Ok, I need to add something here...
mySQL is more like MSSQL Server than MS Access. MS Access is really rather
obsolete from a distributed data point of view - and thats why MS pushs MS SQL
7, 2000 and now 2005. So its not designed to replace Access and Spreadsheet as
a drop in substitute. mySQL is more for the applications when Excel and Access
just don't do it for you anymore. Anybody who has 10 megabyte plus spreadsheets
this basically means you. :)
The front end is not what mySQL (or any SQL RDBMS) is for. Graphical report &
table design is an area that clearly needs to continue to develop though. You
would use mySQL after you have gotten past the design part and have the tables
ready to go, etc.
--- OldSarge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Rod Engelsman wrote:
>
> > Chris BONDE wrote:
> >
> >> I am not sure what this means?
> >> Are you saying that MySQL is free but not that good, so people use
> >> spreadsheets.
> >> Or what.
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> >>
> >
> > MySQL is free. MySQL is a fantastic piece of software. But for the
> > uses that a lot of people want a database, MySQL is like taking an
> > 18-wheeler to get groceries.
> >
> > Here's the big difference in my eyes between something like MySQL and
> > Access -- and you would have had to use both to realize this:
> > Install MSO Pro with Access. Go to Start => All Programs => (wherever)
> > => Microsoft Access. You can immediately construct a new database
> > using drag 'n drop, fill-in-the-blank, GUI stuff. You can construct a
> > useful implementation without knowing a damn thing about SQL, OBDC or
> > any of that mess. Those tools are available if you need them, but they
> > aren't necessary to get going.
...
> To Rod and all: What you do not seem to realize is the reason people use
> Linux is to get away from MSFT and its bugs, so it does mean learning
> something a bit different.
=====
Rob Winchester
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