Quoting David Howard, from the post of Sun, 20 Jun: > Hi all, > > I've been reading the recent thread on DBs with some interest, since > I've been interested for some time in learning how to use a DB. My only > previous DB experience was long ago with a DOS-based version of Lotus > 1-2-3, with very clunky Hebrew support. I am looking for a database > programme suited to my needs.
I'm sorry to disappoint, but you seem to be confusing Database with Spreadsheet. while the application to describe may benefit from a move to a real database, it will take some programming effort to do. you see a database is only a "back office" black box that keeps the data in tables, and does smart analysis on it or just plain serves out data limited by your query parameters. you still need an application in front of it to ask for the data and render it in a human-usable format. this is usually easy to do with a nice PHP application, i.e. a web interface, where a few clicks on buttons and tick boxes lets the PHP program construct a query, get the data from the database and finally translate it into a pink-and-khaki stylish html table for your viewing pleasure. it's NOT an all-in-one package meant to open as a file under excell. -- Bare foot and pregnant Ira Abramov http://ira.abramov.org/email/ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
