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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: KDatabase for KOffice
From:       Steve Hunt <theshunt () crosswinds ! net>
Date:       2001-11-02 20:06:09
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Another good idea would be to have a KDE frontend to PostgresQL.  The current 
frontends are a little bit hard to use, and I don't think that there is a 
need to go with an entirely new database.

Steve

On Wednesday 31 October 2001 11:33 am, Dave Bailey wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I  and my compadres work with technology in a lot of schools up and down
> the eastern coastal area. (Mostly in the Carolinas.)
>
> There is a LOT of interest in moving away from Microsoft Works or Microsoft
> Office- especially since Microsoft has been getting far expensive with
> their new licenses.
>
> The one obstacle? The computer skills tests in most districts I work with
> require a database.
>
> Currently, Linux has lots of database backends, but not many easy database
> front-ends.
>
> I would love to see something simple, like a database frontend based on
> FileMaker or even just Microsoft Works database module.
>
> Access is a bit of a disaster for schools, so most schools stick with
> Microsoft Works just because of the easy-to-use database. (IE- in a
> computer schools test, you don't want your students failing because they
> can't understand a basic computer skill due to the fact the software GUI
> stinks.)
>
> A basic database for KOffice would help free a lot of these school
> districts from paying HUGE sums of money to Microsoft year after year. Many
> of these school systems are strapped for cash and can't afford to purchase
> needed upgrade computer systems and networks due to software expense. (I
> see many systems still using Macintosh (not PowerMacs) and 386/486
> systems.)
>
> A basic database would really help- it should probably allow for-
>
> 1. A single file storage approach to saving a local database.
> 2. Both form and list views of the data. The form view should have some
> basic interface element options like popup lists, checkboxes and radio
> buttons. 3. Very basic report printing based on the layouts for simplicity
> sake. 4. Import and export capabilities of, at least, text command and tab
> delimited files.
> 5. A find/filter capability to show a sub-set of all the records based on
> search criteria.
> 6. Wysiwyg layout creation.
> 7. multiple field sorting capability
>
> Some other features that would be nice, but not at all required-
>
> 1. spell checking.
> 2. integration with KWord for things like automating mail merges
> 3. a simple scripting language to automate certain tasks.
>
> What do you think. Have you discussed any of this? I've looked around for
> this solution and found *nothing*. Plenty of power databases, but no
> easy-to-use ones.
>
> Thanks for listening-
>
> Dave Bailey
> Senior Network Engineer
> Data Networks
> dbailey@dnetworks.com

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