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[LUG] Flat-file database
- To: Devon/Cornwall GNU LUG <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: [LUG] Flat-file database
- From: Philip Hudson <phil.hudson@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 16:07:59 +0100
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I want to create a simple single-flat-file database and I'm having a
surprisingly difficult time finding any FLOSS software to do it.
The aim is to move away from L/OOffice Calc (the spreadsheet) as this
has proved far too error-prone, and user education has repeatedly
failed to improve matters. I need to ensure that each record is
isolated and encapsulated in the UI.
Unfortunately, it turns out that L/OOffice Base (the "database"
module) only supports flat files (both spreadsheet and CSV) as read-
only datasources -- for mail merges etc. (It also has the most
unintuitive, ill-designed forms builder I've ever seen. The whole
module reeks of developer-designed-UI).
Any ideas?
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