In also belive that MySQL is very good in a single environ ment. You can try out some very good GUI front end clients like MySQL-Front and SQLyog. Since MySQL-Front has been discontinued, SQLyog is a very good option.
Insane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerben Gieling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael T. Babcock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "David Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Adam Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 12:54 PM Subject: RE: MySQL as a desktop DB The combination of Access front end with MySQL or PostgreSQL works great. However there is a disadvantage in using Microsoft Office applications. If you use Visual Basic code to program the behaviour of your front end (You probably will). The front end will run great until the next major update of MSOffice. It will again make a lot of changes without backward compatibility. This needn't be a problem If you are in control of the migration. But, if your IT department decides to migrate to a new version of MS Office catching you unprepared, your database will be without functional or with a misbehaving front end until you fix the code. I quit using Access and migrated my front end to Apache/PHP running on the same (linux) server as the database (an old pc found in the trashbin because it wasn't fast enough to run windows 95). > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael T. Babcock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: September 25, 2002 17:34 > To: David Lloyd > Cc: Adam Parker; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: MySQL as a desktop DB > > > David Lloyd wrote: > > >MySQL in a single user environment is a pain in the arse > because of its > >lack of an Access Like front end that is actually useful and > featureful > >(Access is crap, but it's a better database frontend than currently > >exists). > > > > > I've never done it, but have you tried Access linked to MySQL through > MyODBC? > > PS, SQL ... Query ... > > -- > Michael T. Babcock > C.T.O., FibreSpeed Ltd. > http://www.fibrespeed.net/~mbabcock > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
