All this talk about DataBases

[Scott Kane]

From: "Joe Lewis Wilkins" <pepetoo at cox.net>

> Guess I'm going to start up another great controversy.

I shouldn't think.  This is a very interesting discussion AFA I am concerned 
at any rate.

> Again I'm  hearkening back to my HC days. When it was first released, one 
> of its main claims to fame was the question as to whether or not it WAS a 
> database. Certainly, it had all of the attributes and features of  one. 
> Even with SE30s as a machine; and, with some 2,000 records/ cards, HC 
> performed acceptably fast considering the simplicity of its 
> implementation and subsequent use. So, my question is: has RR done  such a 
> poor job at duplicating this functionality that we cannot get  along 
> without specialty DBs in MOST instances? If it has, then at  what record 
> level must we consider using these other DBs? I realize  that there ARE 
> many applications that will need a greater capacity,  but not the average 
> one created by the "average" Rev user. I'd sure  like to know.

So would I.  I'd love to hear how big a record set (per stack of cards, per 
stack file etc) people have achieved and gotten acceptable performance.  I 
have built applications using both altSQL in the past and using Stacks of 
cards.  A project I'm considering would benefit immensely from this 
discussion.

Scott Kane
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