I have been looking at MySQL with the assumption that I could move up to
an enterprise level database from a desktop database without the
prodigious cost normally incurred. I usually work for small business's
and my choice of database has been Paradox. I have been using Delphi as
a front end tool but am unsure of where Paradox is going and my
customers are tired of the lost indexes and val files that come with
Paradox even though I feel that it has served them very well. On to the
question. I cannot get a sense of what a MySQL database would look like.
In Paul Dubois's book and Sams "Teach Yourself" the references in the
index have a paucity of references to data entry. The favoured version
being to dump the data in from another file.
I must write a data-entry front end for a large amount of data for a
small business. Half of the code I usually write is meant to present the
user with a fast, secure, set of customized data entry forms. I can find
almost no code for this outside of the browser interface. Am I barking
up the wrong tree with MySQL asking it to be something that its not or
am I simply too myopic in my search.
Can I put together a database that will function in a small office that
may eventually, and I say this with some hesitation, move access of the
data to the web.
My problem is trying to envision the end product and am I am having
great difficultly. Would Delphi and/or Kylix make this a viable
operation.
Thank You
Robert Smith
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