Lotus Approach is a relational
database management system
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included in IBM's
Lotus SmartSuite
Lotus may refer to:
Plants
*Lotus (plant), various botanical taxa commonly known as lotus, particularly:
** ''Lotus'' (genus), a genus of terrestrial plants in the family Fabaceae
**Lotus flower, a symbolically important aquatic Asian plant also ...
for
Microsoft Windows
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.
As a
start-up company
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, Approach was formed in 1991 and won over 30 awards the first year, including "best of show" at Comdex. The program was considered the first "end-user
relational database
A relational database is a (most commonly digital) database based on the relational model of data, as proposed by E. F. Codd in 1970. A system used to maintain relational databases is a relational database management system (RDBMS). Many relatio ...
" that did not introduce yet another file format.
Approach was sold to Lotus in 1994; Lotus was subsequently purchased by
IBM.
See also
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Comparison of office suites
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External links
Lotus Approach home pageLotus SmartSuite home pageApproach User SupportIBM Fix list for SmartSuite for Windows 9.8 and fix packs
Desktop database application development tools
Approach
Approach may refer to:
Aviation
*Visual approach
*Instrument approach
*Final approach
Music
* ''Approach'' (album), by Von Hertzen Brothers
* ''The Approach'', an album by I:Scintilla
Other uses
*Approach Beach, a gazetted beach in Ting Kau, Ho ...
Approach
Approach may refer to:
Aviation
*Visual approach
*Instrument approach
*Final approach
Music
* ''Approach'' (album), by Von Hertzen Brothers
* ''The Approach'', an album by I:Scintilla
Other uses
*Approach Beach, a gazetted beach in Ting Kau, Ho ...
OS/2 software
Proprietary database management systems
Office suites for Windows
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