Access

[O. Sinclair]

Neil Winchurst wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:32:22 -0400
> Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> 
>> Neil Winchurst wrote:
>>> I have been using just Linux for about six years now. I found that
>>> everything I wanted to do was available except a database in the
>>> Access, Paradox style. I have always considered this to be a big
>>> problem for Linux users and over the years since then I have not seen
>>> the situation get much better.
>>>
>> This seems like an unsolvable problem.  Such a package would require a
>> massive development effort, which means the resources of a large
>> corporation behind it.  But large corporations really _hate_ the
>> proliferation of Access databases, because it fosters data "islanding" -
>> every part of the company has its databases jealously guarded, and no
>> sharing is happening.  My entire livelihood consists of getting stuff out
>> of Access and Excel and into enterprise databases.
>> -- 
>> derek
>>
> I understand that. However I used to write these databases in Paradox
> for small companies only. They needed just the one database, perhaps
> with a maximum of two or three computers linked together, and not a huge
> file of records. They did not need, and indeed could not afford,
> anything more than that. I am not suggesting for a moment that this
> kind of DB would be any use for a big company with many departments.
> 
> What I am saying is that there is a need for such a program, **as well
> as** not instead of the current mysql etc ones available now. Nowadays,
> if I were approached by a similar small (very small) company needing
> something similar to those I used to create I would have to say that
> there is nothing suitable in Linux at the moment.
> 
> As I say, as well as, not instead of ......
> 
> Neil Winchurst
> 
I think SQLite might be what you are looking for but with what front-end 
I don't know. Gambas?

Sinclair