For small to moderate jobs, Microsoft Access or LibreOffice Base should suffice.
For larger projects, I have two free & open-source recommendations: SQLite: Lite, portable, and relatively easy to use, but not as powerful as server solutions. http://www.sqlite.org/ POSTGRESQL: Very powerful, client-server software that can easily handle LOTS of data, but is decidedly NOT portable, is harder to set up, and has a steeper learning curve. Also elephant-themed. http://www.postgresql.org/ Both of these databases also have excellent spatial extensions (SpatiaLite and POSTGIS, respectively), and can interact with FOSS GIS software. Hope this helps! Jay On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Law, Darin J - (dlaw) < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone; > > I would be grateful if any of you could give me some advice on a good > database program that would allow me to organize and query thousands of > lines of data. For example a database that would allow me to query the > database and pull up a specific set of weather conditions and also pull up > photosynthetic data taken during those weather conditions. Another example > might be to query the data base for all trees greater than 50 cm DBH, soil > texture values, windspeed, and evapotranspiration values. > > I would sure welcome any advice that you could provide. > > All the best, > Darin > > > > Darin Law > Research Specialist, Senior > University of Arizona > School of Natural Resources and the Environment > 1311 East Fourth Street > Tucson, Arizona 85721 > email: [email protected] > Phone Office: 520.626.7131 > Phone Home: 520.326.0145 >
