Re: Using Borland C++ Builder
Date: 1999/03/03
Message-ID: <36dd4d1c.0_at_news.new-era.net>#1/1
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 Wed Mar 03 1999 - 00:00:00 CET