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From: wcs@cbnewsh.att.com (Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Paradox vs. Clarion Opinions Wanted
Message-ID: <1991Feb11.025108.21004@cbnewsh.att.com>
Date: 11 Feb 91 02:51:08 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs Special Services Division
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Has anyone used Paradox or Clarion?  How easy are they to program?
My wife is planning to re-do the inventory system for a local
mail-order company, and they're trying to evaluate these two products.

The system currently has non-technical users, a network of 3-4 PCs
with a hand-built screen handler and B-trieve, and a lot of APL code
expressing all sorts of random rules about products and manufacturers.
A relational system with good programming capabilities seems
like a good upgrade path.

The Paradox manual has a lot of stuff about how you can do this and that
without having to use the programming interface - does that imply that
programming it is difficult, or just that queries are easy?

		Thanks;  Bill
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				Pray for peace;
					Bill
# Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs AT&T Bell Labs 4M-312 Holmdel NJ
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