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[Derek Broughton]

Neil Winchurst wrote:

> On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:04:43 -0400
> Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> 
>> O. Sinclair wrote:
>> 
>> > I think SQLite might be what you are looking for but with what
>> > front-end I don't know. Gambas?
>> 
>> Ideally, such an application front-end would work with any relational
>> database, so SQLite or MySQL or PostGreSQL is irrelevant.
>> 
> I have used knoda as a front-end to mysql and it is not too bad.
> However, I can't get it to do all that I want yet. Could be me of
> course. I have not tried gambas yet. But again I come back to the idea
> of the all in one package where the "front-end" is part of it already.

I don't think you're _ever_ going to find that in a Linux environment. 
What's the value?  Linux users mostly don't care if it's all-in-one, and
developers are actively against it.  It breaks the principles of using one
tool for one action, decoupling interface from implementation, and enabling
migration of data.
-- 
derek