On 08/09/04 20:01 -0400, Srinivasan Krishnan wrote: > On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 13:24, Devdas Bhagat wrote: > > On 08/09/04 12:30 +0530, komal wrote: > > > Hello > > > > > > I want to design and develop application using MySQL as backend with tally > > > 4.5 like interface. How to go about that? Any idea? > > > > Please do not crosspost. > > > > MySQL is a bad idea for lots of reasons (lack of transactions by default, > > silent truncation of strings, non standard SQL being the biggest flaws). > > > > I recommend looking at AvSAP and modifying that instead. > > Or maybe PostgreSQL - supports transactions and triggers, is stable and > free. A Tally-like front end means a regular GUI front end. You have > several options in this space: > > * Scripted languages such as Perl, Python (with Tk, or the wxWindows > interface or the GTK interface), or even Tcl/Tk (ugh) > * A regular C or C++ GUI using GTK/ Qt/ Gnome/ KDE/ wxWindows (the most > common, and you fill find several other GUI frameworks if you search on > freshmeat), or maybe even Java with a GUI toolkit > * If you prefer a commercial IDE, you could even get Borland's Kylix, > which supports C++ Builder and Delphi (not sure if it is still around, > though)
AvSAP is a WxPython based application using PostgreSQL as a backend. Apparently it works, but I really have no further knowledge about it. Devdas Bhagat -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
