dgg@ksr.com's message of 19 Jan 91 19:55:20 GMT X-Posting-Software: GNUS 3.12 [ NNTP-based News Reader for GNU Emacs ] >>>>> On 19 Jan 91 19:55:20 GMT, dgg@ksr.com (David Grubbs) said: David> 1. Despite reading a half-dozen Amiga-oriented magazines per month, I David> still don't see any kind of professional relational database for the David> Amiga. This group (and its predecessors) occasionally collect a David> plaintive "Where is SQL?" message, but I never see an informed David> response. At this point, I know of only two "relational" database systems supporting the Amiga market (Superbase and Microfiche Filer). I am unfamiliar with the capabilities of MF. SBPro, however, seems quite powerful in its latest incarnation and has fairly good support (which seems to depend on the time of year or some such). While not "fully" relational, it does include a programming language (Basic-like), Arexx support, external (memo-type) fields that handle graphics and sound, user-definable forms and reports, etc. Where it lacks in being fully relational is no multi-field keys, some constraint checking (in the forms, though), and no data dictionary. I understand, though, that they will be bringing out Superbase Pro 4.0 for the Amiga (to bring it up to the level of their PC version) which will include support for remotely accessed databases. I don't know what the current state of that is. -- ==================================================================== David Masterson Consilium, Inc. (415) 691-6311 640 Clyde Ct. uunet!cimshop!davidm Mtn. View, CA 94043 ==================================================================== "If someone thinks they know what I said, then I didn't say it!"