Re: [ubuntu-uk] MS SQL

2011-01-21 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 21/01/11 07:07, bod...@googlemail.com wrote: Trying to convince management to buy another product is gonna be hard. I was hoping for someway of doing it through SQL tools. Erm, who said anything about "buying"? You can download it, and some documentation for free: http://www.ocsinventory-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MS SQL

2011-01-20 Thread bodsda
itely look into ocsi Cheers, Bodsda Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Dan Attwood Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:23:48 To: ; UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] MS SQL why not have a look around for an asset management system that's already built? such

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MS SQL

2011-01-20 Thread Sean Miller
PHP/HTML with MySQL works very well, if you're confident building a user interface. Just a case of building some viewing screens and some data entry screens. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MS SQL

2011-01-20 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 20/01/11 13:57, John Stevenson wrote: I agree with the comment from Dan, ditch your spreadsheet asap and get something specific, before the spreadsheet becomes a noose around your neck. Unless it's a very simple requirement then why not just use OOo Base and MySQL? You can run that on Windo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MS SQL

2011-01-20 Thread John Stevenson
On 20 January 2011 13:18, wrote: > Hi guys, > > This is more microsoft related than ubuntu related, but am just after some > advice. > > We currently use a spreadsheet to manage our server information and asset > documentation. I am keen to put this into a SQL db, but have a slight > problem. I a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MS SQL

2011-01-20 Thread Dan Attwood
why not have a look around for an asset management system that's already built? such as : http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] MS SQL

2011-01-20 Thread bodsda
Hi guys, This is more microsoft related than ubuntu related, but am just after some advice. We currently use a spreadsheet to manage our server information and asset documentation. I am keen to put this into a SQL db, but have a slight problem. I am happy with editing tables to insert/view/del