Sreenadh wrote:
> I have to do a small project and i have been asked to do that in MS
> Access 2003. But i was interested in using OpenOffice Base which is
> quite like Access.
> I would like to know if anyone here is using OO Base. Would like to
> know how is it compared to Access and is it possible to export the
> contents of this database to an SQL database.
> And some useful links.
>
The OOo apps have all their data stored in XML file formats. You can
uncompress the archive and read the XML file for your needs. XML file
formats (flat files) might not give a good performance as to when the
data size increases.
SQLite is a small database for single user (embedded) needs. The
footprint is quite small with this. But performance suffers when the
database becomes larger.
For larger databases, you might like to look at PostgreSQL, which is
even a serious competitor even to commercial vendors. If you are looking
at a GUI builder for DB applications, there are quite some apps out
there, ranging from Freeware to Commercial
Manu
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