Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Where is Base?

Hi :)
One point that may have become muddled in translation is that it is only
the front-end that needs to be copied, or re-created on multiple machines.
The stable back-end could be on a server so that everyone is using the same
data.  As one person adds data everyone else would be able to see that data
on their various machines.

So Base is a LOT more scalable much more easily than Access.  On a single
machine you probably keep the back-end on the same machine as the
front-end.  If other machines get added then they just share that same
back-end.  As the company grows and eventually needs it's own internal
server that back-end might get moved to that server but all the front-ends
on all the different machines still keep using that same back-end even
though it's been moved.

Hopefully Base can even connect to back-ends hosted on WANs rather than
just LANs and even on remotely hosted websites and Clouds.

Regards from
Tom :)





On 3 March 2015 at 18:28, Andreas Säger <villeroy@t-online.de> wrote:

> Am 03.03.2015 um 16:06 schrieb Peter Goggin:
> > Much of the e-mails on Base have focussed on negative aspects. It is
> > worth remembering that for moderate size data bases (a few thousand
> > records, a dozen tables) it is perfectly adequate.  I have now converted
> > all of my data ase applications for MS Access to run on Base with its
> > internal data base. All of them perform better than they did using MS
> > Access. I would not regard either Base or Access as suitable for a large
> > multiuser data base application.  The only linux based large data base I
> > have developed I used MySQL with a web based front end using php to
> > interface to the data base.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> > Peter Goggin
>
> My first medium complex project with input forms to collect daily job
> data used the embedded DB as well. It worked flawlessly. But the most
> important preconditions is that you really do your backup every time
> after closing the connection.
> Nevertheless, there are far too many reports about complete data loss.
> Meanwhile it is very easy to split a self-contained Base document into a
> frontend and a stable backend which can be distributed and installed on
> multiple machines with a tiny little bit of extra effort. Apart from
> keeping your data safe and warm, HSQL 2.3 provides a lot more features
> than HSQL 1.8.
>
>
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