Yeah! Good Call. I forgot about Approach! IBM practically gives away Lotus
SmartSuite any more. (IBM was never very good at marketing, but you have to
admire how it hates to just give up on a product line) I bet you could buy a
complete SS version 9.5 or 9.6 for $20 or $30 US from one of the more
reputable on-line software clearance houses.


"Bob Adkins" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 00:33:48 -0300, Chaos Master <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >Hello people.
>
> The coolest little database program you can buy for really cheap is Lotus
> Approach. It's a real sweetheart of a program. You can occasionally find
it
> practically free
>
> Yea, yea, I know it's O/T, but there's no Freeware database program.
>
> Bob
>
> Remove "kins" to reply by e-mail.

Chaos Master <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Is there any free and simple database program?
>

Budgie 1.6 is a very fast office suite with a database module.
No idea how good their database program is, I haven't tried it.


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Onno wrote:

> Chaos Master <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:MPG.1b29a5bc74eb7c67989a68@130.133.1.4:
>
>
>>Is there any free and simple database program?
>
> Budgie 1.6 is a very fast office suite with a database module.
> No idea how good their database program is, I haven't tried it.

You can download it here:

http://www.tucows.com/preview/325715.html

Susan
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Susan Bugher a tapoté :

>> Budgie 1.6 is a very fast office suite with a database module.
>> No idea how good their database program is, I haven't tried it.
> You can download it here:
> http://www.tucows.com/preview/325715.html

I tested it a few monthes ago...
Too many bugs for me !

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There should be a part of Ben Cooper brain within this message' contents:

> My, my... you're just full of contradictions aren't you?
> Good luck finding basic, complex query reports.

Ok, ok... you didn't understand:

I want some database that is *simple* to use. No need for SQL, macros, web
stuff, etc.... I once had a nice DB program called Alpha Five but the CD where I
had it was too much scratches and does not work anymore.

> BTW, have you tried Open Office?
> http://www.openoffice.org/

I will try Open Office but doing a ~60MB download over a dial-up connection will
not be fun. :/

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There should be a part of Mark Warner brain within this message' contents:


> No personal experience, but Little Lists has been highly recommended for
> what you're describing:
>
> http://www.rkwest.com/downloads.shtml

Will try this, thanks.
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There should be a part of Bob Adkins brain within this message' contents:

> Yea, yea, I know it's O/T, but there's no Freeware database program.

I found here a CD which had StarOffice (the original version, not OpenOffice)
and it has a decent database program.

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I have the same StarOffice V6 disk. True, it comes with a front-end
application that theoretically connects to any database and a singleuser
crippleware version of Adabas. The idea was that the two together could
reasonably compete for your database needs so well that you wouldn't need MS
Access. This is how Lotus Approach works, its a front-end app and a db2
clone database engine. It's a valid approach to dbms and a well thought out
application should work just fine and it does in Lotus Approach and many
other payware apps.

But not the StarOffice application! There was NO support from Sun or Adabas
and no real instructions on installation and set up. I consider myself
reasonably clever, and I am a Certified Terradata Professional so I do know
something about databases, but I simply could not get either application to
work. Either together or separately. Nor could I get the front end to
connect to other databases. I gave up after a couple of days, I had
satisfied my curiosity, and life is way too short.

Technically StarOffice is payware, there is no excuse for such a sloppy DB
release. I'm glad I got my copy for free.



"Chaos Master" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> There should be a part of Bob Adkins brain within this message' contents:
>
> > Yea, yea, I know it's O/T, but there's no Freeware database program.
>
> I found here a CD which had StarOffice (the original version, not
OpenOffice)
> and it has a decent database program.
>
> []s
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>

Chaos Master <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<MPG.1b2bf47f9b8cc216989a82@130.133.1.4>...
> There should be a part of Bob Adkins brain within this message' contents:
>
> > Yea, yea, I know it's O/T, but there's no Freeware database program.
>
> I found here a CD which had StarOffice (the original version, not OpenOffice)
> and it has a decent database program.
>
> []s

Here is another .

dbEdit
http://www.arachnoid.com/dbedit/
dbEdit is a very easy-to-use database program.
dbEdit will dial your phone, allow you to edit databases in an easy
way, sort, search, create subset tables, and many other things.

dbEdit is an MDI (Multi-Document Interface) application -- this means
many databases can be open at a time. Records can easily be moved
between databases or between applications, you can conduct multiple
database searches, and custom macros can be written that allow dbEdit
to launch programs and provide them with data.

Oh, I almost forgot the other good news. dbEdit is CareWare -- that
means no money, now or ever. You just have to care.

There should be a part of JunkMonkey brain within this message' contents:


> Technically StarOffice is payware, there is no excuse for such a sloppy DB
> release. I'm glad I got my copy for free.

I have StarOffice 5.1 - when it was still free.

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