Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on December 18, 2003 12:49 AM
"...then you can and may consider using an alternative, open source application to replace the VB/Access application."
Like What? Someone mentioned a new open source application called Rekall. Does this, or anything else, have a query-by-example (i.e. query grid) feature to easily build SQL-like queries of the data residing on MySQL/PostgreSQL? Not to mention the whole application design and reporting interface that comes with Access. Access may not be perfect, but it exists, it's here, now. OS advocates all talk up the replacement for the Jet Engine, and that's a good thing. But where's the rest of Access. Access, love it or loath it, is a rich, useful application for many people. And part of the reason is the interactivity available to end users. Sure you can use PHP or whatever to create a turn-key front end, but users need to roll their own queries and just throw data around in results tables, for a variety of reasons. When there's a front end that allows me to wizard my way to a crosstab query of my data, then I will move to OS for all my database needs. In fact, I can't wait! Incidentally, the OpenOffice group has an Access-like DB as an upcoming goal, but I wouldn't expect to see it for about 2-3 years. I'll be the first one to switch when it arrives, and the sooner the better.
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Re:vb and access
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 18, 2003 12:49 AMLike What? Someone mentioned a new open source application called Rekall. Does this, or anything else, have a query-by-example (i.e. query grid) feature to easily build SQL-like queries of the data residing on MySQL/PostgreSQL? Not to mention the whole application design and reporting interface that comes with Access. Access may not be perfect, but it exists, it's here, now. OS advocates all talk up the replacement for the Jet Engine, and that's a good thing. But where's the rest of Access. Access, love it or loath it, is a rich, useful application for many people. And part of the reason is the interactivity available to end users. Sure you can use PHP or whatever to create a turn-key front end, but users need to roll their own queries and just throw data around in results tables, for a variety of reasons. When there's a front end that allows me to wizard my way to a crosstab query of my data, then I will move to OS for all my database needs. In fact, I can't wait! Incidentally, the OpenOffice group has an Access-like DB as an upcoming goal, but I wouldn't expect to see it for about 2-3 years. I'll be the first one to switch when it arrives, and the sooner the better.
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