Is there any alternative to Microsoft Access? I'm a recent OpenOffice.org convert, but I haven't been able to get shed of MS Office entirely, since I haven't been able to replace MS Access. Am I missing something?
I work for a small business that is just realizing that sometimes a spreadsheet isn't enough. We need a basic desktop database utility, and we need it to be usable by non-developers.
Microsoft Access is the obvious choice, since it is relatively painless to work with. It gives us what we need - creating and modifying tables, editing data, and importing/exporting text files, which checking integrity contraints and data types. The databases we use are all small and for internal use only, so we don't really want to set up a server.
We are in the process of trying to move from MS Office to OpenOffice.org, but this is holding us back. If we can't find a usable Open Source database front end, we'll have to keep shelling out to MS.
The real fun is that the rules for writing an XML Schema are expressed as an XML schema. This means that you can use the schema schema to perform schema validation on the schema you plan to use to validate your documents!
If you really want a challenge, try reading the schema schema. Packed full of circular definitions and elements defined in terms of themselves, it's sure to make your head spin!
Now if you could just get Bill Gates to click OK, and take control of his asssets. Then you would have more than enough $$$ to get the click-through EULA's declared illegal and/or non-binding.
Of course, then you'd lose the rest of the $$$, and it would go back to Bill Gates, who would promptly use it to get click-through EULA's declared legal and binding...
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Is there any alternative to Microsoft Access? I'm a recent OpenOffice.org convert, but I haven't been able to get shed of MS Office entirely, since I haven't been able to replace MS Access. Am I missing something?
I work for a small business that is just realizing that sometimes a spreadsheet isn't enough. We need a basic desktop database utility, and we need it to be usable by non-developers.
Microsoft Access is the obvious choice, since it is relatively painless to work with. It gives us what we need - creating and modifying tables, editing data, and importing/exporting text files, which checking integrity contraints and data types. The databases we use are all small and for internal use only, so we don't really want to set up a server.
We are in the process of trying to move from MS Office to OpenOffice.org, but this is holding us back. If we can't find a usable Open Source database front end, we'll have to keep shelling out to MS.
Is there an alternative???
You can find the rules for making a Schema at the W3C XML Schema Page. The wording of the link is beautiful: "An XML Schema schema document for XML Schema schema documents."
If you really want a challenge, try reading the schema schema. Packed full of circular definitions and elements defined in terms of themselves, it's sure to make your head spin!
Now if you could just get Bill Gates to click OK, and take control of his asssets. Then you would have more than enough $$$ to get the click-through EULA's declared illegal and/or non-binding.
Of course, then you'd lose the rest of the $$$, and it would go back to Bill Gates, who would promptly use it to get click-through EULA's declared legal and binding...