OpenOffice.org Base Options

[James]

I note that in the Forum lists, under Databases, you list Access and several other db's - does anyone use the OpenOffice.org Base program for database work, particularly in conjunction with Web pages?

From my limited expereince of Base, it seems very much like Access in look and feel, but, of course, has the advantage of being open source software. I have used the rest of Open Office (wordprocessing, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings)for years and swear by it, but I haven't had the time to really test out Base, so I would like some feedback before committing to it in Web design.

Kind regards, James

[Brian Chandler]

I note that in the Forum lists, under Databases, you list Access and several other db's - does anyone use the OpenOffice.org Base program for database work, particularly in conjunction with Web pages?

From my limited expereince of Base, it seems very much like Access in look and feel, but, of course, has the advantage of being open source software. I have used the rest of Open Office (wordprocessing, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings)for years and swear by it, but I haven't had the time to really test out Base, so I would like some feedback before committing to it in Web design.

Kind regards, James

But when you talk of use in "Web design", do you mean in a database-backed system? In which case, do many hosting services offer oooBase [whateveritscalled]? Isn't it easier to use the most widely used, which is almost certainly MySQL?

If you just mean you use it at some stage in assembling your own stuff, before pasting[?] it into fixed html pages, I don't understand what you mean by "committing", because it doesn't seem to be directly related to web design.

Perhaps I missed the point somewhere?

[James]

Hi Brian - You have answered my question, even though I did not make clear what I was on about, when you asked: "do many hosting services offer oooBase?" , and, of course, the answer at the moment is prbably "No"

I saw "Access" there on the list and, without thinking it through, thought "If I am thiking of migrating my Access applications to OOo Base in other areas of my work, why not in Web design to?", but as you say, the hosting service has to provide the facility for this to happen.

Thanks, James