Re: Python vs. Access VBA

2005-07-23 Thread Dark Cowherd
> better to go with SQLite. Its cross platform and well proven. I think > Firebird will give you that too, though I have never used it. > Firebird is a great option, cross platform, it can work like access without any server running, using embedded mode to a full blown server which can handle t

Re: Python vs. Access VBA

2005-07-17 Thread Chris Lambacher
If you are going to go with Python, don't include Access in the mix at all. If you want a small light-weight, serverless database back-end, you would be better to go with SQLite. Its cross platform and well proven. I think Firebird will give you that too, though I have never used it. Most peop

Re: Python vs. Access VBA

2005-07-17 Thread Ed Leafe
On Jul 15, 2005, at 11:19 PM, William Lodge wrote: > Finally, does anybody know of any Web sites having examples of > database apps > in Python? You might want to look at Dabo, which is a database application framework for Python. In about 30 seconds you can create an application that

Re: Python vs. Access VBA

2005-07-16 Thread Johannes Findeisen
On Sun, 2005-07-17 at 01:30 +0200, Johannes Findeisen wrote: > My recommendation: > > Use Python! You will love me in some years because i have said this. > When using Access you are binding your application to Microsoft. You > need a runtime version of Access when distributing the application to

Re: Python vs. Access VBA

2005-07-16 Thread Johannes Findeisen
On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 23:19 -0400, William Lodge wrote: > I'm at a loss on how to compare Python vs. Access VBA for a database > project. I'm estimating 20 tables and several forms and reports. Some of the > tables could grow to many thousands of rows w/i a year or so. The app would > be resident o