On 20 October 2011 08:29, Bob Giles <thecorf...@gmail.com> wrote: > ** > Hi listers, > > Firstly, I read on a tweet today that it's Ubuntu's 7th birthday today. > Happy birthday Ubuntu! > > Now for the real reason for the post. > > I want to create a simple database that I can distribute to others and was > hoping to come up with a solution that just allowed me to distribute it as a > standalone package in much the same way that MS users can with Access. I > want it to run under linux. If it was cross platform, that would be even > better but not essential. > > I do not want to be in the position of saying that you have to have a given > package installed to run the database. For example, I could easily produce > what I want in LibreOffice Base but would then have to assume that > recipients run LibreOffice. > > I have googled and the only programs that appear to come close are Kexi and > Firebird. Does anyone have any experiences of either or recommendations for > other packages. > > I have played about with Kexi which runs under KDE desktop but it appears > to crash with boring regularity. (That could be because I favour the Gnome > desktop.) > > As I said, the proposed database is simple and does not necessarily have to > be relational although it will contain many records. I want to keep records > of magazine articles from a variety of publications but can't find a bespoke > package that fits what I want to do. > > Any suggestions would be gratefully received. > > TIA > > Bob. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > You could consider DaDaBik http://www.dadabik.org/ which provides a web based Open Source PHP front end which has been tested on MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Oracle and MS SQL Server. I use it at both home and work. It's very easy to import spreadsheets into the Db and provide users password login etc.
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