Re: [ilugd] Queries regarding OpenOffice Base

2008-08-16 Thread Niyaz
On Sat, 2008-08-16 at 09:26 +0530, Raj Mathur wrote: On Saturday 16 Aug 2008, Mani A wrote: [snip] I think it will be a much better idea to use MySql, Postgres or other open source database applications. They can be easily used with statistical software like R and have plenty of

[ilugd] Queries regarding OpenOffice Base

2008-08-15 Thread Niyaz
Hi Friends, I am working in an organization that primarily deals with hospitals and colleges. We are using M$ Excel to keep data related to those hospitals/institution. Now those sheets have grown in number and size to trouble the less tech aware seniors. I have suggest them to go for a proper

Re: [ilugd] Queries regarding OpenOffice Base

2008-08-15 Thread आशीष शुक्ल Ashish Shukla
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Niyaz wrote: Hi Friends, Hi, [snip] 4) Is there any other open-source alternative which can satisfy these requirements? What kind of data is it ? If it is some medical data (like patient records, etc.) then I came across one

Re: [ilugd] Queries regarding OpenOffice Base

2008-08-15 Thread Mani A
Niyaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: These are my queries regarding OO.Base: 1) The database should run on a central machine and others will input/access data from their PC using a small application (Form). Is it possible with OO.Base? 2) I am also hopeful that i will be asked to develop the

Re: [ilugd] Queries regarding OpenOffice Base

2008-08-15 Thread Raj Mathur
On Saturday 16 Aug 2008, Mani A wrote: [snip] I think it will be a much better idea to use MySql, Postgres or other open source database applications. They can be easily used with statistical software like R and have plenty of customisable frontends. But open office database has good