Alternates to Access

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Thanks to anyone who takes the time to read this.
Five years ago I muddled through the making of a database file in Access
(part of Office 97 package) that was basically an inventory of some items
that I owned. I wanted to be able to sort by fields within the tables I had
created. It worked wonderfully... Fast forward to today - I no longer have
that computer and am now running an XP computer with only Works on it. I
have already figured out that an Access file just won't slide into the Works
database file. So, assuming I have no desire to shell out $100+ for Access
for this one little file, are there alternate shareware programs that don't
have to be fancy but could either open/edit my old file or at least allow me
to recreate the same type of database/table combination I had before to use
again. Thanks for any advice.
 
idiot 73 said:
Thanks to anyone who takes the time to read this.
Five years ago I muddled through the making of a database file in Access
(part of Office 97 package) that was basically an inventory of some items
that I owned. I wanted to be able to sort by fields within the tables I
had
created. It worked wonderfully... Fast forward to today - I no longer
have
that computer and am now running an XP computer with only Works on it. I
have already figured out that an Access file just won't slide into the
Works
database file. So, assuming I have no desire to shell out $100+ for
Access
for this one little file, are there alternate shareware programs that
don't
have to be fancy but could either open/edit my old file or at least allow
me
to recreate the same type of database/table combination I had before to
use
again. Thanks for any advice.
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The latest version of Open Office has a database module. Whether it will
read Access mdb files, I don't know, but it's free (not shareware).
www.openoffice.org

HTH
 
There is a company called Ability that make an Access 97/2000 compatible
database program, I believe it costs around 20 pounds sterling and can be
downloaded from their website www.ability.com
 
Do you have Excel on your PC? If so, you should be able to create a data
connection to your .mdb file. This will allow you to continue using the .mdb
file if you wish, or you can import the data into Excel.

Tom
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Thanks to anyone who takes the time to read this.
Five years ago I muddled through the making of a database file in Access
(part of Office 97 package) that was basically an inventory of some items
that I owned. I wanted to be able to sort by fields within the tables I had
created. It worked wonderfully... Fast forward to today - I no longer have
that computer and am now running an XP computer with only Works on it. I
have already figured out that an Access file just won't slide into the Works
database file. So, assuming I have no desire to shell out $100+ for Access
for this one little file, are there alternate shareware programs that don't
have to be fancy but could either open/edit my old file or at least allow me
to recreate the same type of database/table combination I had before to use
again. Thanks for any advice.
 
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