Xref: utzoo comp.databases:2315 comp.sys.ibm.pc:27341 comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d:2649 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!utastro!hgcjr From: hgcjr@utastro.UUCP (Harold G. Corwin Jr.) Newsgroups: comp.databases,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Dbase compilers information Summary: Database manager with long text field Message-ID: <3785@utastro.UUCP> Date: 12 Apr 89 16:58:15 GMT References: <2430@cps3xx.UUCP> Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX Lines: 25 In article , emuleomo@yes.rutgers.edu (Emuleomo) writes: > Also, since you are thinking of compiling your code, you MUST be interested > in PERFORMANCE. > It is no secret that Foxbase+ is the fastest gun in the land!! Speaking of database managers: I'm about to embark on a cataloging project that will eventually entail working with many MB of data files, both numerical and ASCII. I'm looking for recommendations for a dBase III or IV compatible, relational, programmable database manager with at least a subset of SQL implemented, that supports IBM's high order ASCII character set, AND that supports a LONG text field (4KB or more would be fine). The text field is needed to carry along notes on the catalog entries. Since I'm running an 8MHz AT clone, some sort of optimization for speed would also be desirable (additional machine features if important: 640K base memory, 2M extended memory, 80287 coprocessor). Leading contenders so far include r:Base for DOS, Paradox (though the text field would have to be kludged from a bunch of 255B fields), and FoxBase Plus (I don't know if version 2.1 supports a text field beyond 512B). Any others that I should be thinking about? I'll summarize if there is enough interest. Many thanks! Harold Corwin -- Harold G. Corwin, Jr. UUCP: {backbonesite}!{noao,cs.utexas.edu}!utastro!hgcjr Internet: hgcjr@astro.as.utexas.edu MaBell: 512-471-7463 Astronomy Dept., RLM 15.308, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712-1083