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#SQL for Amiga
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Not just an SQL interface (which implies indirect SQL access) but a fullblown
SAA compatible version of SQL will be supplied with DBASE IV and will be the
method of choice for accessing it (see DBASE IV article in June 88 issue of
computer shopper). They're promising it around August and I understand
current DBASE III users will get the upgrade for $175. SQL is a great method
of accessing databases and DB2 is getting better with each new release. An
understanding of SQL is key to access of databases in the future. This is
really the first time that all hardware and software vendors seem to be in
agreement on andard. This is less IBM's doing than the fact that E.F.Codd and
Chris Date were working for IBM when the idea of relational databases was
theorized by Codd. Boy did I go off on tangents. Anyway the new version of
Dbase sounds goo.d It would be nice to have it on my Amiga.
What do you think are the chances of Ashton Tate porting DBase to The Amiga?
Rick
If I were Ashton Tate and enough people evinced an interest in purchasing a
full blown SQL data base manager to the Amiga I would consider it. But it's a
much smaller market (even with 600,000 Amis out there) than the PC or Mac
market so I just don't know. If we had some sort of petition or something out
here to sign I'd sure sign it. The way I see it, the more SQL databases out
there the merrier.
Hi,
You said that you would sign a petition if there was one out there. Download
Ashton.txt from DL2. This is the petition for AshtonTate to port Dbase to
the Amiga. Send a copy to your local store and user's group. I would love
to have a DBMS with SQL, even if it is DBase.
Rick
Hi,
You said that you would sign a petition if there was one out there. Download
Ashton.txt from DL2. This is the petition for AshtonTate to port Dbase to
the Amiga. Send a copy to your local store and user's group. I would love
to have a DBMS with SQL, even if it is DBase.
Rick
If I were Ashton Tate and enough people evinced an interest in purchasing a
full blown SQL data base manager to the Amiga I would consider it. But it's a
much smaller market (even with 600,000 Amis out there) than the PC or Mac
market so I just don't know. If we had some sort of petition or something out
here to sign I'd sure sign it. The way I see it, the more SQL databases out
there the merrier.