Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!pilchuck!ssc!fyl From: fyl@ssc.UUCP (Phil Hughes) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: Query: db_Vista (some answers) Message-ID: <1024@ssc.UUCP> Date: 4 Feb 88 00:02:04 GMT References: Organization: Slugland, USA Lines: 20 I played with db_vista about 2 years ago. It does what they say but we decided that it would be too much work to implement what we wanted. At the time there was no query language but that wasn't the real problem. It would have taken up a lot of time to set up screens. We have (and even sell) a product called Zebu which creates screens and will access a file with two record types and one key. The application I wanted to write was a rather fancy system to handle inquiries, letter writing, followups, mailing, ... All the stuff you would expect for a mail order business. After playing with db_Vista for a while, I got a test version of Progress. It also runs under DOS, UNIX and VMS. The ease of creating screens and reports in Progress convinced me to go with it. If I was making an imbedded application that I expected to sell in volume, the decision would have been different but for a one-time system Progress was worth it. By the way, Raima has a 30 day evaluation agreement so you can get db_Vista, try it and send it back if you don't like it. -- Phil uunet!pilchuck!ssc!fyl