Re: Need advice: small system platform & dba responsibilities

From: Jim Starwood <jstarwoo_at_haven.ios.com>
Date: 1995/06/07
Message-ID: <3r4b1e$jmm_at_ankh.iia.org>#1/1

Brian Graham (GrahamB_at_psac.com) wrote:

: In article <3q2k8d$n89_at_news.alaska.edu>, fxgwp_at_galileo.uafadm.alaska.edu (Gail Padden) says:

: >
: >We will develop a small multi-user system to replace an obsolete single
: >user system on Dbase. Appx 10-12 tables, appx 60k records/year, normal
: >daily posting 60 trans, max users 10. Platforms possibly current novell
: >server or an HP9000. Preferences lean towards Oracle because our major
: >systems will soon be Oracle based (new). There are several small local
 

: I strongly recommend taking some education courses from Oracle. It is, : I believe, the best way to get your initial grounding in Oracle. As you

If you're semi-adventurous and want to try out Windows programming, PowerBuilder can handle your stated needs with a half eye open.

Like any other tool, it has some minuses, but once you get the Oracle running (not a PB issue), access and app development for a project this size is somewhat trivial (he says with 3 years experience ;-)).

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Jim Starwood                         I like a chromatic love affair...
jstarwoo_at_haven.ios.com                  one half-step at a time.

Received on Wed Jun 07 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST