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From: jec@nesac2.UUCP (John Carter ATLN SADM)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: PC database product opinions requested
Summary: a problem that has a solution
Message-ID: <1411@nesac2.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jan 89 03:03:32 GMT
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In article <8685@alice.UUCP>, debra@alice.UUCP (Paul De Bra) writes:
> In article <gables.426@umigw.miami.edu> slores%gables.span@umigw.miami.edu (Stanislaw L. Olejniczak) writes:
] ]This is a request for opinions about dBase III + (IV ok) vs. Paradox.  I have a
] ]small applications that will grow with time.  The users are about as naive as
] ]they come.  The appilications will have two sugnificant features:
] ]large files (zilions of records)
] ]four files now, up to eight later, from which information will have to be
] ]extracted.
] ]The whole thing has to run on a PC (large disk).
] ]...
] 
] If with a PC you mean that it has to run DOS, the large disk may not be very
] helpful, as each partition can be only about 30 Mbytes or so. So your database
] (even just one of the eight files) may not fit in one partition.
] 
] For zilions of records you may need a database that runs on Unix (Xenix),
] so both dBase III+ and paradox are out.
] 
] Paul.

Several vendors have software that 'fixes' the 32meg partition problem under
DOS.  Partitions of 280megs are mentioned in some of the ads.
dBASE can handle something like 16 million records (per database).

It's 10pm on Saturday night, all my reference docs are at the office, and this
comes with no warranty or guarantee whatever.
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