Re: Database Alternatives (Chris Stebbing)

2007-01-23 Thread John Wilson
> Hi All, > > I've avoided using SQL now for many years as I really don't want to > spend the time to learn that stuff. Flat files or a simple > master-detail are really good enough for me. > > But... I need an alternative. I've been using Absolute database but > their filtering performance

Re: ASP.NET / ADO.NET query parameters by name

2007-01-25 Thread John Wilson
> Hello everyone. > > I'm learning ASP.NET and in the process I need to learn ADO.NET; The > syntax for defining and using a SQL query that makes use of parameters > seems really difficult to me, so I hope I'm actually missing something. > > This is what I'm doing now: > > procedure Test; > v

RE: FoxPro compatible DBF library

2007-02-02 Thread John Wilson
Hi I can also suggest the XBase DSN components from http://www.gwacc.com/software-details-xbasedsn.htm These allow you to set up a datasource name (DSN) to make access easy with the built in Microsoft ADO/ODBC drivers with things like Clipper, FoxPro, DBase and others. There's components ther