| Title: | DEC Rdb against the World |
| Moderator: | HERON::GODFRIND |
| Created: | Fri Jun 12 1987 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Feb 23 1995 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1348 |
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Note 363.0 Need info on Dataflex No replies
KOZY::STEWART 12 lines 10-APR-1992 09:57
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I am in need of information on Dataflex database and product set for a
local customer. They are looking for a white paper comparing RDB to
Dataflex. Everybody wants white papers. They must think that we are a
publisher and not a Hardware opps thats software company.
Any info or pointers to Dataflex is appreciated.
Thanks,
John
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| 1135.1 | You want what?! | TRCOA::MCMULLEN | Ken McMullen | Mon Apr 13 1992 15:38 | 10 |
John,
Get a life, or some customers with some real database products. At the
next IM partners meeting we will have to give you some sort of award
for wanting information on database products that must be only sold in
the Detroit area.
good luck buddy,
kbm
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| 1135.2 | Apples and brocolli?? :) | COOKIE::OAKEY | Picard/Riker '92 | Tue Apr 14 1992 01:35 | 32 |
� <<< Note 1135.0 by KOZY::STEWART >>> � John, Is DataFlex a PC-based database product? (I wondered since you also had asked about FoxPro.) Comparing any PC-based db product and Rdb is going to be very difficult... (imho). The PC-based products tend to be very strongly oriented toward the user interface. Many of them share the same file form (such as either Paradox or Dbase). Engine features tend to be, particularily in the earlier versions, not the focal point of the product (ie, data integrity, recovery, constraints, etc. just weren't there) Some of the multi-user engines are beginning to offer isolation levels and their database engines are starting to work within the ACID definitions, but early versions didn't really do this. Their strengths tend to lean more towards the UI, QBE (query by example), QBF (query by form), easy, fast, slick reports. Many of them are just now starting to offer SQL as an optional UI. Rdb on the other hand, focuses very strongly on the engine. If you want slick UIs, you need to look at other products since Rdb (by itself) just don't have one (I don't know about you but I sure wouldn't consider SQL a slick UI :). But, if you want a robust, good performer with excellent data integrity features and slick data management (horizontal partitioning, clustering of data and indexes, etc), Rdb does that very well. We might be able to offer a better suggestion and/or comparison if you could provide some idea of the environment that these products will be used it... on PCs? (maybe SQL Services can be part of the solution) | |||||
| 1135.3 | Dataflex for portable applications | SMEGIT::MARTIN | Thu Apr 16 1992 23:26 | 12 | |
See notes 831.* in RANGER::IMBPC-92. I will also echo the thinking in -.1
here. One of the features for software developers in Dataflex is that
they operate on 50 different platforms. Porting applications is
straightforward for the developers to satisfy many customers.
There is an article also in the mid-April issue of PC Magazine
comparing database software for PCs, and Dataflex is one. Many small
to medium sized companies are developing data base applications from this
end of the technology spectrum as are F1000 departments. Millions of
users and developers exist in this sphere.
Good luck.
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