Need advice from you guys

[merlin511]

What would you suggest as an database editor instead of DBU. Something easy to use and a little more "versatile".

 

[Eric1950]

Hi Merlin, Depends on what you want to do ! DBU does a wide variety of things (almost everything one can do), isn't that abusive to the user and gets the job done.

I use it constantly.. BUT, sometimes I want quick and dirty. I want to see the filelist, the structure, brows (add & delete records), zap and pack. and No access to indices. SO>.. I wrote my own.

That would be the beauty of a language !!!

That being said.. what's your list of feature functions:
Gotta Have , wanna have, nice to have...

Then it would easier to answer since no two of us answer that list the same.

 

[HotEye]

My application of choice for database maintenance is FoxPro, and it can use most of my SIxCDX index files.

It is based on the same language as Clipper (way back anyway), so most of the commands you know are available to you at the command prompt.

Multifile, multiuser (if required), indexes, relations, table edit/browse, append, delete ..., it has the lot of course as it is made for application development. You can write small (or large) prg files to automate an update process, one-off report extraction ... . I prefer FoxPro to Access because it is more like Clipper with typed commands.

Just got to remember to copy as type fox2x!

Hope that helps.

 

[circes9]

i have used a freeware program named "Use.exe" It's fast, includes common features, like browsing, reindexing (ntx), zapping, packing, etc.

 

[Rusdeen]

Dclip is also quite helpful and caters for just about everything... It allows you to choose selection criteria making it easier to do quick reports and is also helpful cause you can execute code blocks and work directly on the data. Its also allows you to write programs and execute it in the window....quite kewl

 

[Rusdeen]

Dclip is also quite helpful and caters for just about everything... It allows you to choose selection criteria making it easier to do quick reports and is also helpful cause you can execute code blocks and work directly on the data. Its also allows you to write programs and execute it in the window....