Drew Jensen wrote:
Howdy,
Looking for your thoughts on this.
Summarize what Base *is* in 1 or 2 paragraphs.
So let those fingers hit the keys.
Let's see if we can put a nice opening couple of paragraphs together and
when we are done we'll pass it along to Dan Lewis who has put together
the first draft of Chapter 1 for the Base Users Guide.
Thanks,
Drew
Base is OpenOffice's front-end database application and the equivalent
of Microsoft Access in MS Office. It can interact with a wide variety
of formats and database systems, and allows users to input data (either
directly or through the use of forms), query databases, and print reports.
Base can use several different database engines. By default it uses the
HSQL engine, which is supplied with Base in OpenOffice.
However, it can also use other open-source database engines like MySQL
and PostgreSQL, or even other commercial engines like MS SQLServer or
Oracle via connections such as ODBC, JDBC and SDBC.
The database engine and/or connector you decide to use are defined by
Base when you initially create your database.
Base allows you to create full data driven applications using your
chosen combination of connector and database engine. Once you have
created your database, you can then use Base to
* Define table structures
* Build the UI using forms
* Filter and browse the data using queries
* Create Reports
Base can be extended like other OpenOffice applications using
extensions. One commonly used extension for Base is the Sun Report
Generator.
Cheers,
Ian Hulin
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