[Coco] OS-9 Databases

[Stephen H. Fischer]

Hi,

> it was abominably slow.

Yes it was when sorting the indexes which you had to do often.

One great point with Sculptor, no index sorting was ever necessary. And you 
never lost data.

SHF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Hughes" <michae9593 at aol.com>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] OS-9 Databases


>
> I don't have any information as to version number as the only thing 
> currently in my possession is the manual with an addendum sheet. Nowhere 
> in that does any version number appear.  I vaguely remember that the 
> reason I did not pursue learning its version of a "database" was that it 
> was abominably slow.  Whether its failure to meet my needs resulted in 
> data loss or not, I never got deep enough into it to find out.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen H. Fischer <SFischer1 at Mindspring.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sun, Sep 9, 2012 11:52 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] OS-9 Databases
>
>
> Hi,
>
>> it wasn't very practical for an actual "mid-sized" database.
>
> It sure was not, it destroyed your data.
>
> I cannot even find my second version, or did they just keep adding only to
> the right most field? RTSI has .03, I have .05, .06 handy.
>
> O16_1 Data Master v01.00.06
>
> SHF
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Hughes" <michae9593 at aol.com>
> To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 8:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] OS-9 Databases
>
>
>>
>> I had a copy  of a program by Computerware called DATA MASTER for OS-9
>> Level II.  I don't know what I did with it, but I remember that my
>> impression was that this database was an attempt to shoehorn a UNIX
>> database into the comparitively restrictive environment of OS-9.  I
>> remember it as a good introduction to the field of databases, but because
>> of memory restrictions, it wasn't very practical for an actual 
>> "mid-sized"
>> database.
>>
>
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