On 11/21/06, Ted Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have not been able to test Valentina to see it's capabilities and to see if it is as user friendly as Rev,
Unfortunately nothing is as user friendly as Rev, I think maybe you should asking whether it is as user friendly as mySQL, Excel or Oracle. What I will say is that it has a very good user list like this one, and I have it on very good authority, Lynn Fredricks if I recall correctly, that they keep Ruslan Zasukhin on a caffeine drip so that he can answer any and every call for help. On this list there are regular moans that we don't see enough posts from the Rev Honchos, although that is improving with Lynn's frequent posts. Not so on the Valentina lists, Ruslan (owner, brains and driving force behind Valentina) seems to post 24hr a day 7 days a week. as well as, if I do not buy it at the same
time I will have to pay more for it. Anyone have any thoughts about whether I should buy it or not? Or is there another database solution that would be simple for a newbie to learn that would be worth while to look at?
Your sign off didn't include company contact details so it's hard to tell whether you are a hobbiest, a professional programmer looking for another tool in their toolbox, or a company looking for a solution. Each of these will have a vastly different price/performance ratio. I'm a hobbiest so 'FREE' is always a draw card. I've used Rev with mySQL and found it an excellent combination. As my databases are for me I have no licensing issues with mySQL, if your databases are headed elsewhere I believe licensing can be a headache. If you go this route and your on a Mac, get yourself CocoaMySQL-SBG, it eliminates lots of the guess work - is it the DB engine, my DB, my data, my code or Rev that's not working?. Fortunately you appear to be in the market for Rev at the right time. My understanding is that if you buy before Dec 1, then you'll be entitled to the next update (Lynn, Heather, correct me if I'm wrong) which will include AltSQLite. If you're a hobbiest, or you're looking for a embedded database (single user) solution, this is great - one of the reason I've just forked over for another year's renewal:-) Chipp will probably tell you that AltSQLite is as easy to learn as Rev, I wouldn't know I haven't used it, yet, but when the new Rev is out and I do get to give AltSQLite a spin, I know that if I hit any walls this list will provide the answers. Which finally brings us to Valentina. As a hobbiest, the price, not the product, makes it a less likely choice. But if you go the package you mentioned, which includes Valentina Studio, you'd have a good stepping off point. I tested 1.11 which didn't come with Val Studio so it made tracking down errors very difficult. Val Studio is like CocoaMySQL-SBG, it can help quickly locate the source of errors. And again, the on list support is excellent. If your needs are more professional then that's out of my league to answer and I guess you'd need to provide a little more details: embedded, client-server, 5 users or 5000 users, 5k records or 5m and what are you currently using/familiar with. I've probably given you more questions than answers, and the clocks still ticking:-) _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
