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On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 07:40:01PM -0000, Bill Horne wrote: > I'm doing volunteer work at an organization which may > choose to convert an existing M$ Access database to > open source, such as MySQL or Postgresql. > > If anyone on the list has had experience with such a > change, please email me privately to discuss. Converting the tables shouldn't be too hard. Providing an interface may be. MS Access is comprehensive - it provides form and report tools which backend databases like PostgreSQL do not. How will users interface with the data? I found a tool called 'gedafe' recently that I've started playing with. It reads the structure of a PostgreSQL database from the database's system tables, and automatically generates a web interface to that database. Depending on what you'd like to accomplish, it might be worth looking into. http://isg.ee.ethz.ch/tools/gedafe/ -- Ron Peterson -o) 87 Taylor Street /\\ Granby, MA 01033 _\_v https://www.yellowbank.com/ ----
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