At 06:37 PM 8/11/2008, Wills, Steve wrote:
However, right now I'm having trouble opening a table within Visual Studio, much less generating a result-set from RB using a query. I can define the data-source and the "Test Connection" button works fine. I can see tables and views, too. But then, when I try to execute any SQL against the RB database, I get an error about with the less-than-informative message, "This command is not supported by this provider."
Steve, To access an R:BASE Turbo V-8 database via other development tools, make sure to define a System DSN using Oterro 8.0. http://www.oterro.com/
Given my recent, infuriatingly frustrating experience JUST INSTALLING the M$ components (even with an updated and maintained Vista Ultimate), I already have an idea about why today's thread, "3 cheers for RBase", is ALL SO TRUE! Just figuring out all the right parts, their versions, and what appears to be at times their interdependent sequencing, well, it doesn't make M$ look sharp, but more outta' control and therefore passing on crazy complexity to the end-user.
Recently, I had first hand experience with a situation like yours and the one posted by Marc Schluter, with two big corporations, and I can write a book on it. I have been in the similar situation many times before. Hundreds of thousands of dollars and years of time was wasted to simply replace a rock solid R:BASE application. Would you like to know what they are using today? You guessed it .. the latest and greatest R:BASE! In any case, we mind our own business and continue to do what we have been doing for the past 10 years, and the best is yet to come. You may refer to the following two articles: . R:BASE vs. Others: http://www.rbase.com/rbg76/rbasevstheothers.pdf . Why R:BASE?: http://www.rbase.com/whyrbase/
This really struck me the other day when I ran the most recent updates of RB, which was "easy as pie".
Enjoy! Very Best R:egards, Razzak.
