whats different aceess db from foxpro£¿

they are all made by microsoft, what their different? which one shall we
choice them best?
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"Learner" wrote in message
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> they are all made by microsoft, what their different? which one shall we
> choice them best?

There is no "best", but there can be a best for a particular job. Not being
a FoxPro programmer, I'd suggest you also ask this question in a FoxPro
newsgroup. I personally believe Access to be much faster to develop with and
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the VBA language easier to use. The only head to head job I ever did with a
FoxPro app was one of my first apps was attempted to be replaced by a "more
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complete solution" which wound up being rejected after $100K expense. My app
cost $15K and is still in use after 12 years. that's probably not a
reflection on FoxPro as much as it is on the developer not understanding the
business as well.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access downloads
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access

MS access is just a database "APPLICATION"
foxpro is a database "programming language"
i think foxpro is not made by microsoft try to look for foxpro for dos. it
is just modified by microsoft to become Visual foxpro


"Learner" wrote:

> they are all made by microsoft, what their different? which one shall we
> choice them best?
>
>
>
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What the heck is "database 'programming language'" supposed to mean? How
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does that vary from what Access provides?

And for what it's worth, while it's true that Microsoft didn't develop
Foxpro for DOS, they bought the company that did.

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
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"jetro=)" wrote in message
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> MS access is just a database "APPLICATION"
> foxpro is a database "programming language"
> i think foxpro is not made by microsoft try to look for foxpro for dos. it
> is just modified by microsoft to become Visual foxpro
>
>
> "Learner" wrote:
>
>> they are all made by microsoft, what their different? which one shall we
>> choice them best?
>>
>>
>>

Hi Learner,

Visual FoxPro, now in version 9, is a fully object-oriented programming
language. Data handling is built into the language, for example allowing
full-fledged SQL statements to be handled natively. This is the inspiration
for the LINQ project that will be part of VB and C# in the Orcas release of
Visual Studio. Development in Access is done with Visual Basic for
Applications.

Visual FoxPro 7 was Microsoft's first released product to both publish and
consume web services.

While Visual FoxPro makes a great front end to SQL Server and other
databases such as Oracle and MySQL, it has its own database. While Access is
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limited to 2GB for a whole MDB, FoxPro's native files are limited to 2GB per
file - that is 2GB for the DBF, 2GB for the CDX (index) and 2GB for the FPT
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(memo) files.

As Arvin said, "best" depends on lots of things. For example, a developer
will be a lot more productive when using a development tool he is proficient
with, even if some other tool might be somehow judged as "better."


--
Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
cindy@cindywinegarden.com


"Learner" wrote in message
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> they are all made by microsoft, what their different? which one shall we
> choice them best?