How about MySQL on the server and MyODBC on your Win9x so you can use Access
to use the data?
Chris Morton wrote:
> This was addressed a while ago, but not specifically in terms of low
> cost. Also things may have changed since then.
>
> I've got an RH 6.0 server and a Win98 workstation on a LAN at home. I'm
> planning to start some SQL database development on the server, but would
> like to be able to access it from one or more Win9x machines. I'm going
> to presume that any presentable and friendly way of doing this is going
> to involve a Win9x X-server of some kind.
>
> I'm familiar with Hummingbird Exceed, having installed and used it
> professionally. I'm looking for something comparable [or better] in
> terms of X-server functionality, without all of the other unneeded bells
> and whistles... and attendant cost.
>
> I want something that will let me open an X-session on the server, do my
> database (or whatever) thing, but without a lot of extras, which I
> already have installed on Win9x (newsgroups, ftp, etc.)
>
> I'm willing to pay a reasonable price for shareware, something on the
> order of what the Forte Agent newsreader goes for ($69?), but I'm not
> going to buy Exceed to do the limited task I have in mind.
>
> Does anybody have any suggestion, favorites, or products to avoid?
>
> Thanks.
>
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