Oh, regarding firebird, I find on my ubuntu box that: sudo aptitude install flamerobin
Installs firebird and a GUI client called flamerobin, if you've got a preference for firebird over sqlite. On 1 November 2013 12:48, David Smith <david.sm...@aic.co.uk> wrote: > > On Friday, November 01, 2013 11:01 AM Simon P Smith wrote > > At the risk of being burnt at the stake :-) >> > > Many good suggestions in this thread but let me throw up one more... >> > > You said "free" software. Whilst I use postgres and MySQL extensively >> some clients >> are M$ shops and so the database must reside on MSSQL. There is a an >> SQLExpress >> version of this which includes the GUI management tools and database >> back-end >> which I use for portability testing. It is "free" as a download from M$. >> > > Thanks Simon. I have no moral objection to your suggestion, provided M$ do > not gain, but I will try SQlite first. > > And thanks Ralph for your weblink. > > David > > -- > Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-11-05 20:00 > Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > New thread on mailing list: > mailto:dor...@mailman.lug.org.**uk<dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk> > How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue > -- Andrew Montgomery-Hurrell Professional Geek Blog: http://darkliquid.co.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkliquid Fiction: http://www.protagonize.com/author/darkliquid -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-11-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
