Vb / FoxPro 1

[SiJP]

Forgive my genuine ignorance;

What is the point of Foxpro? From what I can see it is an application that can access data from a source such as sql.

Is that not reinventing the wheel, as VB can already do this!

Look forward to this discussion...

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[mmilan]

FoxPro is a fully fledged language in much the same manner that VB is, but with FoxPro it's also a database in it's own regard. Based on the Rushmore (i believe) database engine, it's a lot faster than access - and a hell of a lot more flexible.

I used FoxPro fairly extensively in a previous position, and I was very impressed. It blows the pants off Access...

Alas however, FoxPro is dead as a technology. MS aren't particularly interested in doing anything else with it, and now that Remote Relational Databases are more affordable (MySQL, Postgres etc...), it's time is done.

mmilan.

 

[SiJP]

Ah so its a cheaper cross between VB/SQL bundled into one, but coding in french instead of german.. interesting.

Mid range.. bit better than access.. not as expensive/fragmented as VB?

Seriously though.. I'd agree in terms of using sql/mysql etc with a vb or asp interface.. kind of negates the need for fox..

Thanks for the input!

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