My two cents. Access is awesome. Extremley fast prototyping environment.
Found on most pc's in businesses. Great reporting tools.
It is my go-to tool for prototyping DB structures, reports, great
import/export tools, and boatloads of people who are glad to share
vba code and solutions
My only bitch is the dumbing down of the application by Microsoft,
Adding bands, and hiding past tools...killing the performance with xml
bs..."there, I feel better now"
Libre Base does alot of the same things, just a different way.
If learning is the point of this discussion, then learn as much as
possible about each one.
I started using win32 back in odd-06 with ODBC and direct db-api calls,
but have steadily drifted towards RAD environments...although there's
great satisfaction and control the lower you go.
When the prototyping is over , I've been pushing Lazarus as my
multi-plateform development environment.
It still pisses me off how abused Excel is, but people don't know the
difference.
Keep on rockin
On 11/30/2019 2:34 PM, Jason L. Amerson wrote:
I am a Linux user too. I just bought my children Windows laptops so it would
be easier for them to use. I had to buy me a Windows one too so that I can
do the whole Microsoft Family thing and monitor them a little. But I think
it is time to throw them into the deep end and see if they can swim.
Jason L. Amerson
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From: Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2019 01:52 PM
To: Jason L. Amerson <drjason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; 'Martin Gainty'
<mgainty@xxxxxxxxxxx>; PostgreSQL <pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: MS Access Frontend
On 11/30/19 11:04 AM, Jason L. Amerson wrote:
Thanks Martin. I have decided to go another route. I have nothing but
problems whenever I use Microsoft products. I personally think that
Microsoft was shit when it started, and it is still shit 35 years later.
So, I am just going to take Windows off my computers and put Linux on
them and just use a different client.
I'm a Linux user and I applaud your move. Just be aware you will not find an
Access replacement on Linux. You will find things that have subsets of its
functionality, but not a drop in replacement.
Jason L. Amerson
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Adrian Klaver
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