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From: bobd@bloom.UUCP (Bob Donaldson)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Multiuser databases for Microport
Summary: Empress/32
Keywords: Database, System V, Dbase III
Message-ID: <551@bloom.UUCP>
Date: 9 Dec 88 13:13:59 GMT
References: <5175@lynx.UUCP>
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In article <5175@lynx.UUCP>, vik@lynx.uucp (Vikram Sohal) writes:
> 
>   I am interested in getting a good multiuser, general purpose database
> that will run under MicroPort System V UNIX on a 386 PC AT. It must also have
/* DELETE */
> 							One interesting thing 
> that Dbase III allows you to do is have memo fields (basically large chunks 
> of ascii text) in a database entry. I use this feature frequently to enter 
> log reports for certain entries, is this capability available on other 
> popular databases?
> 
> Any suggestions? 

Empress/32 (From Empress Software, Toronto) runs under almost ANY UNIX system,
though you should check with them to be sure it runs under MicroPort.  It also
has what you refer to as memo fields (they call them text) which allow up to
64K of ASCII text to be stored as a variable length field.  They even give
you some control over the physical layout (how much in the base record, how
much in each overflow record, etc.) which is both rare and helpful.  They
also have a bulk type which works the same way except that you can store
binary data.  This feature can be used to store small executables or word
processing documents for instance.

Other features include an active data dictionary, dynamic on-line DDL, three
levels of C interface, SQL, a good application generator, and a fairly good
report writer.

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