On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 09:22:20AM +0300, Kristian Niemi wrote: > Is there a GUI available? I'm also thinking of switching a relatives > computer from win 98 to debian, and currently the only obstacle is ... > access. And perhaps I could learn mySQL, but she /really/ doesn't want to. > > What she needs isn't really a superb database-program, but a > `ok'-database-program, /to which there is a GUI/. I believe I have tried > to find GUIs to mySQL, without any real luck. But perhaps I wasn't > looking in the right places? > > Is there a linux equivalent to Access (i.e. an *easy to use*, > preferrably WYSIWYG, database-program)? >
For what use? a quick search brings up tora as a possible candidate but I don't know it. Also gnome-db looks like it may be what you want. > > Alex Malinovich wrote: > >On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 01:30, Kristian Niemi wrote: > >--snip-- > > > >>One thing for which I'm still searching for though, is some equivalent > >>to Microsoft Access. OpenOffice works beautifully, taking care of > >>everything else Office used to do -- and in most parts succeeding quite > >>well -- but I haven't found a database-solution I've liked / known how > >>to use. > > > > > >MS Access is as much a database as I am a refrigerator. :) If you really > >need a database, mySQL is a great free alternative. If you don't > >know/aren't willing to learn SQL, then you don't REALLY need a database > >any more than I NEED a 97-ton dump truck to return a rented movie. :) > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]