I'd love to hear about the experiences of those who have
used both OpenOffice Base and Microsoft Access.

I'm somewhat familiar with MS Access, but have never tried
Base.

For an MS Access user, is there any chance of warming up to
Base?

The reason for my interest is the limited / expensive
availability of MS Access.

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Any thoughts appreciated.

croy

croy <croy (AT) invalid (DOT) net> writes:

My experience with the two is limited to several years ago, teaching a
former MS Access user.

Yes, they are very similar overall; the Base user interface seems
deliberately modelled to be familiar to MS Access users.

You'll also get the big advantage of working smoothly with free-software
and robust DBMSen.

Good hunting.

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Ben Finney

On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 08:12:51 +1100, Ben Finney
<bignose+hates-spam (AT) benfinney (DOT) id.au> wrote:

Thanks Ben.

Does Base have any built-in ability to create stand-alone
applications?

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croy

croy <croy (AT) invalid (DOT) net> writes:

I don't know, we didn't try that.

You might find more knowledgeable answers on the forums specifically for
OpenOffice.org Base discussions
<URL:http://dba.openoffice.org/servlets/ProjectMailingListList>.

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David Segall <david (AT) address (DOT) invalid> wrote:

Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam (AT) benfinney (DOT) id.au> wrote:


MS Access can be used with any database that has an ODBC driver just
as OpenOffice Base can be used with any database that has a JDBC
driver. The open source Firebird, Ingres and PostgreSQL RDBMSs all
provide ODBC drivers. Not even Microsoft recommend using the database
that comes with Access.

David Segall <david (AT) address (DOT) invalid> writes:


ODBC is a far cry from “working smoothly with� the database server.

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David Segall <david (AT) address (DOT) invalid> wrote:

Why is ODBC significantly worse than JDBC?

Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam (AT) benfinney (DOT) id.au> wrote:

Why is ODBC significantly worse than JDBC?

On 2010-11-30, David Segall <david (AT) address (DOT) invalid> wrote:
I don't think that claim was ever made, ODBC seems to be a one size
fits Microsoft solution.

I haven't looked at JDBC, hopefully it's not designed around
compatibility with a single vendor.

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