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Posted by Dave Yuhas
Oct 2, 2009 at 02:36 AM
I watched the demo videos; it looks impressive.
Now that I’m almost at the point of giving up on InfoSelect, which had a nice flat file db feature, I plan on using something like DB Oasis and attaching its files to notes in Evernote.
Posted by Pierre Paul Landry
Oct 2, 2009 at 02:51 PM
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>Sorry to be off topic, though perhaps not too far afield. I am looking for an
>easy-to-use, inexpensive database application for structured data. If you’re
>familiar with Bento for the Mac, this is what I’m looking for, but for Windows. Access
>is too labor intensive. AskSam is too buggy. I could use Zoot, but printing from Zoot
>5.0 is too limited (6.0 might work when it is finally released, but I don’t know how long
>that will take). All suggestions welcome.
Hi Stephen,
InfoQube (http:www.infoqube.biz) can easily be used as a database. My main IQBase, contains many database-like lists of information. As in any database, you define fields to hold data and you can view/edit data in a grid-like view. Forms with default values are also available. It has import / export features.
IMHO, it is the most database-like of all PIMs (as an example of this, live-data can be read by any ODBC-enabled application, such as Word, Excel, OO, etc)
Pierre
Designer of InfoQube
Posted by pereh
Oct 2, 2009 at 03:24 PM
Jack Crawford wrote:
>I bought a copy of Oasis for that very purpose when it was discounted a while back. I
>haven’t had an opportunity to put it through its paces yet, so can’t report on
>performance.
>
>http://www.databaseoasis.com
>
>Jack
Hello Jack,
I tested DB Oasis maybe 6 months ago. At that time it was not possible to link two tables via key fields, but they promised it would be possible in the near future. Do you know if this is possible now?
Peter.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Oct 2, 2009 at 04:51 PM
pereh wrote:
>I
>tested DB Oasis maybe 6 months ago. At that time it was not possible to link two tables
>via key fields, but they promised it would be possible in the near future. Do you know if
>this is possible now?
I am testing DB Oasis now. It does not appear to have this functionality yet, but maybe I’m missing it. I am, however, pleased with the application so far. It does much of what I am looking for and is very easy to use. One thing missing, that would be great is a rich text notes field type. Now it only allows for plain text.
Steve Z.
Posted by pereh
Oct 2, 2009 at 07:04 PM
Short information from their Website:
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If you register the product by Monday, Oct 5 2009, you can take advantage of a 20% discount on the purchase price of the software. Simply click the Buy Now link from our website before the offer has expired to purchase Basic Edition for just $55.99 or Professional Edition for just $95.99. Discount will be taken at the register when checking out.
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