John, what are your reasons for wanting to change?
Personally I use DBISAM (commercial database, non-BDE, supports SQL) for
small applications especially where the distribution also needs to be small.
For larger databases I would go for Interbase 6 - It's open source now. With
Delphi 5 Pro you can use the new IBX components and avoid the BDE.
regards,
Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mason, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, 27 July 2000 14:23
> To: Multiple recipients of list Database
> Subject: [DUG-DB]: Database formats - which is best?
>
>
> I'm in the process of updating a program and would appreciate some
> advice on the relative merits of different database formats.
>
> I have a simple Document Management system (in Delphi 5 Pro) that uses
> flat-file databases with a maximum of about 20,000 records, used by 60
> people in our office. The databases are currently dBase III format. I
> was considering changing to Access, although I guess the
> other option is
> Paradox.
>
> Could anybody give me some advice on the relative merits of the
> different systems, or point me towards some discussion of the options.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> John Mason
> Sinclair Knight Merz
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