Re: Panorama and AppleScript
Re: Panorama and AppleScript
- Subject: Re: Panorama and AppleScript
- From: Dave G <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 14:01:13 -0500
Michael ,
I am too new to be certain but, Panorama is relational. The
subtleties of what that means is beyond my comprehension. Could be a
flat file with such fast lookups that it seems like relational?
ProVue claims Panorama to be a true relational database. And frankly,
as far as I can see, neither 4D nor FileMaker has anything on this
puppy. So information is entered only once and brought (instantly) to
wherever you want it. And it's beyond fast. No spinning wheels or
wait states at all. The file sizes are boasted by ProVue to be tiny
(8x smaller than similar FileMaker files because it doesn't use all
that scripting as a separate procedure language) So that would also
be an argument that it is relational. Smaller, faster, and info that
is only entered once.
I do believe that AS was not a part of it's earlier versions. (ProVue
claims to be the second oldest professional software developer on the
Mac market, having started in 1984 and just after Microsquish - the
first) But it certainly seems to be AS-savvy now. Enough so that I am
finally going to tackle the AS leaning curve head on. Both AS and
Panorama's languages seem very plainly written so that a non
programmer, like myself, can feel free to jump in and test it out.
And if a procedure in Panorama can launch an AS, and vice verse, then
that definitely whets my appetite for both products. And it would
also imply, that both languages are similar, right? (not certain)
Dave Groover
Michael responded:
One major weakness of Panorama, if I'm not mistaken, is that it's not
relational. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
On 12/28/01 4:27 PM, "Dave G" <email@hidden> wrote:
So what I am wondering, why am I just hearing about this great
database? Is there anyone on this list that has had experiences with
AS and Panorama (was called OverVue)? I have given you my enthusiasm
but if your experiences are not so hot then I would like to know that
too.
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