Post: in line On Tuesday 22 February 2005 07:24 pm, Rod Engelsman wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > Only if you purchase MSO-Pro or Access after the fact. See > > http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/howtobuy/compare.mspx#EEAA > > Yeah... I specifically said MSO Pro in my first post on this subject, > though not in this last one. But that *is* what a lot of people are > comparing it to. > > > So OOo in its basic form still is ahead of MSO in that it does > > provide database allbeit dBase from the getgo. > > That's true. Although you could argue that the only advantage of a > flat-file dBase over a spreadsheet is that the dBase file doesn't > have the same record number limitations. Otherwise, they're > functionally pretty similar. > > With 2.0 we will have HSQLDB > > > built-in which is a fully functional RDBMS. What more do you want? > > Nothing. I'm looking forward to it. It appears to be -- or at least > will evolve to be eventually -- a kick-ass alternative to Access. The > test for me will be as follows: Can you run the installation routine > for OOo (whatever that is depending on platform) and *immediately* > create a new relational database without any further set-up. Without > knowing ODBC from Obi Wan Kenobi.
If I can jump in here a moment, the answer is yes. In fact, the OOoAuthor group is in the process of writing the Database section of the User Guide describing how to do that. I have created such a database using a developer snapshot complete with tables and forms. Dan > > >>Accomplishing the same thing with MySQL through ODBC requires a > >> level of tech competence that I believe is simply beyond a > >> significant fraction of the potential users. Everybody has their > >> own threshold. My threshold is that I can operate, set-up, and > >> configure computer hardware and software, but I can't program > >> worth spit. I find StarBasic to be hopelessly confusing. > > > > I think $449 is a bit steep for MSOpro just to have access as > > compared to zero$ and a bit of a learning curve. > > I totally agree. I just don't agree that MySQL is necessarily the > kind of substitute that a lot of people are looking for. And for many > it may be more than "a bit of a learning curve". If you told me that > the only way to use the database component of OOo was to learn > StarBasic then I'm not sure that I would ever be competent. It would > sure as hell be more than a *bit* of a learning curve. > > Rod > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
