Re: [jug-discussion] MS Access / Filemaker like front-end for MySQL/Oracle?
Jumping into this conversation. a little late, but... :) I'm not sure how much detail, etc. you need, but open office v2 includes Openoffice Base, which is an MS Access-ish program. I haven't played with it much. By default, it uses hsqldb to create databases, but, like access, you can connect to pretty much any db (mysql and oracle, as well). It'll let you create forms, reports, queries, etc. Again, I haven't used it much so I can't really vouch for quality or ease of use, but it might be worth checking into. Robert Jon Thomas wrote: on the free front, Aqua Data Studio is really really good, but I don't think its a graphical IDE like Access. On Jul 27, 2006, at 5:17 PM, Tim Colson ((tcolson)) wrote: MS Access will allow you to attach to any ODBC datasource including Oracle and do some really fun stuff. Yep, that is definitely an option worth consideration. I seem to recall having pain when I did this in the past because MS Access frankly wasn't built to play nice (imho) with anything besides JET and SQL Server. ;-) Toad is the other product I always think of when talking about Oracle made easy. I've got Toad, good stuff...but I'd categorize that as a tool for DBA/Developers...not so much for end users. You won't mind me replying to your non-java question, because (even though I was born in Tucson) I live in Scottsdale. Guess that makes me not really a qualified TJUG member. ;) lol... I'm pleased you didn't just throw the email into /dev/null. grin Timo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [jug-discussion] MS Access / Filemaker like front-end for MySQL/Oracle?
thought they were using derby now and not hsqldb? On Jul 28, 2006, at 7:18 AM, Robert Zeigler wrote: Jumping into this conversation. a little late, but... :) I'm not sure how much detail, etc. you need, but open office v2 includes Openoffice Base, which is an MS Access-ish program. I haven't played with it much. By default, it uses hsqldb to create databases, but, like access, you can connect to pretty much any db (mysql and oracle, as well). It'll let you create forms, reports, queries, etc. Again, I haven't used it much so I can't really vouch for quality or ease of use, but it might be worth checking into. Robert Jon Thomas wrote: on the free front, Aqua Data Studio is really really good, but I don't think its a graphical IDE like Access. On Jul 27, 2006, at 5:17 PM, Tim Colson ((tcolson)) wrote: MS Access will allow you to attach to any ODBC datasource including Oracle and do some really fun stuff. Yep, that is definitely an option worth consideration. I seem to recall having pain when I did this in the past because MS Access frankly wasn't built to play nice (imho) with anything besides JET and SQL Server. ;-) Toad is the other product I always think of when talking about Oracle made easy. I've got Toad, good stuff...but I'd categorize that as a tool for DBA/Developers...not so much for end users. You won't mind me replying to your non-java question, because (even though I was born in Tucson) I live in Scottsdale. Guess that makes me not really a qualified TJUG member. ;) lol... I'm pleased you didn't just throw the email into /dev/null. grin Timo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [jug-discussion] MS Access / Filemaker like front-end for MySQL/Oracle?
Just out of curiosity, why isn't dabbledb a contender? On 7/27/06, Tim Colson (tcolson) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You guessed it, this probably has nothing to do with Java. Go ahead, ban me from the list. :-P I'm looking for something that smells like MS Access (or better) Filemaker that enables a nitwit (i.e. end user) to flip data around, edit it, import/export it... solution must be multi-user, and can't be web-based. The tool must be ridiculously snappy because it will compete for mindshare with Excel...even though we all know Excel is for flippin' calculations... not manipulating tables of data...but that's how people use it...they filter, they sort, they copy/paste, they fill-down. It is what it is. Excel is a better mousetrap for most folks. You might say, Well...then just flippin' use MS Access + SQL Server...and go away from this Java User Group list, ya foolhardy nitwit! B. SQL Server isn't an option. There's gotta be some desktop app that does some of the neat trickery that the http://www.dabbledb.com folks do in a webapp... something that will run cross-platform and connect to Oracle or MySQL for data. Yes...I realize what I'm asking about is a 4GL Client/Server app. Go ahead and tell me why that's stupid you must...and I'll ignore it with as much aplomb as I can muster. grin Cheers, Timo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [jug-discussion] MS Access / Filemaker like front-end for MySQL/Oracle?
MS Access will allow you to attach to any ODBC datasource including Oracle and do some really fun stuff. Toad is the other product I always think of when talking about Oracle made easy. -Todd You won't mind me replying to your non-java question, because (even though I was born in Tucson) I live in Scottsdale. Guess that makes me not really a qualified TJUG member. ;) *** Todd R. Ellermann President PHXJUG.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] 602-738-6187 cell *** Does getting an ASU MBA with existing UofA BSCE make me a SunCat? or a WildDevil? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
