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Re: What DBMS for MS-Windows Application?

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From: Patrick Deupree
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1990 20:35
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In article <15953@well.UUCP> al@well.UUCP (Alfred Fontes) writes:
}I'm looking for a database library that works well under MS-Windows.  The two 
}that I know about are Win-Trieve, made by Whitewater, and C-Trieve, sold by
}ImageSoft.  Unfortunately, I know only what I have read in advertisements.
}
Well, I would recommend WinTrieve personally.  However, to be fair, I don't
know anything about C-Trieve.

I can tell you that WinTrieve runs in such a way that it uses as little
conventional memory as possible.  Basically, WinTrieve comes with a server
that, if there is expanded memory, can be swapped out thus only taking
maybe 1 or 2K of Windows memory.  This makes it very good for running under
a system that may be somewhat tight on memory.  Other than that, WinTrieve
supports journaling, transactions, file and record level locking so that
two Windows don't try to access the same thing, and indexing on multiple
keys.

Oh, and WinTrieve comes with both a C library interface and an Actor Object
library so it is easy to use in both languages.


}What about a system that is not specifically designed
}for Windows, but comes with C source code?  Is that completely out of the
}question?

I don't know that there are any decent data managers that come with C source
code.  Most companies are kinda funny about sending their code out since they
don't want a slightly modified version of their product showing up in the
world.

}I haven't decided which language to use, but it will probably be C++ or Actor.

If you need any help deciding just give me a call at 1-800-869-1144.  You
can also send me your address and I could send you one of our full literature
packets so you could find out more about Actor, WinTrieve and The Resource
Toolkit.
-- 
"Organized fandom is composed of a bunch of nitpickers with a thing for
 trivial pursuit."
					-Harlan Ellison
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From: patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick Deupree)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.databases
Subject: Re: What DBMS for MS-Windows Application?
Keywords: database, windows, library
Message-ID: <1990Feb12.203552.28286@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 12 Feb 90 20:35:52 GMT
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Reply-To: patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick Deupree)
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Organization: The Whitewater Group, Evanston, IL
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