On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Kris G Findlay wrote:
> ok thats what i though !!
>
> would it be possible to convert the ms access db to somthing else ?
>
> thing is i have a friend .. who is using access db. he wants the info stored
> in it to be acess on-line
> to form part of customer services eg product details and rpair ststus .. etc
> ...
> as i said all the data is in an access db .. if i could convert it to
> something else would be fine.
If you are running on Linux, you have two fine choices of database systems
that are free -- MySQL and PostgreSQL. MySQL is small and fast, and good
as an entry-level introduction to SQL servers. PostgreSQL is a bit more
heavyweight and is better for big systems that process a lot of data.
Plus, you have all of the benefit of using the DBI modules for these
systems directly. I suggest you check out www.mysql,com or
www.postgresql.org. There is a learning curve assocatiaed with these
servers, especially if you have never used SQL directly before.
-- Brett
