Just a short note: Base can connect to a MySql database using a connector. I even think, knowing not much about Base, that an external database for storage is a very good way to go...Am 02.03.2015 16:54 schrieb Peter Goggin <[email protected]>: > > I have read with interest the emails on Base. I have always regarded > the data base component of Open Office, Libre office as the equivalent > to the datbase component of MS Access. I have 5 data bases, originally > run under windows and MS Access which I have converted to run under > Libre Base. I have found the LibreBase is probable slightly easier to > use than MS Access and it certainly copes very well with my data bases, > all of which are small. (The biggest has about 5000 records) The only > problem I have had is in a new database where I needed to store photos > against each record. It quickly gave up after about 4 records. I am not > certain why, but other claims on my time have prevented me for > investigating what caused the problem. > > I was a database administrator for many years with extremely large data > bases (millioms of records) using Oracle, etc. When I needed to manage > a large data base (about 100,000 records, 30 to 40 users) in linux, I > used MySQL with web based front end using PHP to connect to the database. > > My advice to people needing to use databases is to use Base for small > databases (less than 10000 records). For larger bases consider using > Mysql with a web based front end and PHP to connect to the databse. > > Regards > > Peter Goggin > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
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