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From: fischer-michael@YALE.ARPA (Michael Fischer)
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Subject: Re: is DBMAN any good ???
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Date: Mon, 16-Nov-87 21:09:07 EST
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In reply to Keith Hedger's question about DBMAN:

I have used DBMAN to implement a couple of fairly sophisticated
packages which I use all the time.  It is really a programming
language for writing database applications (similar I understand
to dBASE III), so even fairly simple things take some programming
to set up.  But the primitives are there and they work well.  Once
you have figured out how to put the pieces together, you can do
very sophisticated data entry, data validation, automatic computation
of defaults, report generation, and so forth.  You can also easily
create, combine and manipulate multiple databases, allowing one
to implement transaction logs, update files, and other standard
data processing paradigms.  On the whole I am very pleased with
it and find it to be one of the best programs that I have used on
the ST.

--Mike Fischer

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