Re: dbf is antiquated right?

Yep I think I came across that too lol.

And these guys are or were part of Symantec... not sure... now ACT is part of "Best Software"... yeah tell me another joke!

"Christopher Browne" <cbbrowne_at_acm.org> wrote in message news:2r9i9dF174atrU3_at_uni-berlin.de...
> Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw when "s" <s_at_s.com> would write:
> > Is it safe to tell a client that the dbf format is a dinosaur
> > compared to SQL?
>
> Well, there's a counterargument in that both are pretty crusty, dating
> back more or less to the '70s.
>
> > Client's using ACT (contact management app) and the dbf and/or indexes
have
> > become corrupt and are getting to be a time sink to keep working.
> >
> > What tools could I use to tinker with it? Old version of FoxPro?
>
> Did you consider contacting the vendor?
>
> <http://www.act.com/support/databaseservices/databaserepair/>
>
> I find this web page entirely stunning; a vendor that actually
> advertises that their database system suffers from problems of
> corruption, and which tells you you need to pay them to get your money
> out...
>
> The fact that this happens frequently enough for them to have made
> part of their business out of this should be more than enough
> justification for you to use as an argument in favor of migrating.
> --
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Received on Tue Sep 21 2004 - 04:48:51 CEST