SME Server Admin wrote: > Hiya Folks > > I'm after a basic database program for Mandrake 10. > > It only needs about 5-10 fields but records wise could stretch on to > several thousand records, and needs to allow imports from CSV files? > > Only for personal use... I've got Cross Office running MS Office 97 for > access but it's slow and I'd like a proper Linux version! > > Suggestions please? > > TIA > > Elwyn
I'd use postgreSQL, but perhaps a bit overkill. However, easy to setup and use. Look at the copy command for import I'd install it by urpmi postgresql postgresql-server If you need more do an urpmi --fuzzy postgre I like knoda as frontend (urpmi knoda) Read in the installation to setup, but it's usually a matter of Install, Create superuser (su to root then su - postgres, run createuser, and give your ordinary login-name as user, and yes to create dbs and other users) create database (as the created user above; createdb Run psql after that, or knoda, but you need to read on pg_hba.conf and postgresql.conf first you need a row like this in pg_hba.conf host all all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 trust and tcpip_socket = true in postgresql.conf located in /var/lib/pgsql/data postgresql.conf is call somthing like postgresql.conf.sample, rename it and restart service postgresql restart as root -- /Björn ------------------------------------------------------------------- http://lundin.homelinux.net Registered Linux User No. 267342 <http://counter.li.org>
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