Why not MySQL with Libreoffice? http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/mysql-native-connector-for-libreoffice-4.x
Mark On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 2:39 PM, King Beowulf <kingbeow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wednesday, January 21, 2015, Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> > wrote: > > > For a couple of database applications that will be used by Microserfs > it > > appears the most parsimonious development path is to use LibreOffice's > Base > > tool. Base uses HyperSQL (a.k.a. hsqldb) which is a rdbms written in > jave. > > I > > was told that hsqldb-1.8 built into LO-4.3.5 is as buggy as a summer > > evening > > along a Michigan lake because of what Oracle took out or added in > compared > > to the stand-alone version. Numerous reports of data loss. So, ... > > > > > Why not have libreoffice base plug into mariadb instead? Mariadb already > comes with Slackware, is compatible with all MySQL scripts (it's a fork) > and is solid as a rock AFAIK. > > Rummage around documentfoundation.org for plugins/connectors and How-TOs > > -Ed > > > -- > You! What PLANET is this! > -- McCoy, "The City on the Edge of Forever", stardate 3134.0 > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug