Re: [Tutor] Open Source database software

2009-11-18 Thread mjekl
Kent Johnson wrote: On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Mike Meisner wrote: > 3. A good GUI front end for creating the database, creating forms for user > data input, queries, reports, etc. For this you might look at Dabo: http://dabodev.com/ I haven't worked with it myself but some people

Re: [Tutor] Open Source database software

2008-11-25 Thread Marc Tompkins
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Mike Meisner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to get away from using Microsoft Access. I have a number of > Access databases to convert. > There's an open source package out there called "mdbtools", specifically for working with Access databases. The Python

Re: [Tutor] Open Source database software

2008-11-25 Thread Kent Johnson
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Mike Meisner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 3. A good GUI front end for creating the database, creating forms for user > data input, queries, reports, etc. For this you might look at Dabo: http://dabodev.com/ I haven't worked with it myself but some people like it

Re: [Tutor] Open Source database software

2008-11-25 Thread Alan Gauld
"Mike Meisner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote I'd like to get away from using Microsoft Access. I have a number of Access databases to convert. The obvious choice would be the OpenOffice DB. I believe it can read Access format - although I've never tried... 1. A relational database management s

Re: [Tutor] Open Source database software

2008-11-24 Thread W W
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Mike Meisner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Y'all have been so good with suggestions on my programming problems in > the past, I wonder if anyone could provide a suggestion on a more general > topic. > 5. And, everything either in Python or with APIs that Python ca