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On 8/7/24 2:45 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Aug 2024 02:02:57 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
> 
>> On 8/6/24 10:29 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> On 7 Aug 2024 02:16:13 GMT, vallor wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've heard that LO Base has no where near the capabilities of MS
> Access.
>>>
>>> LibreOffice Base supports backends like MySQL/MariaDB and SQLite,
> either
>>> of which goes way beyond the capabilities of Microsoft Access.
>>
>> Except Access had a nice WYSIWYG form builder.
> 
> For its time, maybe.
> 
>> Libre had that for AWHILE ... but not so much anymore.
>> It's 'database' is mostly a limited front-end for a
>> spreadsheet.
> 
> That’s the “Tables” view in the Databse. Besides that, you also have
> “Queries”, “Forms” and “Reports”. Try it some time.
> 
>> As for the 'limits' of Access ... I developed a few
>> DBs using it over the years and it was quite capable.
> 
> Sure, if you think 2GB is enough for a database.


   Well, organize smartly  :-)

   Back in the day, 2gb was more than enough. NOW everyone
   pastes huge photos and such into each record ...

   However, '64-bitting' Access may NOT be so difficult,
   a little search-n-replace in the source code and a
   few DLLs. Alas I don't think M$ is motivated. It's keen
   on its licen$ed  SQL server, esp the 'all-cloud' version
   where it can control/mine all your data.

   In any case, my experience "back then" was that Access
   was quite capable and friendly - often just what a
   small biz/org needed at a very fair one-time price.
   If you need a little more, then MySQL/MariaDB ...
   but you lose some 'ease'.