Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 09:45:59 -0500 From: "Troy Settle" <troy@picus.com> To: "Matt Heckaman" <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET>, "Ryan Thompson" <freebsd@sasknow.com> Cc: "FreeBSD-ISP" <isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Database software. Message-ID: <BPEOKDIIGLACIBFDFLEPKEBMCAAA.troy@picus.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002202000360.27012-100000@epsilon.lucida.qc.ca>
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Matt, You can use Access to link the tables through the MyODBC driver, and have all the bells and whistles you have now, but without the nasty jet db backend. I've got a few databases that I've done like this. A better option, might be to use PHP to build a web front end. This has the flexability that you don't need any client software other than a web browser. You could even manage your database from one of those nifty new cell phones that come bundled with a browser :) -Troy ** -----Original Message----- ** From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG ** [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Matt Heckaman ** Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 8:03 PM ** To: Ryan Thompson ** Cc: FreeBSD-ISP ** Subject: Re: Database software. ** ** ** ** On Sun, 20 Feb 2000, Ryan Thompson wrote: ** [...] ** : I use mySQL (available from ports) with the Windows ODBC ** driver for SQL, ** : myODBC. See ** : ** : http://www.mysql.org/download_myodbc.html ** ** Yes, I am familiar with this - but I can only export the actual ** table with ** that. Which is perfectly fine, but leaves me without a front-end. I like ** Access for it's powerful and fairly simple front-ends, my question is, is ** there anything like that for *nix. I didn't phrase my original question ** too well.. ** ** So yes, MySQL for the actual database, we all agree on that - ** but what for ** a frontend? I suppose something like php into a webpage could do ** it, but I ** really don't like the idea of being tied down to a browser, ** something built ** for being a db front-end would be better (imho) ** ** : -- ** : Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> 50% Owner, Sysadmin ** : SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com ** : #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 ** ** -Matt ** ** ** ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org ** with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message ** ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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