On Tue 03 Dec, Jeremy C B Nicoll wrote:
>
> In article <Marcel-1.53-1203111850-b49tRkF@...>,
> Wim Ekels <wim@...> wrote:
>
> > I've waited a bit before an answer, as I thought others would jump in.
> > I was surprised about the small amount of reactions and more surprised
> > by the very negative one.
>
> I'm not an S-Base user but I lurk here, partly because I wanted to know
> more about the product in case I ever decided to use it. The rumours
> I've read about it mostly suggest it's very complicated, and not too well
> documented.

It is not very complicated.

> BUT, maybe it's aimed at professional programmers? And maybe the doc is
> aimed at programmers too - if that's so then I'd expect "normal" users to
> feel all at sea. I guess it would also depend on how much a user or
> programmer already knew about database theory, especially how relational
> databases work.

I'm not a programmer!
Have learned some Basic ages ago, but since then never bothered to learn
anything.
S-Base can be made as easy or difficult as you like.
You can do as you want or as you need.
From a simpel complete workable database to a complicated relational
database.

Sometimes when i meet a S-base non-believer I ask him/her to send me a
CSV with on the first line the fields needed in the database and on the
second line a sample caard.

Within minutes S-Base makes the database...

Afterwards you can play with it as you like and make it more
complicated!

> --
> Jeremy C B Nicoll - my opinions are my own.
>

If I know what mechanism the 'unread'-marker of e-mails stores inside
Marcel or InetSuite, than I will be able to make my much desired small
e-mail alert application myself in S .... ;-)

regards
Wim
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