linux world inquiry about "access" for Linux
Kent Johnson
kent37 at tds.net
Sat Sep 30 23:07:00 EDT 2006
Python wrote:
> While I was at the GNHLUG booth, a couple stopped by to ask about a
> Linux equivalent to Microsoft Access. We looked at the ooffice database
> module, but I was not very successful in attempting to drive it. No one
> else at the booth then had any thing else to suggest.
>
> I just installed rekall (2.4.3 onto Fedora 5) and was quickly able to
> use it with a MySQL database. It appears to offer a lot of the kinds of
> things (queries, forms, reports, macros, scripts) that Access provides.
> I don't know if rekall would satisfy someone with Access applications to
> port to Linux, but it seems to be a step in that direction.
Some more suggestions in this message:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/58423a015f850b1a
Kent
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