IMHO..... They are very similar, with hundreds of differences - whether any are significant to you depends on where you're coming from and what you want to do.
They are both M/value (Pick-like, post-relational, NFNN ...) multi-user databases running on *nix or Windows servers. They have an embedded programming language (a form of Basic), a proprietary command and enquiry interface and support for SQL. There are some differences in the way in which they administer files (tables) and in the syntax of the user interface. UniVerse has a number of flavours (Pick, Prime Information, vanilla...) with syntactical differences to assist users who have migrated from particular platforms. Unidata does not have such differences. Both provide support for client-server architecture, xml, web, odbc etc ... and there are plenty on this list who can answer specific questions on these areas. I switch between the two as a multi-site developer three or four times a day and barely notice it most of the time, but if I were a single-site developer looking to maximise performance or functionality of a single system I'm sure I'd be doing things on one that the other did differently. Where are you coming from and where do you wish to go (probably in your original post but I no longer have that, sorry) Piers - Yes, it does. But we've strayed considerably from my original question which was: What's the difference between UniVerse and UniData? -- Bob Little Graphik Dimensions, Ltd. High Point, NC ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
