What are the disadvantages of dBase?

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The original versions go back to the 1980s, so they are quite old. It was initially designed to work in DOS, as Windows did not exist then. I also pre-dates the internet's popularity and availability, so it did not have anything to facilitate the internet. The data types available are far more limited than modern databases. There is more work in formatting data types as a result. It has a query language and has the capabilities to do standard things like create reports, forms, queries, indexes and programs, but they are far more limited than modern databases. It has a limited amount of storage for fields and records, so it is not good for very large databases.

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