Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: New user to BASE

Hi

On Thu, 2011-08-11 at 18:01 +0200, Alexander Thurgood wrote: 

> Le 11/08/11 15:46, Wayne a écrit :
>
> > Would you include Python in that list?
> > Wayne
>
> Sure, any programming language that allows you to build a graphically
> driven frontend. AFAIK, Python can do that with tcl, wx, gtk, and no
> doubt other graphical toolkits so why not ? ;-)
>
>
> I actually went scouring for stuff like that the other day on
> sourceforge because I need to have a frontend I can design, implement
> and distribute over a network and multiple-OSes. I haven't had time to
> try the various bits out yet though, most of which looks PHP-based (but
> only because I have a vague understanding of PHP - my python skills are
> way too low to attempt something like that at the moment, but I did give
> it some thought :-))
>
> Alex

You have several options with databases: use Base only, use Base as the
front end with another database as the back end, or use another database
and hope there are decent graphical tools available. Base only may limit
what you can do particularly with network access For Base with another
back end you will need to set up the connection in Base and many common
options are supported. Using another database completely can be tricky,
some do not have nice front end tools. Two that do are MySQL/MariaDB
(Linux uses MySQL Workbench) and PostgreSQL (pgadmin). SQLite is another
possibility but it does not easily support all the data types that may
be in a database.

None of these will require any programming but will require varying
knowledge of SQL to use effectively.

-- 
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com

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