Re: Oracle Vs. Dbase

Not to start a war, academically speaking neither Oracle or dBase is 'a true relational database.' I will concede/agree that Oracle is closer in its underlying technology/file structure, but both fall short.

Oracle still depends on record-like tables/files instead of relationship definitions. dBase uses a separate file/object for each table.

In language they are about equally relational. Relational doesn't mean SQL, it means processes by set theory. dBase does sets just as SQL does sets.

I have been working with dBase since the dark ages of dBase II 2.4 for CP/M (I still have the 8" distribution diskette) and with Oracle since the middle ages of O 5.0. They are getting better/closer to relational, but they are not really there yet........

In article <6gvt8u$o1d$1_at_news10.ispnews.com>,   "Bob Young" <rcyoung_at_groupz.net> wrote:
>
> Terribly obvious, but no one mentioned it
>
> Oracle is a true relational database. Dbase is not.
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> Howard Joffe wrote in message <6giodj$p3d$1_at_rcp6.elan.af.mil>...
> >Besides the size of the database that can be handled by Oracle, can anyone
> >tell me what the advantages are of Oracle over a product such as Dbase?
> What
> >kind of tools does Oracle have to get raw data(such as flight data) into an
> >Oracle format?
> >
> >Thank you,
> >Howard Joffe
> >
> >
>
>

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