What is the best Commercial Database Application

Question

What is the best commercial database application to create the database structure for a simple local database with one linked table that can create Access, Paradox and dBase files these days? Access, FoxPro, other? Are there any free or inexpensive shareware applications that do not use the BDE to do this?

Answer 1

I have had great luck with DBISAM from ElevateSoft for years, and more recently with their ElevateDB product. Especially for local embedded databases that don;t require any additional install. No deployment fees, either.

Answer 2

Advantage from Sybase is a direct BDE replacement. Royalty free local engine (just a dll that runs in-process with your application), inexpensive client/server, SQL and direct navigational table access. Includes lots of additional clients as well: .net data provider, jdbc, dbi, php, etc.

Great developer portal too. The DevZone.

Answer 3

This Question covers this topic pretty well.