Looking for SQL Query Builder

[David]

A little information on .NET.

Saluti a tutti,

- tom
http://cam70.sta.uniroma1.it/TechnicalPreview/

Thank you for the information. I will still not download and use it.

 

[tommaso.gastaldi]

Well, I am sorry to hear that. I know that some people just at the word
..NET, or Microsoft in general, do not feel very good. But, please, note
that we are not Microsoft, nor I am Bill ! We just use a technology and
we have made 1 of the possible (few) choices. Clearly, we not able to
make happy all the world with our choices. However, we will try to make
happy at least the people who will trust us and our will to do good and
create real value.

I do respect Your opinion, but I still wish sometime you will change
your mind: You will be welcome anytime...

Ciao,

-tommaso

David ha scritto:

 

[Gary R. Schmidt]

Well, I am sorry to hear that. I know that some people just at the word
.NET, or Microsoft in general, do not feel very good. But, please, note
that we are not Microsoft, nor I am Bill ! We just use a technology and
we have made 1 of the possible (few) choices. Clearly, we not able to

^^^This is just wrong.
You could have written the program in any one of, or a mix of, at
_least_ the following languages:
Assembler
C
C++
COBOL
Dataflex
Delphi
FORTRAN
Java
Tcl/Tk
Pascal
PFXPlus
...
There are 11 choices there, and that is just off the top of my head,
there are more languages than that out there, I just can't remember all
their names!

Oh, I've written database stuff using all of the above languages, plus
others, such as BLISS and SPAN.

And "database" in this context includes MSSQL, DB2/UDB, Sybase, Unify,
Oracle, Ingres, postgres, MySQL, Btrieve, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.

You chose to write for a single platform in a single environment, that's
fine, but _don't_ claim that you had no real choice, it just make you
look stupid.

Cheers,
Gary B-)

 

[Al Klein]

A little information on .NET.

Microsoft .NET Framework Version 1.1 Redistributable Package is a FREE
download (23.1 MB) [ and some OS (ie. win2003) directly incorporate it
]
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...E3-F589-4842-8157-034D1E7CF3A3&displaylang=en

Note that the Runtime it is downloaded only once. And when you update
several times you actually get a big saving in download time with
respect to the approach of incorporating the runtime within the
application.

Note also that there's nothing you can do in, say, VB.Net that you
can't do just as well in VB - without the 23 Meg overhead.

I write in .Net (not by choice), but I'm opposed to it - it gains
neither the user nor the developer anything.

 

[Al Klein]

You could have written the program in any one of, or a mix of, at
_least_ the following languages:
Assembler
C
C++
COBOL
Dataflex
Delphi
FORTRAN
Java
Tcl/Tk
Pascal
PFXPlus
...

I wouldn't argue any of those, Gary (and I'm fluent in 9 of those 11)
.... with the possible exception of COBOL.

BTW, RPG, Snobol, Spitbol, ATLAS, PL1, PL/M, ALGOL, FORTH, Jovial,
MUMPS, Ada, Perl (and I'm forgetting a lot) ... many, many choices out
there.

 

[Al Klein]

I'm using Microsoft SQL server. Thanks though.

Then what's wrong with Enterprise Manager?

 

[tommaso.gastaldi]

Hi Gary,
Thank you for your contribution.

I didn't say we have no choices. I said we had few choices and we have
made 1 of them. Please, don't be rude calling me a stupid without even
know who you are speaking to. I dont' think I deserved it. I think I
have been expressing my point of view politely. Didn't I.

I respect and cheerish diversity of opinion and you are fully entitled
to yours.

When talking about "choices", note also that I was talking of
frameworks (or platforms), not languages. For instance, VS.NET has
several languages within it, and single project can contain several
parts written in different languages (language interoperability). In
fact we have different parts written in different languages, according
to our programmer preferences. We have C++, C#, VB, Assembly, ..., and
can connect virtually to any RDBMS.

Thank you very much for letting me know your opinion. I apprecciate it.

-tom

 

[John Corliss]

Hello,

I am looking for recommendations for a freeware or open source program that
helps a person to write SQL queries. Kind of like in Enterprise Manager
where you create views.

Thanks!

Maybe something is here for you:

http://www.jansfreeware.com/

Expand "Software" and then click on "Database".

--
Regards from John Corliss
I don't reply to trolls like Andy Mabbett or Doc, for instance. No
adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware, demoware, nagware,
PROmotionware, shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware,
viruses or warez for me, please.