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Re: [LUG] OpenOffice.org Base Tutorials?

 

On Saturday 29 November 2008 11:52, Simon Waters wrote:
...
> Let us know how it goes. It seems to be easier to use Base than Access,
> but they have gone down the Access clone route a long way. I think the
> main problem with both, is that to use them effectively you have to
> understand the SQL relational database way.
That is the problem of ALL office software - it gives you the illusion of 
technical usefulness when all your really doing is painting yourself into a 
corner.

> At which point you have a 
> whole host of tools you could use to do the same task. 
I used to like Access because I could knock up relatively complicated 
applications in an afternoon and get something to the point of convincing 
idiots this was the right way to go - but with 'enterprise' experience I 
could avoid locking myself in to the limitations of 
It was a good RAD tool and Base /Kexi come nowhere near it as far as I can see 
- but then I may have just not found the tutorial to get me over a hurdle or 
two.
Tom te tom te tom


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