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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.development:2783 comp.lang.basic.visual:27866 comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:890 comp.databases.sybase:11689 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!werple.apana.org.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!cronkite.nersc.gov!dancer.ca.sandia.gov!overload.lbl.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!gatech!concert!bigblue.oit.unc.edu!dil.adp.unc.edu!dil.admin From: dil.admin@mhs.unc.edu (David I. Laudicina) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.lang.basic.visual,comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.databases.sybase Subject: Re: Visual Basic vs. PowerBuilder Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 08:57:26 Organization: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lines: 13 Message-ID: <dil.admin.1292.0008F55C@mhs.unc.edu> References: <davebo.18.0010EDAE@mcs.com> <3c2lmn$669@explorer.csc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dil.adp.unc.edu X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] >The simply answer is if you want to do database applications, PowerBuilder is going to be a better choice. Visual Basic does not offer any control which is >equivalent to PB's DataWindow. >This control can save some signifcant coding time. >mpfeifer@csc.com Granted it doesn't offer anything like a data window but I have found the data object to be a really beautiful paradigm if you are a programmer. It fits in really nicely to VB and allows you to think more object like with one standard for all data connections when dealing with data connectivity. Thx Dave L