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From: Ron_Tarrant@mindlink.UUCP (Ron Tarrant)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: SQL RDBMS for the Amiga
Message-ID: <4575@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jan 91 01:49:20 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> Alexander Stockdale writes:
> 
> I'll save you a quarter Ron:
>    RDBMS = Relational Database Managament System
>    QBE = Query By Example
>    "graphical query front end" = an alternative to the CLI for entering
>    queries to the database.
>    "screen entry forms" = a graphical alternative to the CLI for entering
> data into the database.
>    "report generator" = a piece of software which issues queries to the
> database and formats the results according to the users specifications
> (usually to produce reports).
>    "4GL" = 4th generation language 

Hmmm, sounded more enticing when it was acronyms. Thanks.
-Ron