I would suggest replacing the bastard (are we really talking like this? :-) ) with MySQL or perhaps even better MariaDb (mebbe even Postgres).
You can do this on Windows or Linux or even Mac (I imagine). Also install phpMyAdmin (which also works with Maria I think) to give you ease of access and control. To make data security even better then perhaps something like MySQLDumper to make regular backups would be good. Then tell Base to talk to the database you've installed. Get your data out of your backups and put it into the new database. Base may make that really easy as, I think, you can have two Base databases, one the old one the new, and drag tables across from the old to the new (... but don't quote me on that). >From the "using Base" end of things practically nothing will have changed. Your forms, queries, reports, &tc will work just the same way (once you've hooked them up to the new data in the new database), but you'll have your data in a much more robust environment that you can easily, regularly back up. For this much installation and use you'll have very little new to learn (phpMyAdmin makes it really simple, as does MySQLDumper). There may be other things you'd like to delve into, but that's an added bonus. Regards Mark Stanton One small step for mankind... -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
