On 08/02/2016 03:02 PM, tonybsa wrote:
In defence of LibreOffice Base.
Unlike Ian I have had very good results with Base.
Over the last 8 years I have used Base as a a "front end" to a MySQL database
in 5 different countries for different projects.
One database was for the New Ireland (PNG) Provincial Government Old Age &
Disabled Pension fund. 170,000 records updated and maintained by two dedicated data
entry people, but accessed by approximately 35 other users. LibreOffice Base on
Windows 10, 8 and XP PC, on Ubuntu 12.04 PC, on Macintosh OS X laptop. All
connecting via ethernet and wireless to a Ubuntu 12.04 Server.
Another similar situation with Ministry of Tourism, Tonga collecting data on
visitors to Tonga and also used for tourism venture's licensing and
administration and conventions. 25 users connecting LibreOffice Base to MySQL
on FreeBSD server, with Windows and Ubuntu PCs.
Full administration for 5 divisions in Sanma Provincial Council, Santo,
Vanuatu. Including HR, Accounts, Youth, Disabilities, Planning, etc. 75 staff
members, plus external users, with LibreOffice Base connecting to MySQL on
Ubuntu 14.04 server from Windows (10, 8.1, XP), Ubuntu 12.04 and Macintosh PCs.
Now I used Access (Base not available) at Kokopo Business College for student
records. Created a database for College Library with Base on Ubuntu PCs
connecting to central MySQL database via Fibre Optics.
Had real trouble trying to set this up with Access for multiple users (25
teachers, 10 admin staff).
When I got LibreOffice Base I had similar problems with using the HSQLDB engine.
I found that connecting Base to MySQL was very easy and I had real problems
trying to connect Access.
I could also use Base on Linux machines and update all my colleagues to a
consistent operating system.
You can not export Access forms, reports, macros, etc to use with Base but you
can export all the data from Access and import it into Base very easily.
Sorry to keep on!!! I have had good results with LibreOffice Base connecting to
an external database. I also make extensive use of Macros with Base.
Just in case you are wondering -- I am retired and about to have my 75th
birthday so not just straight out of Uni.!!!
Thanks for listening
Tony Bray
tony...@mac.com
MacBook Pro 15 inch Mid 2009
2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM,
Mac OS X 10.11.6
LibreOffice 5.0.6
Scribus 1.4.4
Libre Project 1.5.19
Parallels Desktop 11.02
Ubuntu 14.04
LibreOffice 4.4.4
MySQL, PHP, Apache
I will second that defense of Base. Tony's experience is much broader
than mine, so counts for more points. I only maintain two inventory
databases with several tables each on a single Slackware 14.1 Linux
machine. Many of these inventory tables have more than 1000 records and
growing. I am connecting LO Base to a mariadb local server with the
mysql-connector-java connector and, unlike Ian, in the over one decade
of use I have never had a data loss or a crash of any sort that took my
data or the Base forms or reports. It is very stable, which is good,
because I rely on these databases very much. I consider them critical.
The Report Builder is another story, but it has never corrupted my data,
and it is improving with time. Long live Base's connection options.
BTW, Tony. I am also retired and only 2 years younger than you, with a
birthday coming up soon.
Girvin Herr
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