Hi, new to this so please bear with me - this has probably been hashed over 100s of times before. I am a fairly new developer wishing to get into some new project. I've tried (or been forced to try) MS Access and OOo Base. In my experience, it has actually been easier to use Mysql with something like phpMyAdmin. I realise that the two fill different roles, with Access and Base being desktop database systems, but the actual end-product produced in both cases is, in my experience, disappointing. There should be a way to easily go from conseptual design to database to (fairly) automatic front-end generation.
As I understand it, the current gnome data access centers around libgnomedb which can work with multiple back-ends. You set up your database and then use this library to integrate it into your gtk front-end which is designed and implemented separately. What I and many other used to Access would like, I think, is for all development to happend in one place - like in Access and Base. But for the front-end to be as polished as is possible with developing your own. Access generates hideous front-ends and Base has such limited functionality and isn't integrated with anything else. If this is a stupid idea, please tell me (and tell me why :-) or if something similar already exists.. . Thanks! _______________________________________________ gnome-office-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-office-list
