Which Mac RDBMS best for porting from Paradox?

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2 total messages Started by Woodrow Yeung Sun, 01 Nov 1992 09:49

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Author: Woodrow Yeung
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1992 09:49

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Hi,

I may be involved in porting a large Paradox application to the Macintosh and
I like to know which Mac relational database should I use.  I like to keep the
table structure intact and minimize the amount of coding.

Thanks.

Woody Yeung
yeung@reed.edu

Re: Which Mac RDBMS best for porting from Paradox?

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Author: Brian Martin
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 12:15

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In article <1992Nov1.094931.4488@reed.edu> yeung@reed.edu (Woodrow Yeung) writes:
>Hi,
>
>I may be involved in porting a large Paradox application to the Macintosh and
>I like to know which Mac relational database should I use.  I like to keep the
>table structure intact and minimize the amount of coding.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Woody Yeung
>yeung@reed.edu

4th Dimension is your best choice for porting a large schema with minimal
coding. If the database is normalized, you'll be able to take advantage
of 4D's automatic layout creation facilities and "automatic relations".
Automatic relations perform equi-join operations on the fly, and
give 4D declarative referential integrity.

Typically, we can put together a functional database with 50 tables in
one day, all wihtout any code. This assumes that we start out with a
fully normalized schema represented with an entity-relationship diagram.

Best regards,

    Brian K. Martin, M.D.
    Martin Information Systems, Ltd.
    1103 9th Avenue, Suite 203
    Honolulu, Hawai`i 96816-2403 USA
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