[PLUG] MS Access Equivalent

[Cliff Wells]

On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 02:31, Paul Johnson wrote:
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> On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 04:20:07PM -0700, Holger Stephan wrote:
> > Is there a database system similar to MS Access on Linux? Or, better, 
> > something that runs on Linux and Windows?
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> Access hardly counts as a database in reality, there's not anything
> really equivilent to Access in Linux.

I'd consider it more of a tool for creating simple frontends to real
databases.  "Simple" being the operative word.

> Just move up to some form of SQL.  apt-cache search sql to find
> available packages (debian based distros only, you're on your own in
> RPM land).

Unless you use apt from freshrpms.net ;)  Works great.

Regards,

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Cliff Wells, Software Engineer
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