Re: free software alternative to Access

2005-04-19 Thread Dan Jenkins
Bill Sconce wrote: To which I'd add something (something which I'd have overlooked had not Guy Pardoe and Ted Roche just made it the subject of last week's excellent MonadLUG meeting): phpMyAdmin http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/ It is billed as an administration tool (which is what it is, of

Re: Walmart-Xandors

2005-04-19 Thread Jeff Smith
--- Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 18, 2005, at 17:45, Randy Edwards wrote: IMHO, the worst aspect of them is the fact that they're from Wal-Mart (insert disclaimer about union-busting, hyper-exploitation of workers, etc., here). snip I'm somewhat surprised they're

Re: Access to PostgreSQL conversion

2005-04-19 Thread Jeff Smith
--- David J Berube [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, While I'm thinking of Access and PostgreSQL, a quick note. I recently released one of my inhouse Access-to-PostgreSQL conversion tools under the GPL. Note, however, that Access and PostgreSQL have very different design

Database design question [was: free software alternative to Access]

2005-04-19 Thread Paul Lussier
All this talk about databases reminded me of a project I was working on a while back in which I had some fundamental database design questions, but not the time to properly research the answers. (of course, like all great projects driven by marketing, the immediate crisis which prompted the

Re: DNS misc

2005-04-19 Thread Paul Lussier
Benjamin Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The real down side of forwarding is that DNS search order breaks (this might be fixed in BIND 9, but was definitely broken with BIND 4.x -- I haven't tried it since then). This has always worked for me just fine with BIND 8.x. I'm even kinda

Re: Walmart-Xandors

2005-04-19 Thread Paul Lussier
Jeff Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Do you know the manufacturer of the wood screws that are in your house? Do you care? I don't thin I have any wood screws at the moment, but I have a bunch of sheetrock screws. I don't know the name of the brand, but I know their in a red box which came

Re: Walmart-Xandors

2005-04-19 Thread Karl Hergenrother
Is the summary that no one has any experience with Xandros, but the Microtel PC is probably suitable for an inexpensive desktop? Sounds like it. Karl ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org

Re: Walmart-Xandors

2005-04-19 Thread Tom Wittbrodt
While I haven't purchased a Microtel PC, I do have experience with Xandros and I can tell you it's an excellent all-around distribution. In complete frustration supporting Windows, I converted my wife and father about 2 years ago to Lindows. It seemed a great distro for newbies (at the time).

Re: Walmart-Xandors

2005-04-19 Thread Neil Schelly
Is the summary that no one has any experience with Xandros, but the Microtel PC is probably suitable for an inexpensive desktop? Sounds like it. Well, I've got experience with Xandros, but not on Walmart PCs. It's a good distro in general - makes lots of things nice and easy. My biggest

Re: DNS misc

2005-04-19 Thread Ben Scott
On 4/19/05, Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IIRC, the problem was actually the listing of multiple search lines in /etc/resolv.conf. The first search line was referenced, possibly the second, but I believe the tertiary was ignored. FWIW, MS had a similar problem too. Windows would

Re: Database design question [was: free software alternative to Access]

2005-04-19 Thread Richard Soule
Paul, You could try: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/1558606726/ref=cm_cr_dp_2_1/103-8170352-9419859?%5Fencoding=UTF8customer-reviews.sort%5Fby=-SubmissionDaten=283155 Not sure about the above, but it seems highly rated (even though there are only 9 ratings). All the books that

Re: Database design question [was: free software alternative to Access]

2005-04-19 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, does anyone have any decent references or pointers to basic relational database design? I'm looking for something generic to SQL, and not tied to any specific implementation. The O'Reilly mSQL and MySQL book has a chapter or two that discusses this

Re: Walmart-Xandors

2005-04-19 Thread Randy Edwards
I was just curious, so I checked Walmart's web site. They had the same system with Windows XP Home ($298), Linspire ($298), Xandros ($200) and no operating system ($248). I guess I'd go with Xandros. (LOL) Regards, . Randy -- Americans went to their deaths in Iraq thinking that

Re: Database design question

2005-04-19 Thread Paul Lussier
Richard Soule [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Paul, You could try: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/1558606726/ref=cm_cr_dp_2_1/103-8170352-9419859?%5Fencoding=UTF8customer-reviews.sort%5Fby=-SubmissionDaten=283155 Thanks, I'll check it out. At Oracle we've been working on a

Re: DNS misc

2005-04-19 Thread Paul Lussier
Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 4/19/05, Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IIRC, the problem was actually the listing of multiple search lines in /etc/resolv.conf. The first search line was referenced, possibly the second, but I believe the tertiary was ignored. FWIW, MS had a

Speaking of DNS.... (spammish but on topic)

2005-04-19 Thread Brian Chabot
How's this for good timing? My employer rolled out recursive DNS service today. Yeah, most of us here could just run our own servers, but if you don't want to... http://www.dyndns.org/news/releases/archives/2005/04/587.html Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss

Re: Database design question [was: free software alternative to Access]

2005-04-19 Thread Ted Roche
On Apr 19, 2005, at 9:01 AM, Paul Lussier wrote: So, does anyone have any decent references or pointers to basic relational database design? I'm looking for something generic to SQL, and not tied to any specific implementation. That's what I do for a living, design database applications, and

Re: DNS misc

2005-04-19 Thread Tom Buskey
On 4/19/05, Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: everybody else, Microsoft based their initial IP stack on BSD. I dunno how much of the BSD code survives in current stuff. Was it BSD? I couldn't remember. They seem to have hosed it up pretty well

Re: Walmart-Xandors

2005-04-19 Thread Karl Hergenrother
Randy Edwards wrote: I was just curious, so I checked Walmart's web site. They had the same system with Windows XP Home ($298), Linspire ($298), Xandros ($200) and no operating system ($248). I guess I'd go with Xandros. (LOL) Regards, . Randy I will too. I don't need a floppy drive or

Re: DNS misc

2005-04-19 Thread Bob Bell
On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 05:51:11PM -0400, Tom Buskey wrote: I wonder if there are any TCP stacks that are not derived from BSD. (SCO maybe??? ;-) The Mentat TCP/IP stack (which is STREAMS-focused) is used in a number of different environments, including HP-UX 11i, and a version is in Sun. It's a