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From: bobm@agsm.unsw.oz
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: How good is Empress?
Message-ID: <449@agsm.unsw.oz>
Date: Wed, 18-Mar-87 08:07:37 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 18 08:07:37 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 21-Mar-87 03:07:59 EST
Organization: Australian Graduate School of Management
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   We are considering acquiring a database language to operate on a
Vax 11/780 under System 5.2.2.  The requirements are that it be used
for a mailing list database, in which there are about 1000 records of up
to 10 fields per record, which will be used to quickly extract such
data as number of records described by a logical combination of fields,
and specific fields, such as addresses or telephone numbers.
  We also run student records, which include information on enquiring,
applying, and enrolled students.  For enrolled students, we need to
keep grades by course, in such a way that we can quickly see whether a
student has fulfilled distribution requirements, or can easily select
the poorest or best students, by GPA.
  I have been following this newsgroup (and its forerunner) for some
time, but have rarely seen reference to Mistress/Empress, which has
been highly recommended.  What experience have users had with Empress?
How does it stack up against the better known databases (Ingres, Informix),
given our needs?  Any comments?  I'll post if worthwhile.
  Thanks in advance,

Robert MARKS, Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New
              South Wales, PO Box 1, Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia.

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