James and others on this topic! We have to be fair and give Access the benefit of some + against R:Base. Pluses for Access are: 1. You don't have to defend your Choice of DB. 2. It is in ACCESS very easy by linked tables to test a new application against production data. It can of course be done in R:Base but is slightly more cumbersome!
As far as I am concerned all the other pluses are for R:Base I will only mention a few: A. I had a 2.11 R:Base application and a Access version_2 (I think) that needed upgrading and integration. R:Base was done in 150 hours going from 2.11 to 7.1 Access was done in +400 hours (not by me) going from version 2 to access 2000. (I cand add the R:Base part where actually 3 application with a total numbers of reports of 45 while the ACCESS application had 11, The number of forms in R:Base was approx 60 and in ACCESS it was around 30.) B. R:Base performance is a lot better on my small network. C. Maybe I am R:Baseified But R:Base remembers its datadictionary, while ACCESS allows you to define CUSTNO (Customer number) as TEXT 4 in one table and INTEGER in next Table and in next as MEMO (NOTE)....... (When I discussed this with a member of ACCESS fan club he voted this issue to be a plus for ACCESS <Sick>) D. In R:Base I have trained one of the girls at the Office to make add-hoc reports , for ACCESS they never managed to do the same thing despite extensive training. (Maybe this a flew of the trainer (Me)) E. My oldest Code of R:Base still running is from 1985, My oldest code from ACCESS still running is from 2004. (R:Base application was written in 1985 and ACCESS in 1995 (again not by me)) F. If you ever need to upgrade to a larger Database then R:Base turbo then I can promise going from the SQL in R:Base will make that task easy, while Going from any other DB (including ACCESS) the task will be more cumbersome! G. R:Base ROCKS for Ever! Even if I keep my socks on! Gunnar Ekblad -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of james hageman Sent: den 19 maj 2005 20:58 To: RBG7-L Mailing List Subject: [RBG7-L] - off topic I am finding myself being required to justify the use of Rbase instead of Access at this Univ. Apparently just saying it's way better, see for yourself doesn't cut it. I am looking for some help in examples of why Rbase is better and that is does use a real programming language and a list of major organizations that are using rbase. I know Razzak is doing work for the FBI and believe the US Navy. Others? Thanks much. James Hageman, CITA I University of Delaware Archives 002 Pearson Hall Newark ,DE 19716 302-831-3127 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
