On Tuesday 27 May 2008 06:35:11 am Chris G wrote: > I am hoping to convert an MS Access application to Dabo to remove just > about my last need for running MS Windows. The Dabo version will run > on my home desktop system which is currently running Fedora 8. > > I have Dabo installed and running already but haven't really had any > time to play with it much yet. > > The application is a simple small business accounts program and an > invoicing program. The underlying databases for both are pretty > trivial, the accounts program uses three tables and the invoicing > program uses three tables as well. I'll probably stay with the same > basic design as it seems to work pretty well. > > The thing that (until now) I had never managed to find a Linux > replacement for was the forms and report design tools in Access, it > looks like Dabo has these. On the other hand the thing that caused me > most pain in Access was the Visual Basic coding which always seems > horribly unstructured and inconsistent in its syntax. I'm looking > forward to coding the bits that need some code in Python - wonderful! :-) > > So, to the questions, which are probably a bit vague at the moment as > I've not really started trying to do the work. (I'm off on holiday > tomorrow too so I'm not quit sure why I'm asking now) - anyway:- > > Is there any reason to choose one database engine rather than > another? It's only a single user application, no complex locking > requirements. I've got both mySql and postgresql databases already > on my system. > > Most of the 'programming' bits of my accounting system are purely > 'control' actions that automatically fill other controls (or > re-calculate their values) when values are entered. Is this sort > of thing reasonably easy/practical to do in Dabo? > > The reports are pretty simple, driven from queries on the tables, > watching the Dabo Report Designer Overview screencast suggests > that this should be pretty straightforward in Dabo - am I likely > to hit any 'gotchas'?
Welcome to the world of "Dabo". Your app sounds very straight forward and if it runs in access it will work in Dabo. As Nate suggested I'm a Postgres man. But to be honest it doesn't matter which database - in your case. If you write your code using only the Dabo routines it will work with all the backend databases. I would review the screencast and then ask questions. -- John Fabiani _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
