[TriLUG] Database Software

Jeremy Davis jeremyhwllc at gmail.com
Thu Apr 11 11:49:53 EDT 2013


Yes, Open/Libre Office offers a lot of flexibility connecting docs and
spreadsheets to Base as forms and such. It is very powerful in that respect.
On Apr 11, 2013 11:44 AM, "William Sutton" <william at trilug.org> wrote:

> Apparently you can connect OpenOffice directly to a database:
>
> http://wiki.openoffice.org/**wiki/Connect_MySQL_and_Base<http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Connect_MySQL_and_Base>
>
> William Sutton
>
> On Thu, 11 Apr 2013, John Vaughters wrote:
>
>
>>
>>> Which is all fine, but the OP's request was basically, "I want to do what
>>> I've been doing in Approach without having to learn any new technology or
>>> rewriting all my code."
>>>
>>
>> Well I too am now VERY curious to find a Linux solution for Lotus
>> Approach, a Database interface I have just learned about yesterday, that
>> has a direct App in Linux without writing any code.
>>
>> No one likes re-inventing the wheel, but we all have to compromise for
>> the better good. The question becomes: Is it worth the time?
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