On 11/08/11 10:57, NoOp wrote:
On 08/10/2011 04:38 PM, Simon Cropper wrote:
...
If I could recreate my spreadsheet in a database format that allowed me
to quickly develop and easily maintain an application -- I would be
developing it now.
Pick OS
We used to sell it when I was based in Australia (McDonnell
Douglas/Microdata).
Too bad Dick Pick isn't still around :-)
I have not used Pick. I have used Revelation before, which is a
derivative of this system. Not bad but still Windows based and files in
proprietary format.
The beauty of dbase files was for a long time they were the default
'desktop' (rather than server style) database format. Information stored
in this format was accessible by a wide variety of packages (foxbase,
foxpro, dBaseIII/IV, Clipper, Paradox, ...).
Dbase files are old school now. The closest format is sqlite. This
relational database system is serverless making it portable and able to
be maintained in a similar fashion to the dissociated project based
tables that formed part of the dbase database. But alais no packages are
around that provide the functionality I desire.
Before anyone tells me I am aware of 'sqlite data browser' and sqliteman
and the firefox addon. All useful to query and maintain files but not
good for data mining or RAD.
--
Cheers Simon
Simon Cropper
Principal Consultant
Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd
PO Box 160, Sunshine, VIC
W: www.botanicusaustralia.com.au
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