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- From: TONY@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Tony Roder)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases
- Subject: Re: Looking for a database (I'm a nonprogrammer..)
- Message-ID: <92227.104433TONY@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
- Date: 14 Aug 92 18:44:33 GMT
- Article-I.D.: SLACVM.92227.104433TONY
- References: <BsJ3I3.1tx@cs.dal.ca>
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- Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
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- In article <BsJ3I3.1tx@cs.dal.ca>, goldrick@ug.cs.dal.ca (Majeed Goldrick)
- says:
- >
- >I am looking for a very rudimentary database program with an idiot-proof
- >user interface. The data entry screen(s) should be able to be set up
- >much like a printed page - it could be character-based or WYSIWYG
- >(Windows programs are O.K.). This primary interface form should be able
- >to be cross referenced against other forms with related information (I
- >guess this is where relational database comes from??). For example,
-
- I recommend Alpha Four. It's a very user-friendly, menu-driven relational
- db program with which I've had satisfactory experience. Available from
- Egghead [800-EGGHEAD] at $95 for the 'upgrade' version, i.e. if you send
- the title page of any other db program or program that has db capabilities.
- Egghead will explain it better than this. Hope it's also available in
- Canada....
-
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- Tony Roder, speaking his mind .....
-