I use MySQL as a desktop db. It is alot faster than access, and much more efficient. A great front end I use is phpMyAdmin.
www.phpMyAdmin.org -Steve. -----Original Message----- From: Insanely Great [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 1:58 AM To: MySQL List Subject: Re: MySQL as a desktop DB I think MySQL will be more faster in Desktop environment and if you are adverse to using the text based interface to MySQL then you can try out some GUI avaiable in the market. The best I know are MySQL-Front and SQLyog but since MySQL-Front has been discontinued you can try SQLyog at http://www.webyog.com/sqlyog Insane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 3:11 AM Subject: MySQL as a desktop DB > I currently use MS Access as a single-user desktop database. The database is > getting quite large. The largest table has 300,000 rows. > > I am considering upgrading the database. How suitable is MySQL as a > single-user desktop database? How does it compare to Access when it is used > like this? > > Obviously MySQL would have advantages if I intended to use it as a server > database with concurrent users. But is it faster than Access in the > single-user environment, when dealing with large databases? > > Thanks for any help. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php