Re: Using Borland C++ Builder

Scott, are all the folks in this newsgroup only using Access for their grocery lists?

Scott McMahan wrote in message <36dd4d1c.0_at_news.new-era.net>...
>Peggy Li (peggy17_at_netvigator.com) wrote:
>
>> Our company is asking programmer to write a database using Borland C++
>> Builder.
>
>Do you mean by "write a database": 1) "create a database program" or 2)
>"write a program that uses a database"? If it's #1, I'd suggest using
>an existing database, but if it's #2, Borland's tools are a good solution.
>
>> What about compare to
>> Viusal Basic and MS Access? Which one is better? Pls help me to solve
>> out this problem.
>
>I'm very confused by this post, because Borland C++ Builder is just a
>programming language. It has the ability to *USE* existing databases,
>but it is not a database. It comes with an InterBase thing I've never
>used, since I have DB2, but I have no idea if it is a production
>database or not. You can't compare BCB by itself to a database.
>
>As for VB, it's mostly a matter of what you know. If you know VB and
>have never used C++, you'd be committing job suicide to try to write a
>database application in C++.
>
>As for Access, it is not a good choice for anything other than your
>grocery list. It is not a production-quality relational database and
>if you try to use SQL with it, such as through an ODBC driver, you will
>quickly find the limitations.
>
>Scott
Received on Sat Mar 13 1999 - 00:00:00 CET