Need help in selecting a database....please

Hi,

        I need some advise in selecting a database in a networked environment consisting of PCs and Macs. Before I proceed any further, let me give you the details of the type of environment I work in.

Computers: PCs and Macs
Network: The PCs and MACs are integrated using PATHWORKS (Digital)

	 on a microvax, providing a common area for both the
	 Macs & PCs

Requirement Criteria:

 	To have a database with file sharing capabilities providing
	locking at the record level. Let me explain in more detail.

	We are trying to keep a database of all our work in progress
	allowing multiple users to access the same file(simultaneously)
	With a conventional database, when I use a file , other users are 
	locked out of that database. The way I would desire it to be is
	to be able to view/update  other records in the SAME database
	and NOT update records currently being viewed or being
	updated by other users on the network ie. provide locking at
	the record level and not at the file level.

	It'll be great if the database program has versions on both the
	MAC and PC so that file may be exchanged between platforms. I
	know it's a big request but I can probably live without a db on
	the mac.

	We currently have Foxbase on the MAC and PC, but I believe that
	foxbase provides a file level locking, and does not serve our
	purpose.

Any help would be truly/greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance to all those who reply or give it a thought.

Sri Chalasani

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chalasan_at_cs.wmich.edu Received on Mon Nov 02 1992 - 23:50:00 CET