>I always ask - is there something (that I don't have to write) that supports a backend database. I know very little C, C++, and Java. But it does not look very hard (I like the Java more than the others) but without something to get to data easily it's not the way to go for me. The problem I have with Kylix is driver doesn't support BLOB (except on Interbase) and Borland is not keeping up with the updated versions of MySQL or Postgres. Other than the driver issue Kylix 2 is working OK. I tried a little KDevelop and got it to work with a test program but don't have any tools (than I understand) to access data.

QT is coming out with version 3.0 which includes data-aware controls.


>So both SUN and IBM look like they have good products but what about access to data? Why is forte like VFP? Are you only talking about the IDE?
>John


Yes. Forte is like VFP because the GUI RAD paradigm is similar.... drag & drop controls onto forms, etc... Actually, it is more like Kylix in that code is generated when visual events take place during GUI RAD. Under the 'Tools' menu are options to 'Capture Database Schema', and 'JDBC Form Wizard', etc...

BTW, if you export your VFP schema using GENDBC.PRG, or extract the portion that generates SQL scripts that recreate tables (if you want the code I'll email it to you), you can modify those ascii scripts so that they can be read by PostgreSQL using the "\i filename" psql syntax. The SQL-Ledger site has a script that loads PostgreSQL with their demo database, including records and indicies. PostgreSQL 7.2 has some significant improvements.
JLK