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From: kji@vpnet.chi.il.us (Ken Isacson)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Paradox vs. Clarion Opinions Wanted
Message-ID: <1991Feb12.013206.22962@vpnet.chi.il.us>
Date: 12 Feb 91 01:32:06 GMT
References: <1991Feb11.025108.21004@cbnewsh.att.com> <1991Feb11.163707.10213@spool.cs.wisc.edu>
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In article <1991Feb11.163707.10213@spool.cs.wisc.edu> cook@jomby.cs.wisc.edu (James Cook) writes:
>In article <1991Feb11.025108.21004@cbnewsh.att.com> wcs@cbnewsh.att.com (Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs) writes:
>>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
>>-- 
>>				Pray for peace;
>>					Bill
>># Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs AT&T Bell Labs 4M-312 Holmdel NJ
>># "I can see all Southeast Asia, I can see El Salvador, ..."
>
>Since this is described as an inventory system, I would suggest you go with 
>Clarion.  With its application generator, an experienced clarion user could
>get the framework for the inventory application up in a day or two.  I would
>also suggest that you attend your local Clarion User Group Meeting to see
>clarion in action as well as talk in detail with the users about your proposed
>project to get a better feel.  You can call Clarion and find out where and whom
>to contact to attend the local clarion user group chapter.  One previous 
>knock on clarion was its lack of an ad-hoc query facility.  There are two
>products out which help, one is a SQL interface and another is a program
>called QFILTER.  
>
>GO WITH CLARION!!!


GO WITH PARADOX, for all the above reasons as well, but PARADOX has an
excellent query facility!


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