On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 08:03, Edwin Humphries wrote: > I'm trying to convert my personal PC use from Windoze to Linux. But there > is a Win application that I've used for a long time for flat-file > databases: Filemaker Pro. It's much better than other simple Win databases > (eg, Access) and it isn't Microsoft! > > Can anyone suggest a Linux alternative? My key database is a database of my > experimentation with bush food plants (yes, I know geek and gardener seem > somewhat contradictory :-). This has several fields that contain bitmaps > (photographs of plants). I know about SQL databases, but it seems a tad > overkill for this - and there isn't a simple GUI front-end.
PostgreSQL does BLOBs which are good for storing images....and what is wrong with SQL databases, they work, and some like MySQL are blindingly fast. > > Regards, > Edwin Humphries, Managing Director > Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd > P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 > Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 > Facsimile: +61 (0)2 4233 2299 > Web: http://www.ironstone.com.au > Mobile: 0419 233 051 -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates; Your Linux people <http://www.lannetlinux.com> ------------------------------------------ "When you just want a system that works, you choose Linux; when you want a system that just works, you choose Microsoft." ------------------------------------------ "Flatter government, not fatter government; Get rid of the Australian states." -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
