Re: DB design

Mark C. Stock wrote:
> "Frank van Bortel" <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:du51n8$jo3$1_at_news2.zwoll1.ov.home.nl...
> : Mark C. Stock wrote:
> :
> : > i was with oracle consulting 87-91... i'm thinking the first release of
> the
> : > E/R diagrammer was around '88.. my CASE*Method Tasks and Deliverables
> : > handbook has a 12/88 revision date, and mentions CASE*Designer as an
> Oracle
> : > trademark.
> : >
> : > ++ mcs
> : >
> :
> : My CASE*Method books are (c) 1990 and 1992. ;(
> : Does a 1988 book on IEF (James Martins IEM by TI) count?
> : Forms design (and server side objects) was still SQL*Forms 3,
> : character based. Those were the days, huh?
> : --
> : Regards,
> : Frank van Bortel
> :
> : Top-posting is one way to shut me up...
>
> and you get extra credit for the original name of SQL*Forms (prior to
> version 1)
>
> ++ mcs
>
>

Pass - my earliest version van 2.0, quickly superseded by 2.3. Did work RPT/RPF long time, and UFI, the "User Friendly Interface".

For those youngsters, that do not know what it looked like, here it is:

+--------------------------+
|                          |
|                          |
|                          |
|                          |
|                          |
|UFI>                      |
+--------------------------+

You will all recognize a full, black screen with the word UFI in this artwork :)

-- 
Regards,
Frank van Bortel

Top-posting is one way to shut me up...