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 What’s
New in DBMS/Copy for Windows Version 7.0
DBMS/COPY Version 7.0 for Windows 95/98/NT/2000 is an exciting
release. For the past 10 years, DBMS/COPY has been the
best program for transferring data between packages.
Now, going into the new millennium and the second decade of
DBMS/COPY, we are including a free license to DBMS/Analyst and
DBMS/Explorer.
These two programs push DBMS/COPY into the world of, sophisticated
multiple database manipulation and data exploration.
Generally -- What's New In DBMS/COPY Version 7
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DBMS/Analyst |
Free license to DBMS/Analyst is included.
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DBMS/Explorer |
Free license to DBMS/Explorer is included.
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Spreadsheet Grabber |
Manual entering of the data range and variable
name rows. Of course you can still use the mouse.
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Microsoft Access Direct Support |
Access is now on the list of packages. Just
select the Access File type, find your Access database and open it. DBMS/COPY
can now also create Access databases on output and overwrite existing
tables.
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ODBC Speed Faster |
The ODBC support for SQL packages (Oracle,
Sybase, Informix, DB2, for example) is significantly faster. We have seen
speed increases of factors of 8 to 40 times. One user has a 100 times
increase in speed.
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ODBC Table Overwrite |
Previously, DBMS/COPY only wrote to new tablenames.
Now it can overwrite existing tables.
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On-line Documentation |
The entire DBMS/COPY, DBMS/Analyst and DBMS/Explorer
manual set is now available as part of the help system. The help system
uses the 32-bit version of the Windows help system.
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Value Labels |
This was experimental in Version 6 and now
included in Version 7. Values labels from SAS, SPSS and Stata can be read
and written. When you move a dataset with value labels to a package which
doesn't support value labels, you have DBMS/COPY create new variables
containing the formatted values.
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ASCII Data Dictionary Builder |
For free format files, DBMS/COPY will scan
the ASCII file to determine the variable types and maximum lengths.
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Web Maintenance |
Maintenance releases will be available on
the Conceptual Software web site. New in Version 7, is user controlled
checking for maintenance releases. There is a help menu entry for checking
to see if your license is up to date.
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New
and Enhanced Packages In DBMS/COPY Version 7
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Excel |
Read and write Excel 2000.
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SAS |
Up to Version 8. Read and write SAS for Unix
included now included at no additional charge. Read SAS for VAX/VMS at
no additional charge.
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SAS Value Labels |
We had an experimental release of support
of SAS Value labels in DBMS/COPY V6, now it is official.
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SPSS |
Unix and Macintosh support
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Quattro Pro |
Through Version 8 (.wb3)
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Access |
On the list of file types
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Paradox |
Up to version 9
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Stata |
Up to version 7
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Systat |
Up to version 9 |
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Software, Inc.
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