Re: [SLUG] Which linux database app recommended for replacement of MS Access?

From: Kwan Lowe (kwan@digitalhermit.com)
Date: Tue Mar 04 2003 - 08:20:26 EST


On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 23:20, Russell Hires wrote:
> Not to start a religious war, but there's also PostgreSQL. It has front ends
> that will run from both Windows and from Linux (though they are different
> programs). They both ultimately connect to the back end server.
>
> Another consideration is exactly what are you replacing? Access has some nice
> features, and you can do lots of cool stuff with VB. But if it's too
> expensive, and still acts like a toy, then you move away from Access, and go
> web. :-)
>
You can also use an ODBC connector with PostgrSQL as the backend. I've
not done it personally but have seen a few HOWTOs floating around.

BTW, I do prefer PostgreSQL to MySQL only because it's the first I'd
used and am more familiar with it.



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