Or if you have a license of MSDN, and which sensible Windows platform
developer should be without? But, it is still *FREE* - you don't have to
pay royalties, etc. And not to mention you can use ADO...
Regards,
Dennis.
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nic Wise
> Sent: Tuesday, 11 April 2000 12:04
> To: Multiple recipients of list database
> Subject: RE: [DUG-DB]: What cheap databases are any good?
>
>
> No its not. Its free IF you have a license of Visual Studio
> (Enterprise, I
> think), or Office 2000 Developer edition. Neither of which are cheep.
>
> N
>
> --
> Nic Wise - 021.676.418 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] /
> Inprise/Borland New Zealand
> Is it not a foolish man, said little Woo, who keeps all his
> chickens in his
> trousers?
> For at best, will he not suffocate his chickens, and, and
> worst, will he not
> disappoint the ladies in the village? --Alexi Sayle
>
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Chuah
> > Sent: Tuesday, 11 April 2000 11:49
> > To: Multiple recipients of list database
> > Subject: RE: [DUG-DB]: What cheap databases are any good?
> >
> >
> >
> > MSDA is free. Its a full SQL server engine minus the admin tools.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dennis.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Carl Reynolds
> > > Sent: Tuesday, 11 April 2000 11:13
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list database
> > > Subject: [DUG-DB]: What cheap databases are any good?
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > I'm at a site where they're writing new Delphi apps against a
> > > grubby old
> > > Foxpro database. This is bad because the Delphi drivers for
> > > Foxpro cannot
> > > handle much in the way of queries and performance is abysmal.
> > > Apollo was
> > > investigated in an attempt to beef things up, but it suffers
> > > from the same
> > > problems and more. What is really needed is an upgrade
> to a better
> > > database. Using Delphi with Foxpro seems a bit like running
> > > Windows 2000
> > > but insisting on sticking to your old DOS-based word
> > > processing package.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately the big issue is price of site licenses.
> > > Ideally we need
> > > something free, but if not, then it has to be extremely cheap
> > > (cheapskates,
> > > I know). I've already used paradox and I'd rather use
> > > something more robust
> > > (unless it was a choice between that and Foxpro). So what
> > > are my options?
> > > What is there available that's inexpensive and yet still does
> > > the job well?
> > >
> > > All comments appreciated.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Carl
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