PowerTree Speed

[Paul Squires]

Hi Everybody,

I was reading through a back issue of PB Gazette and found this
paragraph...

"PowerTREE is very, very fast. As much as 31 times faster than some
of the most well-known products in the marketplace. Just in case that
didn't sink in... up to 3,100% faster than some major players in the
database market. In the near future, we'll be posting some specific
benchmarks on our web site at www.powerbasic.com. You may wish to
watch for their arrival. We'll compare the specific performance of
PowerTREE with the well-known packages like Access, Clipper, FoxPro,
dBase, VB/Isam, Btrieve, and others. We'll also document some lesser
known products like CodeBase, and even Bullit. But frankly, that's
only a formality. In all of our comparative testing thus far, we've
found nothing which outperforms PowerTREE. Not a one!"

My question - did these benchmarks ever get posted to the web
site? I could not find it if they have.

Thanks,




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Paul Squires
[email protected]

[Lance Edmonds]

Good question! I'll have to refer it to the webmaster.

Regardless, I can tell you from personal experience that PowerTREE is _very_ fast.

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Lance
PowerBASIC Support
mailto:[email protected][email protected]</A>

[Paul Dwyer]

hahahah

Thanks lance!

I hope "_very_" is not the terminology used in the benchmark



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Paul Dwyer
Network Engineer
Aussie in Tokyo
(Paul282 at VB-World)

[Michael Meeks]

Hi Paul ,

Let's be fair in the comparsion part, of what we are really
talking about.

First of all PowerTree is a database manager, not a full-blown
database program.

Comparing PTree with VB/Isam, with only what PTree provides, sure
Ptree may be a few seconds faster. But VB/Isam provides so much
in functions, searches, indexes etc....... that's part of the
trade off. And you can use VB/Isam's dll with PowerBasic
(without using VB), if you convert your include files. VB/Isam
has only one index file, while with PTree you have to create each
one independantly, for searches, VB/Isam does it on the fly.
Plus, VB/Isam's dll makes your data files smaller than PTree and
the list goes on.

If all we are comparing is SPEED, then PTree of course will win
the race with VB/Isam, but with PowerBasic and VB/Isam, I'm only
losing tenth's of seconds compared to Ptree, but there's more to
a program than just speed!

I'm not gonna waste anyone's time here, going over the others,
However, you use the DB Manager that's right for your situation.
I don't believe there's a one-fits-all solution. There are times
when you are gonna need tools like; SQL-Tools Pro or Ezgui etc...

When it comes to a comparison of these products, let's be fair!


Mike

[Mike Doty]

http://users.ntr.net/~software_src
I tried to get ahold of VB/ISAM at 408-224-8778
a year ago for a password to their VB5 demo and
get an answering machine.
Tried again today and still get an answering machine.
Their web page says they have the best support and
actually answer the phone. When?
mailto:[email protected][email protected]</A>




[This message has been edited by Mike Doty (edited February 07, 2001).]

[Fred Oxenby]

Mike,
I dont know if it is proper to publish Tony Altwies e-mailaddress whithout asking him
but if you send me a private mail I will provide it.
He has treated me fast and accurate in the past.
mailto:[email protected][email protected]</A>


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Fred
mailto:[email protected][email protected]</A>
http://www.oxenby.se

[Mike Doty]

He got ahold of me and I'm evaluating
VB/ISAM. If anyone uses the product
be sure to also download the documentation.
He wants to include PB headers with the product
so if anyone has them please get ahold of him.


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[Michael Meeks]

Thanks Mike,

Tony called me yesterday. I sent him some things around a year
ago, so I'll send him the headers for PB.

Jim Huguley, help me with the header files around a year ago,
and he deserves all the credit for this, which I'll pass on
to Tony.

Like I stated earlier, VBISAM and PTree are different products.
VBISAM creates a databases and manages it's own data-files on the fly,
while PTree is first-rate index manager. Both are great tools and each
for different purposes.

Anyone needing any examples, you can ask Tony after I send him
what I've got.

Later!

Mike