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From: gsmith@umd5.umd.edu (Gordon Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Which DBMS should I switch to ? Comments pleass...
Summary: XDB 2.2
Keywords: DBMS,4GL,SQL
Message-ID: <4163@umd5.umd.edu>
Date: 22 Oct 88 14:50:04 GMT
References: <245@boake2.UUCP>
Reply-To: gsmith@umd5.umd.edu (Gordon Smith)
Distribution: comp.databases
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
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In article <245@boake2.UUCP> scott@boake2.UUCP (Scott Boake) writes:
>
>I am in the process of evaluating several data base packages for developing
>applications for clients.
>
>Packages under consideration are: (Other suggestions for packages which I
>should be looking at are welcome!)
>
>    1 - Progress
>    2 - Oracle
>    3 - Informix

     4 - XDB
    You should also consider XDB.  I have found it very easy to use,
learn and operate.


>
>We would like to have a package which meets the following criteria:
>
>    1 - Ported to many machines.  (OS other than UNIX is a plus)
       /
     \/    (check)


>    2 - 4GL with SQL available.
       /
     \/

>    3 - Easy to use report generator.
       /
     \/

>    4 - No need for C code for simple applications - but should allow
>        a "clean" intergration of C routines.  By clean I mean a well
>        thought out interface.
       /
     \/

>    5 - Control of where data files go.  (ie. split across devices,
>        works well with stateful remote file systems)
     not sure.


>    6 - Knowledgeable support staff.
       /
     \/

>    7 - A history of updates and keeping the product up to the times.
>        Or current data base was not bad 3-4 years ago but is way out of
>	date now.
       /
     \/

>    8 - Quick development time.
       /
     \/

>    9 - Works with standard UNIX development tools is a plus.  I would like
>        to be able to take the programs written in the 4GL and edit them
>        with any of the standard editors / use SCCS or RCS on them, etc.
       /
     \/

>----Scott
>
>Scott Boake                                            Small Systems Consulting
>uunet!pdn!boake2!scott                                 P.O. Box 2142
>scott@boake2                                           Pinellas Park, FL 34665


- Gordon Smith
P.S.
    Sorry about the breif nature of this message.  I know it is cheep
to use check marks, but I don't have a lot of time to write this.