Sujet : Re: MS Access
De : 186283 (at) *nospam* ud0s4.net (186282@ud0s4.net)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.misc alt.comp.os.windows-10Date : 08. Aug 2024, 03:39:15
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On 8/7/24 2:45 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
On Wed, 7 Aug 2024 02:02:57 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
On 8/6/24 10:29 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
On 7 Aug 2024 02:16:13 GMT, vallor wrote:
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I've heard that LO Base has no where near the capabilities of MS
Access.
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LibreOffice Base supports backends like MySQL/MariaDB and SQLite,
either
of which goes way beyond the capabilities of Microsoft Access.
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Except Access had a nice WYSIWYG form builder.
For its time, maybe.
Libre had that for AWHILE ... but not so much anymore.
It's 'database' is mostly a limited front-end for a
spreadsheet.
That’s the “Tables” view in the Databse. Besides that, you also have
“Queries”, “Forms” and “Reports”. Try it some time.
As for the 'limits' of Access ... I developed a few
DBs using it over the years and it was quite capable.
Sure, if you think 2GB is enough for a database.
Well, organize smartly :-)
Back in the day, 2gb was more than enough. NOW everyone
pastes huge photos and such into each record ...
However, '64-bitting' Access may NOT be so difficult,
a little search-n-replace in the source code and a
few DLLs. Alas I don't think M$ is motivated. It's keen
on its licen$ed SQL server, esp the 'all-cloud' version
where it can control/mine all your data.
In any case, my experience "back then" was that Access
was quite capable and friendly - often just what a
small biz/org needed at a very fair one-time price.
If you need a little more, then MySQL/MariaDB ...
but you lose some 'ease'.