Need a simple single user database

[James McGee]

Ok, so I am an old codger set in my ways, but I really don't want to have to learn to program or learn a world wide database program with all the whistles and bells.

I would like to move to Linux and Open Office cures a lot of my problems about being compatable with others. What I really need to make the move complete is a simple to use database program like Access (Yuck) that can be configured easily and used to do a mailing address label print. I have a mailing list of aprox 3,000 that now and then I have to print out labels for. I can use the dbf data file in Open Office and print the labels, but I would like to find a Linux database to do the setup and data entry rather than having to load Winders to do it.

Anyone know of such a Linux program other than MySql and a couple of others that you could use to run General Motors? Just a simple local single user program is all that is needed...

Thanks...

[hard candy]

If you can use KDE and Koffice, Kexi is a nice frontend that integrates with the rest of Koffice. Kexi (http://www.koffice.org/kexi/) It's mainly set up for a single user.
When Sun released OpenOffice, they kept the data base part proprietary so Open Office lost their integration with a database.

[James McGee]

Originally posted by hard candy
If you can use KDE and Koffice, Kexi is a nice frontend that integrates with the rest of Koffice. Kexi (http://www.koffice.org/kexi/) It's mainly set up for a single user.
When Sun released OpenOffice, they kept the data base part proprietary so Open Office lost their integration with a database.

Thanks for the reply, I snagged Kexi but when I tried to install it, it came up with a laundry list of reasons why it couldn't be installed and I just don't feel like runing all over the www trying to find files that it wants. Why don't Linux programs include all required files with their programs...I guess Winders has made us lazy...

As for Open Office, yes they don't include a database, however, it will accept data files from quite a few sources if done properly. You just have to point it to the location of the files. Example, I just point Open Office to my winders drives and the .dbf file of a winders program and it will use it in either the spreadsheet or through the writer as a label printer. Check under the FILES/AUTOPILOT or TOOLS/DATA SOURCE

[James McGee]

Thanks folks for your help in solving my problem. Problem is now solved thanks to a helpful Linux user and his quick response to my problem.

For anyone else who might be having the same problem you will find your answer here:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/garryknight/linux/oodbase.html

Open Office is even a better program than I thought. They don't brag about it being there, but it is. I had it up and running within 15 minutes of reading the above link. I am now able to move completly to Linux now for everything except a few games, but as far as that goes.... bye bye Billy...