Re: Midget amongst Eagles

Heinz Schmitz <HeinzSchmitz@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Gene Wirchenko wrote:

Now I am looking for a single user, relational, database with
programming language. I have a CD with Access 97, but
I don't like to turn my desk according to Bill's moods.

How about Visual FoxPro?

For home use, cost is rather prohibitive. I would consider it,
but the newest version needs WinXP, and I have still some
machine with Win98SE. And I do not like XP at all.

The latest version (9) requires either WinXP or 2000 SP 3. this
is from
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vfoxpro/bb190292.aspx

If Bill would guarantee Version 9 to run on all coming MS OSes,
starting with Win98, for the next 15 years, well, I might reconsider.

You may be able to find an earlier version Out There.

I have read some about SQL .....
I did not find a simple overview of how to set up a database, how
create a stylish report, or how to read in data from, eg, a text file.

No, it is not. SQL makes some things very quick and easy, much
more so than record-at-a-time processing.

Presently SQL looks to me like you have to know how to drive a car
to be able to learn to drive it.

Nope. It can be very simple, and fast. Some queries execute on
the order of a second. My record-at-a-time versions usually took much
longer.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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