On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 09:43, Timothy Payne wrote: > On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 02:19, Andrea Giuliano wrote: > > Dear Tim, > > > > do you actually need a graphical interface to your database? If your > > database is really "simple", maybe you could consider the trivial > > approach of using the GNU commands join, grep, cut, awk, sort and several > > others to solve your problem. > <snip> > I do need the GUI or text based with boxes for the fields, if I find one > I'll use it at work but my father is 70 and he's just got the email > thing down, that almost killed me :-) I don't know how many times I > said "JUST WAIT ! STOP CLICKING ALL OVER THE PLACE !" > > Thanks to all for the many suggestions I've saved them all. > > > > > Is anyone using a simple database on FC2? I have a pile of notes on my > > > desk from tips on this list and changes. It would be nice if it could > > > import files so I could use it for other things, but I just want to set > > > up a few fields and be able to search through them. > > > > > > Tim... > > If you are looking for a way to organize a very simple set of things you might try the openoffice spreadsheet. Would be very crude but would let you search for things easy enough. Yesterday I did get a copy of pgadmin3 built on FC2. That provides an interface for postgresql. That may be way more database than you need though. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx It does not matter if you fall down as long as you pick up something from the floor while you get up.
