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Re: [LUG] Flat-file database

 

On 6 Jun, 2013, at 9:09 pm, Philip Hudson wrote:

On 6 Jun, 2013, at 7:35 pm, Tony Sumner wrote:

Why has noone mentioned MySQL? A flat-file DB is only a special case
of an ordinary one and SQL will do everything.

I specifically don't want a "proper" SQL DBMS. It's a RAD tool I'm seeking, really, I suppose, rather than a DB. A "desktop database" in the style of FileMaker (in its earlier pre-relational incarnation) or Oracle Forms.

Choirs of angels sing hosanna! HyperCard! Free software! AWLRIGHT!

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2040331/review-livecode-community-is-open-source-hypercard-for-the-21st-century.html

(And it's Scottish too)

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