Basic questions

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

on 5/10/03 9:12 AM, Richard Altenburg at valentina at brainchild.nl wrote:

Hi Kem,
Hi Richard,

>> STRUCTURE
>> =========
>> In 4D, if I want to change a field or add a field, I just do it. Even if I
>> later open an older data file, it is updated to match the structure
>> automatically. Is this true for Valentina data files?
> 
> Nope, 4D is a completely integrated database management system with
> development environment. That makes these kind of changes very easy to do.
> Also, the 4D language is easy to understand and completely targeted at doing
> database related tasks, whereas REALbasic is far more suited for all things
> NOT related to databases. You can make RB tightly integrate with Valentina,
> and changing your database structure is also possible, but you would have to
> write some pieces of code to manage this automatically for you.

Valentina do not do it so automatically,

But it is still easy. You need write just one function with 1-2 lines of
code if you want change one field.

I know about this feature of 4D.
And may be in Valentina 2.0 will try to make things even more simple.

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Ruslan Zasukhin      [ I feel the need...the need for speed ]
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