Re: [libreoffice-users] Need help with Base

Tom, If you read your posting again, it implies that MariaDb is "owned 
by Oracle".  That would be news to me and, I suspect, the MariaDb 
development team.
Girvin Herr


On 05/05/2014 09:02 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> Good point!!
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> An external database is a really good approach.  Many people go for MySql
> or MariaDb (unless using a Mac) but that's owned by Oracle and some worry
> about the future of "free" or "Open Source" under Oracle.  Many go for
> faster, lighter java back-ends such as Hsqldb as an external but others
> worry about the whole java issue.
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> So Postgresql might well be a good choice.  They have put a lot of work
> into building a decent connector for Base.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
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> On 5 May 2014 15:44, Wolfgang Keller <feliphil@gmx.net> wrote:
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> > > I'm new user of LO Base, we are transitioning from MS Access, and I
> > > need to redesign our db from it.
> > One word of advice based on experience:
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> > Avoid use of the "built in" database.
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> > Use a proper client-server RDBMS. Preferrably PostgreSQL, as it's
> > reliable and the driver comes with LO.
> >
> > Otherwise you *will* regret it the day your data has gone to Nirvana.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Wolfgang
> >
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