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   Larry DiGiovanni to Dominick DiMantova   
   Re: Overview of Paradox database structu   
   30 Jul 08 20:09:39   
   
   From: nospam@nospam   
      
   Dominick DiMantova wrote:   
      
   > Hello, I would like to know if I can get an overview of a paradox database   
   > structure and architecture?   
      
   I assume you mean Paradox application structure and architecture, e.g., what   
   are typically the various pieces of a typical Paradox app, how do they fit   
   together, and how do you begin to digest such a thing.   
      
   If that's the case, then it matters to ask, DOS or Windows?  Very different   
   beasts.   
      
   Steve has a point in that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.  Be   
   advised that poorly documented, poorly structured, poorly conceived Paradox   
   apps are very common, typically consisting of hundreds of tables and   
   development artifacts (many unused, the result of ad hoc analysis or aborted   
   development) with little rhyme or reason, or worse - dumped into a single   
   directory.  Going in to something like that with little or no experience in   
   this is often less desirable than a few extra months' unemployment.  :-)   
      
   Out of curiosity, what is the migration target platform/language?   
      
   --   
   Larry DiGiovanni   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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