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P0atabase Is an 'organIzed' collectIon of

related InformatIon
PUses - To retrIeve InformatIon, take
decIsIons, reorganIze and process
InformatIon
PTerms In database - FIeld, Fecord and FIle.
Name *****************************
Address ***************************
CIty*************** Cender*********
TeIephone*************************
FIeIds
Pecord
FIIe
Database Terminology
Pefore FoxPro, dase as the fIrst Idely
used database management system.
Pt as publIshed by AshtonTate for pc
and compatIbles.
Pdase InteractIve commands lets busIness
users create, edIt, and prInt report on
databases.
Pdase as consIdered dIffIcult to use.
Puser had to memorIze all the commands.
PSome crItIcs saId that dbase told the user
less than any other program that exIsted.
PEven the dos as notorIous for beIng cryptIc,
atleast It dIsplayed played a prompt that told
you hat drIve you ere on, but dbase just
dIsplayed a dot.
PProgrammers complaIned about Its InabIlIty
to create arrays of varIables and not
IncludIng a compIler.
Pdase programs run sloly because they
ere Interpreted rather than compIled.
Pn response to these complaInts, a couple of
companIes came up Ith pseudo compIler,
one of thIs as Fox softare hIch
developed Foxase.
PFoxase as Idely consIdered one of the
best dbase compIlers because Its program ran
quIckly and because It had a hIgh level of
compatIbIlIty Ith dase Itself.
PFoxPro as a major advancement over
Foxase
P0ata base management system
Pt Is an Interpreter and compIler
nterpreter translates each command
Into computer InstructIons
CompIler Improves performance by
translatIng command to
machIne InstructIons just once.
PFoxPro2- a textbased procedural
programmIng language and 0S, orIgInally
publIshed by Fox Softare and later by
Icrosoft, for S0DS, Icrosoft WIndos,
acIntosh, and UN
P'IsuaI FoxPro- an objectorIented
programmIng language and F0S, publIshed
by Icrosoft, for Icrosoft WIndos
PFaster than competIng products
PAbIlIty to create EE fIles.
PmpressIve user Interface.
PProvIde vIrtually IdentIcal programs.
PEasy to use In Indos.
PAbIlIty to share data easIly among
applIcatIons In Indos.
PComfortable for both untraIned users and
developers.
P0Ifference beteen Foxpro and
S Access
P0Ifference beteen Foxpro and
S SQL server
PPrIntIng reports and label
PakIng payrolls
PAssessIng Income tax
PUsed only In J2 bIt applIcatIons
PLarge amount of data encounters
problem
PLImIts In number of sImultaneous
user
Future of FoxPro