Hi Kay, Kay Schenk schrieb:
Well no doubt this may start a rather heated discussion.
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I don't really know who the author is, but, I too, had been giving this a great deal of thought. Does a user know what any of this really means, for example. And, including an embedded DB like HSQL puts added responsibility for that embedded DB on this project. What if Base were strictly a front-end? So, does anyone have any further insights into how many users, if any, directly use Base to create and use their own individual DBs as opposed to using the "front-end" capabilities?
I do not like the idea to drop the embedded DB. It is a nice feature, when you teach pupils about database. It cannot be done with Calc or dBase tables, because they have no relationships between tables, and teaching foreign keys is essential. Using the embedded database has the advantage, that it is portable. Pupils can have all their work on a USB stick and use it at home and as school as well, without the need to install something or to be online. This concept is known as "digitale Schultasche" (digital schoolbar) here in Germany.
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