Re: Data Bases

2003-10-17 Thread Ryan Schotte 
On 2003-10-17 at 08:11(GMT+0800) Peter Hinchliffe at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailed off into the ether: 

> 
> On Thursday, October 16, 2003, at 11:15 AM, John Currie wrote:
> 
> > There is another data base for the Mac besides FileMaker
> >
> > It's called Panorama and has been going since 1985   with  constant
> > improvements of course !
> >
> 
> And there's 4D, Omnis Studio, Valentina, MySQL, and more. Each is 
> powerful, each has its own learning curve, and each does something the 
> others don't. As with any software, the trick is to weigh the options, 
> make a choice and run with it.

You neglected to mention Microsoft File, the latest Microsoft database
for the Mac!

Who needs a relational database these days anyway? :)

Ry

Re: Data Bases

2003-10-17 Thread Peter Hinchliffe 


On Thursday, October 16, 2003, at 11:15 AM, John Currie wrote:


There is another data base for the Mac besides FileMaker

It's called Panorama and has been going since 1985   with  constant
improvements of course !



And there's 4D, Omnis Studio, Valentina, MySQL, and more. Each is 
powerful, each has its own learning curve, and each does something the 
others don't. As with any software, the trick is to weigh the options, 
make a choice and run with it.


--
Peter Hinchliffe
Apwin Computer ServicesFileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth,  
Western Australia   Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913

   Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.

Re: Data Bases

2003-10-16 Thread John Currie 
There is another data base for the Mac besides FileMaker

It's called Panorama and has been going since 1985   with  constant
improvements of course !
RAM  based  and relational  It is blazingly fast. Requires  considerably
less space than FileMaker or any other data base for that matter.Cross
platform , the only change you need to make is add the extension .pan to
your files .I am currently running a 35,000 photographic catalog
application at the Air Force Museum at Bullcreek  with 50 fields  takes up
5 Mb  Search and select on any field takes moments.Displays jpeg images as
thumbnails or any size you choose.

Check it out at  http://www.provue.com