Recommendations: Mac and PC DB's?

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3 total messages Started by Tony McDonald Mon, 05 Oct 1992 14:05

#457

Author: Tony McDonald
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 14:05

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Hi,
Can anyone give me some recommendations for Databases that will allow users
to access the same data from both a Mac and a PC?.

The central database file could be on a server (Novell etc) or perhaps on
one of the machines (ie PC or Mac) Hard Disks.

Thanks for any info...
Tone.

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Tony McDonald (Tone)                       Tony.McDonald@ncl.ac.uk
Computing Officer - Apple Mac Support      namm2@ncl.uk.ac
Newcastle University, NE1 7RU, UK

Re: Recommendations: Mac and PC DB's?

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Author: Geoff Lloyd Burian
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 15:36

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In article <Tony.McDonald-051092150253@launchy.ncl.ac.uk> unregistered@newcastle.ac.uk (Tony McDonald) writes:
>Hi,
>Can anyone give me some recommendations for Databases that will allow users
>to access the same data from both a Mac and a PC?.
[....]
>Thanks for any info...
>Tone.

Omnis 7 will let one access the same data from both Macs and PCs. In fact,
both platforms can run almost exactly the same program file (you need
Windows on the PC side).

Geoff Burian

Re: Recommendations: Mac and PC DB's?

#460

Author: Hades
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 20:50

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unregistered@newcastle.ac.uk (Tony McDonald) writes:

>Hi,
>Can anyone give me some recommendations for Databases that will allow users
>to access the same data from both a Mac and a PC?.

>The central database file could be on a server (Novell etc) or perhaps on
>one of the machines (ie PC or Mac) Hard Disks.

    If you have no need for complex relational set-ups then FileMaker
Pro 2.0 is the most cost-effective solution to a networked database that
can be accessed by both Macs and PCs running Windows. Otherwise your
only alternatives at the moment are Omnis 7 and Oracle, both of which
are quite expensive. If your feeling daring, you can always wait until
Microsoft releases the new version of FoxPro for both Mac and Windows.

--
-Hades (Brian V. Hughes) 
   "You know Television has gone to hell when, with every commercial,
	 you find yourself hoping to see the Energizer Bunny."

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