[KLUG Members] easy DB

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > I need to set up a fairly simply DB which should, however be relational. Is
> > there anything in Linux with the easy drag-and-drop form creation of Access?
> > I don't want to have to spend time learning a new system  or setting up the
> > forms by writing code.
> Most distro can install PostgreSQL or MySQL,  which for smallish simple apps are
> fundamentally the same.  Use Open Office to build interfaces,  it supports
> forms, etc...  Just setup a connection via ODBC.  Both OOo books I've seen at
> Barnes & Nobles spend a fair amount of pages covering data access via OOo.

Take a look at -
ftp://ftp.kalamazoolinux.org/pub/pdf/DataAccess-2003.pdf
http://dba.openoffice.org/
http://www.math.umd.edu/~dcarrera/openoffice/docs/Chapters/Database.pdf
http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/data_source/how_to_link_tables_using_named_parameters.sxw