Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!outbound!patrick_meloy From: patrick_meloy@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca (Patrick Meloy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia Subject: Re: dBase in AmigaVision? Message-ID: Date: 14 Mar 91 17:49:21 GMT Organization: Outbound Communications Lines: 22 >Ok, for a project I'm working on I need to use the database capabilities of >AmigaVision. I also require that the language (DBMS) be relational. Nowhere >in the AmigaVision manual does it come right out and say that the database >used is realational and not a 'flat-file' type. Clues to it's >'relationalness' would be found in the fact that it could do joins between >tables or cartesian products. This is also not mentioned anywhere in the >manual. Can any of you folks help me out on this? Is the database in >AmigaVision relational or flat-file? Well, if you take a closer look at the AV manuals you will see that it can have up to 10 different datafiles open at a time. Couple that with the fact that its YOU who is programming the database functions and 'YES' its relational. I have my own little question for all you AV guru's out there, how da heck do you use arrayed variables in AV? (Its gotta be there somewhere, I'm just blind) --------------------------------------- | patrick_meloy@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca | | 'The Outbound' BBS Vancouver BC | ---------------------------------------