Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 18:56:54 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <freebsd@sasknow.com> To: Matt Heckaman <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET> Cc: FreeBSD-ISP <isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Database software. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002201853370.8965-100000@sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002201926030.26937-100000@epsilon.lucida.qc.ca>
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On Sun, 20 Feb 2000, Matt Heckaman wrote: > Hi, > > Currently I'm using a MS Access database that handles all kinds of > customer things and orders, and so on. I've been looking for a solution > that would allow me to move this over to a FreeBSD box, as it would just > make my life a whole lot easier than having to relay on Windows for such > critical data. > > I'm looking for something, if it exists, that can interact with access' > databases. I'm aware that I can export the table into MySQL, but I really > don't want to lose the front end and reports, forms, etc; that have been > created to date. > > Maybe, I'll get a bit lucky and there will be something like this out, > even if it's commercial, doesn't bother me. Paradox 9 (Corel) looks > interesting as it can (apparently) do this, but there is no Linux port > of it yet, so chances of it running over here are slim until there is > one. Any help is appreciated. Thanks/ > > Matt > -- > Matt Heckaman [matt@arpa.mail.net|matt@relic.net] [Please do not send me] > !Powered by FreeBSD/x86! [http://www.freebsd.org] [any SPAM (UCE) e-mail] > I use mySQL (available from ports) with the Windows ODBC driver for SQL, myODBC. See http://www.mysql.org/download_myodbc.html for downloading information. -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> 50% Owner, Sysadmin SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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