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A [[CP/M]] database system introduced in 1980 as '''dBase II''' and was quickly ported to most common 8 bit platforms, was ported to [[DOS]] in 1982 and later to OS/2 and [[MS Windows]] and became an industry standard in the early to mid 80's and the basis of the [[xBase]] language, but declined rapidly in the late 80's and early 90's when developer [[Ashton-Tate]] could not keep up with the competition.
'''dBase''' (or '''dBASE''') is a database management system developed by [[Ashton-Tate]].


====Text & programmers editors with dBase support====
==History==
A [[CP/M]] database system introduced in 1980 as '''dBASE II''' and was quickly ported to most common 8-bit platforms. It was ported to [[DOS]] in 1982 and later to OS/2 and [[MS Windows]] and became an industry standard in the early to mid 80's and the basis of the [[xBase]] language, but declined rapidly in the 90's when  could not keep up with the competition.
 
;Editor support
* [[Boxer]] - dBase support included by default - Commercial - OS/2 and DOS versions discontinued, Win32 versions still available.
* [[Boxer]] - dBase support included by default - Commercial - OS/2 and DOS versions discontinued, Win32 versions still available.


==Versions==
==Versions==
;DOS
;dBASE II
* 1982 - dBase II
* 1982: 2.35
* 1983 - dBase II Runtime
* 1983: 2.40
* 1984 - dBase III - Rewritten in [[C]], much improved functionality but much slower than the [[assembly]] coded dBase II.
* 1983: 2.41
* 1986 - dBase III+ - Menu system a la Condor Database
* 1983: 2.43
* 1994 - dBase V
* 1983 - dBASE II Runtime
* 2013 - dBase Classic - Re-release of dBase V
;dBASE III
* 1984: 1.0 - Rewritten in [[C]], much improved functionality but much slower than the [[assembly]] coded dBase II.
* 1985: 1.1
;dBASE III Plus
* 1985: 1.0
* 1986: 1.1 - Menu system a la Condor Database
;dBASE IV
* 1988: 1.0
* 1990: 1.1
* 1992: 1.5
* 1993: 2.0


;DOS and OS/2 versions
* 1994 - dBASE 5.0 for DOS
* 1988 - dBase IV
* 2013 - dBASE Classic - Re-release of dBASE 5.0
* 1990 - dBase IV v1.1


;Windows
;Windows
* 1994: Borland dBase 5.0 for Windows
* 1995: Borland Visual dBase 5.5 for Windows
* 2013 - dBase Plus 8, 8.1
* 2013 - dBase Plus 8, 8.1
* 2014 - dBase Plus 9.1, 9.2, 9.5
* 2014 - dBase Plus 9.1, 9.2, 9.5
* 2015 - dBase Plus 10, 10.1, 10.2
* 2015 - dBase Plus 10, 10.1, 10.2


;Issues:dBase IV has a known index corruption problem, this was fixed in version V but it appears that there is no patch available for IV to fix this.
==License and availability==
* Commercial - OS/2 version discontinued - DOS version still sold and supported under the name '''dBase Classic''' - MS Windows version still developed.
* Author:
**C. Wayne Ratliff (Original CP/M port) [[Ashton-Tate]]
**[[Borland]]
**KSoft
**dBase LLC


==Links==
==Links==
* [http://www.dbase.com dBase LLC] - Current owners of the dBase codebase.
* [http://www.dbase.com dBase LLC] - Current owners of the dBase codebase.
==License and availability==
* Commercial - OS/2 version discontinued - DOS version still sold and supported under the name '''dBase Classic''' - MS Windows version still developed.
==Author==
* C. Wayne Ratliff (Original Author)
* [[Ashton-Tate]]
* [[Borland]]
* KSoft
* dBase LLC


[[Category:xBase]][[Category:DOS Databases]][[Category:WinOS/2 Databases]]
[[Category:xBase]][[Category:DOS Databases]][[Category:WinOS/2 Databases]]

Revision as of 14:15, 19 October 2018

dBase (or dBASE) is a database management system developed by Ashton-Tate.

History

A CP/M database system introduced in 1980 as dBASE II and was quickly ported to most common 8-bit platforms. It was ported to DOS in 1982 and later to OS/2 and MS Windows and became an industry standard in the early to mid 80's and the basis of the xBase language, but declined rapidly in the 90's when could not keep up with the competition.

Editor support
  • Boxer - dBase support included by default - Commercial - OS/2 and DOS versions discontinued, Win32 versions still available.

Versions

dBASE II
  • 1982: 2.35
  • 1983: 2.40
  • 1983: 2.41
  • 1983: 2.43
  • 1983 - dBASE II Runtime
dBASE III
  • 1984: 1.0 - Rewritten in C, much improved functionality but much slower than the assembly coded dBase II.
  • 1985: 1.1
dBASE III Plus
  • 1985: 1.0
  • 1986: 1.1 - Menu system a la Condor Database
dBASE IV
  • 1988: 1.0
  • 1990: 1.1
  • 1992: 1.5
  • 1993: 2.0
  • 1994 - dBASE 5.0 for DOS
  • 2013 - dBASE Classic - Re-release of dBASE 5.0
Windows
  • 1994: Borland dBase 5.0 for Windows
  • 1995: Borland Visual dBase 5.5 for Windows
  • 2013 - dBase Plus 8, 8.1
  • 2014 - dBase Plus 9.1, 9.2, 9.5
  • 2015 - dBase Plus 10, 10.1, 10.2

License and availability

  • Commercial - OS/2 version discontinued - DOS version still sold and supported under the name dBase Classic - MS Windows version still developed.
  • Author:

Links

  • dBase LLC - Current owners of the dBase codebase.
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