Re: [Sheflug] Databases

[Matthew Collins <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 08:41:02AM +0100, Peter Collier wrote:
> Help please,
>                     I have in the past worked with dBase 3+, foxpro, 
> paradox, etc, (yes I know,  DOS & Win programs)  creating input forms 
> and reports as required for job. I've had a quick look at adabas, mysql 
> etc, but I haven't been able to get the guist of them. They give me the 
> impression of being something totally diferent and not very self 
> explanatory. Perhaps I'm not reading and studying them hard enough. Is 
> there something under linux which I have been used to, or, do you 
> recommend that I study one of the above linux programs from scratch.
>                                                                       
> Your comments please.
>                                                                         
>                                         Peter Collier
> 

Depends on what you want to do. If you want to learn sql, then go with one
of the big database engines that other people have mentioned.
If you just want a dbase clone, then I don't think there is anything. If you
are interested in using dbase style development, then there is the
Harbour-project (http://www.habour-project.org/) They are re-writing the
Clipper language. They are very far along already, and the language is
usable. It is cross-platform, so it runs on Dos, Win, Linux, OS/2 & BeOS.
Incase you don't know. CA-Clipper started life as a compiler for DBase, but
has grown to be alot more. Harbour is an implementation of the language
(Clipper) using open source.
I've used it, and once you can get the thing to compile, its good.

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