Re: Move Excel data to DB


<skissh@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1150221761.452212.65500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Do you think the service provider works for FileMaker Pro, that's the
DB most everybody I work with is familiar with? And which one of the
.NET languages would you suggest? I know C++ and VB but want to learn
Java because I think my company's programmers prefer it. Is there's
some advantage to C#? Thanks for your last reply.

C# is somewhat similar to Java. Moreso than VB.NET or C++, anyway. Java itself is not a .NET language [*]. There's a J# language, but I don't know how similar to Java it actually is.

- Oliver

[*] There's a .NET compiler for Java, but I don't think it's useful for the OP's situation. If Java is preferred because the company's programmers are familiar with it, then the main point of familiarity, the standard J2SE API, is not available. It'd be Java syntax with .NET API, and C#'s syntax is close enough to Java's syntax that the OP might as well go straight for C# and avoid the headaches of working with an obscure compiler.

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