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On 11/08/11 10:57, NoOp wrote:
On 08/10/2011 04:38 PM, Simon Cropper wrote:
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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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