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- From: veit@Unify.com (Veit Irtenkauf)
- Subject: Re: MICROSOFT ACCESS
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- References: <6515.2b25b1fe@hayes.com> <1992Dec9.102211.144@turtle.fisher.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 01:36:09 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec9.102211.144@turtle.fisher.com>, ferris@turtle.fisher.com writes:
- > In article <6515.2b25b1fe@hayes.com>, fgreene@hayes.com writes:
- > > On the principle that anytime I can buy a DBMS for $99.00 it is a bargain,
- > > I recently ordered Microsoft's new ACCESS system. Has anyone had any
- > > experience with it as of yet? How does it compare with Foxpro, Paradox,
- > > dBASE, et al?
- > >
- > I have Access. I have not used it extensively yet, but it is very impressive.
- > The underlying programming language is a variant of Visual Basic called
- > Access Basic. It appears to give you everything you need to do complex
- > database applications _BUT_ it is totally incompatible/unrelated/hostile
- > to any xBASE code you are used to.
-
- Does it support SQL as your database access language, or does it come
- with its own proprietary language?
-
- -- Veit
-
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