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From: jean@beno.CSS.GOV (Jean Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Mac Interface to ORACLE
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Date: 21 May 91 20:11:11 GMT
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Organization: SAIC Geophysics Division, San Diego, CA
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We are looking for an interface from MacIntosh Excel to our ORACLE database
on SUN4/DEC RISC.  

Has anybody used ClearAccess (Fairfield Software) or Second Wind (Anju
Technologies)?  If you have used either of these products, I would be 
interested in the following:

    o	How good is the documentation? 
    o	How easy/comfortable is it for the database novice to use?
    o	A database expert will set up the queries initially.  How easy would
	it be for the novice to modify queries and become more independent?
    o	Any select restrictions (handles joins, subselects, etc.)?
    o	Any insert/update/delete restrictions?
    o	How robust is it on sql*net?
    o	Any restrictions that strike you as odd?

Any comments will be appreciated.  If folks email to me directly, I'll be
happy to summarize and post.

	- Jean

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