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From: rb@pur-phy (Ross Bogue)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: databases
Message-ID: <1978@pur-phy>
Date: 15 Feb 89 19:35:10 GMT
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Organization: Purdue Univ. Phys Dept, W.Lafayette, IN
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My wife wants me to get a home-use database.  Nothing really exotic - just
addresses, personal info, etc.  Her immediate purpose is to extract
addresses for labeling Christmas cards.  I may eventually use it to
classify/manipulate my research datafiles.

dBase compatibility is not really required.

I know nothing about databases.  Does anybody have any recommendations?


Currently under consideration:

	SuperBase Personal:  Cheap, multifile database.  Claims to do most
	ordinary jobs.  (The upgrade, SBP2, just seems to add an editor
	and a comm program.  Why bother?)

	MicroFicheFiler Plus:  More expensive and flat file, but has a cute
	interface and an ARexx port.

Obvious question:  Is anything seriously wrong with SBP?  Is MFF+ really a
significant step up?  Is there something else I should look at instead?

Reduce net clutter:  EMail your response!

Ross Bogue
rb@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu
pur-ee!pur-phy!rb