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Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

From Joe <joe@jretrading.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?
Date 2020-07-26 20:00 +0200
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On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 10:24:25 -0400
Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 12:38:10PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >Back in 70's/80's I wrote programs as part of routine job duties.
> >  {8080/8085 assembler, dBase and Paradox}
> >Neither I, nor my employers, classed me as a "programmer".
> >I was "Senior Engineering Tech" or "Junior Engineer".
> >IOW, I was not in abject *AWE* of computers. *ROFL*
> >
> >Right now I'm working on a personal project.
> >INPUT:	How much of what did I eat?
> >OUTPUT:	How much [cal/protein/fiber] did I eat?
> >
> >SQL {and variants} seen to dominate all else.
> >IIRC, dBase was simpler.
> >
> >What current FOSS system might I be comfortable with?  
> 
> Take a look at kexi
> 

Yes, that might be the way for the OP. I looked at it some years ago,
I've just installed it and looked again, and it *still* cannot connect
to an existing SQL database. It can use an SQL server, but only to make
its own databases. It can import data. But it can't share an existing
database with other types of client.

It bills itself as an equal to Access, and for all I know it might be
such when working with its own private databases. But Access could
operate as a front end to various external databases when it was
Access2 under Windows 3.1, when I first encountered it.

-- 
Joe

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FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-07-25 19:40 +0200
  Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> - 2020-07-25 21:00 +0200
    Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-07-25 21:50 +0200
    Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-07-27 14:10 +0200
      Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-07-27 17:20 +0200
        Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-07-27 17:40 +0200
          Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-07-27 21:50 +0200
            Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-07-27 22:00 +0200
              Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-07-27 22:10 +0200
              Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-07-27 22:10 +0200
                Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-07-27 22:30 +0200
                Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-07-27 23:50 +0200
                Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-07-27 23:40 +0200
                Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-07-27 23:50 +0200
                Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-07-27 23:50 +0200
                Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2020-07-28 09:00 +0200
            Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-07-28 00:30 +0200
              Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-07-28 04:00 +0200
                Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2020-07-28 05:00 +0200
                Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2020-07-28 05:10 +0200
                Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2020-07-28 09:20 +0200
        Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-07-27 17:50 +0200
        Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-07-27 18:10 +0200
        Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2020-07-27 18:40 +0200
  Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-07-25 21:10 +0200
    Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2020-07-25 21:30 +0200
  Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-07-25 22:30 +0200
    Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-07-26 00:00 +0200
      Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-07-26 10:00 +0200
        Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2020-07-26 12:10 +0200
          Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-07-26 15:30 +0200
          Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-07-27 09:10 +0200
  Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-07-25 22:30 +0200
  Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-07-25 23:00 +0200
  Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-07-26 16:30 +0200
    Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-07-26 16:50 +0200
    Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-07-26 20:00 +0200
      Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-07-26 20:20 +0200
  Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Ajith R <ajithramayyan@yahoo.co.in> - 2020-07-27 16:20 +0200
  Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2020-07-27 17:20 +0200
    [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and  spreadsheet tools? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-07-29 11:50 +0200
      Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and  spreadsheet tools? mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2020-07-29 12:20 +0200
      Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and  spreadsheet tools? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-07-29 13:20 +0200
        Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and  spreadsheet tools? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-07-29 14:10 +0200
          Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and  spreadsheet tools? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-07-29 22:10 +0200
            Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and  spreadsheet tools? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-07-30 11:40 +0200
          Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and  spreadsheet tools? Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2020-07-30 22:20 +0200
      Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2020-07-30 11:30 +0200
        Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and  spreadsheet tools? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-07-30 13:20 +0200
          Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2020-07-30 16:20 +0200
        Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and  spreadsheet tools? Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2020-07-30 17:00 +0200
          Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and  spreadsheet tools? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-07-30 17:10 +0200
          Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and  spreadsheet tools? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-07-30 19:40 +0200
    Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-07-30 14:50 +0200
      Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet          tools? Linux-Fan <Ma_Sys.ma@web.de> - 2020-07-30 15:10 +0200
        Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-07-30 16:10 +0200
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      Re: Example(s) of recutils project flow? - was [FOSS equivalents of  *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?] David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-08-07 13:50 +0200
        Re: Example(s) of recutils project flow? - was [FOSS equivalents of  *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-08-07 14:40 +0200
          Re: Example(s) of recutils project flow? - was [FOSS equivalents of  *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?] Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-08-11 12:30 +0200

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