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From: cook@jomby.cs.wisc.edu (James Cook)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Paradox vs. Clarion Opinions Wanted
Message-ID: <1991Feb11.163707.10213@spool.cs.wisc.edu>
Date: 11 Feb 91 16:37:07 GMT
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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!!!


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