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From: dil.admin@mhs.unc.edu (David I. Laudicina)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.lang.basic.visual,comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.databases.sybase
Subject: Re: Visual Basic vs. PowerBuilder
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 08:57:26
Organization: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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>The simply answer is if you want to do database applications, PowerBuilder is going to be a better choice.  Visual Basic does not offer any control which is
>equivalent to PB's DataWindow.

>This control can save some signifcant coding time.

>mpfeifer@csc.com

Granted it doesn't offer anything like a data window but I have found the data 
object to be a really beautiful paradigm if you are a programmer. It fits in 
really nicely to VB and allows you to think more object like with one 
standard for all data connections when dealing with data connectivity.
Thx Dave L