Reply to hrishy
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Hi,

Thanks for you reply (All others as well). I think I got the answer to my query. But I think I am a little curios about the statment you made. i.e.

"By the way there is difference between dbase and oracle although they are databses in the same way you cant compare a lizard and a dinasours although both belong to the reptile family right "

OK, I agree the difference between Oracle and dBase/Clipper is tremendous. But I am of the firm opinion that for a small to medium scale application, where unauthorized access is not that of a problem it would be cost effective to go with dBase/Clipper than Oracle/Developer. I have been a dBase/Clipper programmer for 4 years before going Oracle. I know the cost difference between an dBase/Clipper HR package and an Oracle one is so great but when you really compare the 2, the funtionality and access times etc. there is not much of a difference. In fact you might not believe that dBase/Clipper application is much faster that the Oracle Developer one. Especally when it comes to reporting. Also dBase too can handle over a million records of data. So all in all I still believe that for small to medium scale applications dBase/Clipper is much better (i.e. cost-effective) than Oracle/Developer.
What is your opinion?

Thanks & Regards,
OraFan2