On 20 October 2011 09:51, Bob Giles <thecorf...@gmail.com> wrote: > ** > Thank you all who have taken the trouble to respond so quickly. > > I have put together a combined response to the suggestions received so far. > Please, if anyone has any further observations or suggestions, I would like > to here them. > > Am now no more than a 'hobbyist' and so have time to consider what is a > 'labour of love! > > Thanks again, > > Bob. > > > > On 20/10/11 11:10, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > > > To be Ubuntuesque I have to point a desktopcouch, which is at the core of > Gnome, but I'm not sure how easy it would be to port to other platforms. > There are Windows and Mac projects but I have no idea how mature they are. > > > > If users don't need to directly access the database then look at SQLite, > which is cross-platform, included with most Linux distributions and easy to > bundle. It's used in Firefox among other things, and there is a plugin for > Firefox if direct access is required. > > > > Next up from that is something like HSQLDB, which is the engine in > OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice which is written in Java and can be plugged into > a package as part of a distribution. Downside there is that it needs Java to > be present. > > I came across a similar database to HSQLDB called H2, which might be worth a look at if you decide to go down this route. I also needs Java.
> > Simon, > > Thanks for the suggestions. I looked at couchdb v desktopcouch and to be > honest, my eyes glazed over! However, I like the idea of a web interface as > all users would have Internet access. > > LibreOffice was my first thought but didn't want to assume that everyone > had access to it. > > ========================== > > > On 20/10/11 11:10, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > A spreadsheet package would be ideal, multiple sheets in a workbook so > you have your "tables". Can be distributed as ods,xls,csv... > > Kris, > > In the days when I used to work (retired now, not unemployed per se!) I > used to develop applications using Excel and this idea certainly has some > appeal. Again though, I would have to assume that users had the same > application or were able to manipulate the data in the absence of a 'front > end'. > > ========================== > > On 20/10/11 11:23, Avi Greenbury wrote: > > > I'm guessing when you say you'd like to distribute the database, you'd > also like to distribute some sort of a user interface to it? Else > SQLite is popular for bundling SQL dbs, and SQLite is available on > basically every platform, or Couchdb seems popular for this NoSQL > thingy. > > > In any case, if the users will have internet access or similar, the > easiest way to do it (and probably the only way to get guaranteed > cross-platform) is to use a web interface and host it somewhere they > can all get at. > > Avi, > > I think that you may be right. My initial idea was to distribute the > database 'manually' but I am getting drawn to this idea as it would totally > negate the worry about what software the recipients have installed. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > >
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