In a past life I was a C-language programmer, UNIX environment.
I have left that behind, and purchased a small equipment rental
business, in which I have to track a few hundred pieces of equipment in
a few dozen locations.
The previous owner used a spreadsheet for this; clearly it is (or should
be) a database application, but "if the only tool you know how to use is
a hammer, every problem tends to look like a nail."
This will not be very large, in terms of the data being tracked.
Multi-user access is not a requirement.
Not being familiar with PC database tools, I have considered Microsoft
Access and FileMaker -- I'm not familiar with either of them. I was
told that Clarion might be a good choice. Whatever I choose, I'll
definitely have a learning curve in front of me. In terms of available
training manuals, aftermarket documentation, etc., Access is the
front-runner, by far.
I would appreciate any comments / thoughts from the Clarion users here.
Also, in view of the fairly limited scope of my needs, I certainly
should not need the latest and greatest version. There are probably
people in this group who have upgraded one or more times, and might have
a fairly recent version of Clarion for sale. If so, I would appreciate
hearing from you.
If location is significant, I'm in central Florida (Orlando area).
Email, if you have a used version for sale, is "LRD at Lee-Reid dot com"
-- does this keep the spammers from harvesting email addresses?
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