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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!decwrl!csus.edu!netcom.com!zmbenhal From: zmbenhal@netcom.com (Zeyd M. Ben-Halim) Subject: Re: Database/forms? Message-ID: <zmbenhalCAnvw8.Mo7@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) References: <CADnpp.CAM@nocusuhs.nnmc.navy.mil> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1993 09:04:56 GMT Lines: 27 In article <CADnpp.CAM@nocusuhs.nnmc.navy.mil> SSB1PZP@imcvms.med.navy.mil (PERUCCI, PHILIP A.) writes: >Anyone know of a database & forms generator that compiles easily and >works? I see Postgres out there for the database engine, but don't know >what to do for the forms generator. > >There HAS (I hope) to be something! It seems silly to have to rely on >dBASE III+ to do something as basic as maintain a simple database (flat >file). Ultimately, looking for something to: > > 1) Allow specification of file/table (specify field definitions) > 2) Define data entry/edit screen > 3) Handle data entry/edit > >Am I just dreaming? Does nothing like this exist? Try metalbase, usually available as mbase.* A version that works better with ncurses (or SYSV curses) is available from sunsite.unc.edu Zeyd >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Phil Perucci, Systems Programmer | "I don't speak for any organization > ssb1pzp@imcvms.med.navy.mil | and no organization speaks for me" >---------------------------------------------------------------------------