[Coco] OS-9 Databases

[Stephen H. Fischer]

Hi,

Sculptor is the ONLY data base for OS-9 that will not lose data, it is 
reliable unlike another attractive looking database program that will trash 
your data when you enter it.

DataMaster index sorts are way to slow for lots of data, small ones OK. That 
program needs to be disassembled and patched as it would attract lots of 
causal OS-9 users.

The serious OS-9 database programmers will have a learning curve for 
Sculptor and it requires some tricks to import large amounts of data. Do not 
waste your time with other database programs on OS-9. I have the MSDOS 
version also. Index sorts are not needed. Lots more information is available 
for Sculptor online. A more modern GUI needs to be written for it, I looked 
at that until ...

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Having said that, the ONLY database program I use and would consider using 
is PARADOX.

The Borland programmers were several steps ahead of the rest of the world 
and were cut down by Lotus destroying them with lawyers.

I have no trouble creating databases with 60K - 200K entries very quickly 
and need to do very little programming as interactive PARADOX is so rich in 
capabilities. Collecting and making useful the huge number of CoCo OS-9 
files on the web, a piece of cake.

Lots of people earn a good living using PARADOX.

A database program that is so powerful and so easy to use must be a 
"paradox".

Sorry, MSDOS to W7 only for PARADOX. You may have to purchase a counterfeit 
version and still it will be $$.

?

This web site sells counterfeit software along with other sites:

http://www.everythingoutlet.com/p_5289SFT_Corel-WordPerfect-Office-X4-Professional.html

http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3848226/SIIA+Adobe+Take+Online+Pirates+to+Court.htm

?

I have used ~ thirteen (13) database programs and Tsunami (PARADOX 10's 
other name) is the last one I will look at.

SHF


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rogelio Perea" <os9dude at gmail.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 6:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] OS-9 Databases


> On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>
> AFAIK, Profile was the only thing that could be called a database.  It was
>> firesaled out at $9.95 at least 15 years ago, but I've no clue if anyone
>> ever dissed it to get srcs or not.
>>
>> Does anybody else know any more?
>>
>
> What about Sculptor? I have never played with the software but I remember
> reading quite a bit in The Rainbow and other CoCo oriented online venues.
> Seems to be quite a powerful package from what I recall, maybe I should
> give it a spin as it is available for download:
>
> ftp://maltedmedia.com/coco/SOFTWARE/DISK/Applications/Sculptor%20%28coco%203%29/
>
>
> -- RP