I'm looking for an other solutions,. These are great alternatives and I'm grateful that you shared them. I was aware of LibreOffice Base but had not heard of Kexi.
I'll have to check that out. I liked this article on opensource alternatives to MS Access but wanted to say that as interested as I was in nuBuilder4 I spent several hours trying to install it on Ubuntu I searched the nuBuilder User Forum using "installation" and found many pages of questions on the same topic "how to get this installed". I did leave a new Issue on their Github telling them this and a link to all the messages on their own Forum about the same topic and asked if they could produce a better step-by-step guide as it only helps them avoid having to repeatedly respond to the same central question over and over again.
So I'll keep a watch on their project and if I see a better install guide appear I'll give it another shot. Kind of what Crystal is doing with Ruby-like syntax but runs "fast as C.
This has been a huge success. Which one can do a straight up Open with one click on an. MSDB access database with no conversions? None I do not believe, but that does not mean you cannot migrate the data. Beyond that, what you ask for was not the point of this article, and is not the main goal of either of these alternatives either.
I've been using the very expensive FileMaker Pro database for my personal databases for a long time. My needs are pretty simple, but FM has a few features that don't seem to be available at least not in any simple or obvious way with other database packages.
Specifically, these features are: 1: Text fields that don't have a length limit. Every text field in FM allows arbitrary amounts of text, including basic formatting. And it is stored efficiently - I'm not wasting a maximum-size field for every row in order to have this capability. Non-numeric context following the digits is accepted and stored, but is not used for sorting or searching. I can declare any field to accept multiple values. On the GUI form, I specify the maximum number of values to display, but internally there doesn't seem to be a limit.
When searching, a value matching any of a field's values will match the field. I can paste images into fields. I think most databases support this today, but it is trivially simple with FileMaker. The last time I looked at database packages several years ago , no other product not even Access supported Ironically, 1 was available in the 80's using Clipper a compiler for dBase programs using its "memo" type fields.
The open source world really lacks an environment for rapid application developement like access. We wanted to share these programs with you just in case you hadn't heard of them before, and we hope you find them useful at home, at work, or at school.
Google Docs is a web-based program you can access directly from your browser. This means there's nothing to download or install—all you have to do is sign in to your Google account and navigate to Google Drive where Google Docs is housed , and you can create and store files online.
Google Docs comes with all types of useful features, like the ability to share your files with other people so you can work on them at the same time. You can also access your files on any device , including your phone, tablet, or a different computer.
Microsoft's Office Online is also a web-based program. All you need is a free account—this time, a Microsoft account —and you can access your files almost anywhere. This is the downside of a file-based database: the database is searched for the complete file, meaning that the larger it is, the longer it will take. The program is also limited in capacity, depending on the size of the database : the maximum file size is 2GB. There are also significantly fewer functions available compared to an average server DBMS.
In addition, there are shortcomings when several people are using the program at once, compared to a DBMS based completely on SQL: on the one hand, the SQL standard works with a much more differentiated authorization concept than MS Access, but on the other hand, the Microsoft program encounters performance problems quite quickly when a database is being used simultaneously by more than one or two people.
Even with just a handful of users, Microsoft Access will start to run noticeably slower. At around ten users, the program has often reached its limit. MS Access is only available for Windows operating systems and was an integral part of the Microsoft Office Suite in the past.
After introducing the Cloud version of the Office Suite, it started to be released in various Microsoft plans. In addition, you can also purchase the program individually. Fortunately, users who still have a classic version of MS Office installed on their Windows computer as opposed to the Cloud version of Microsoft can still install this program.
The current MS Access , as well as the and versions, are best suited for typical database tasks. Microsoft with the MS SQL server offers independent software in this class of database management systems while acknowledging MS Access is a product for users who are less tech savvy.
If you are looking for Microsoft Access alternatives, you have to compare the DBMS with other desktop database management systems. However, FileMaker is paid software and, therefore, not a free Microsoft Access alternative. The following programs can be used free of charge and without any prior SQL knowledge. All three database management systems — just like MS Access — are not designed to work with very large chunks of data since the database is saved in a single file. However, regular updates are released for LibreOffice.
Base is a Java-based RDBMS that is similar to its role model, MS Access: it works with a graphical user interface and provides the same basic functions for database generation and management. Program assistants are available to help you use different functions. In particular, users who are accustomed to working with Microsoft Access are likely to encounter problems with this program e.
Since an HSQL database does not allow any contending writing access, this means that multiple users cannot work on one Base database at the same time. Being compatible with other databases is generally one of the biggest advantages of the program. It contains design applications such as an image processing program and a vector graphics program. The Calligra Suite developed from the now discontinued Office package KOffice, which was initially only operable on Unix-like operating systems such as Linux.
Meanwhile, the Calligra Suite is also available for Windows and macOS with some limitations, but Kexi is not included in this. Kexi supports the import of MS Access and dBase files. Classic DBMS tasks, such as generating and modifying tables and requests can easily be performed with the software. You can also work with forms and create reports — the latter, however, are less detailed than they would be when using Microsoft Access.
However, you cannot use macros at all this is planned for future versions. In addition, the desktop application does not provide the option for multiple people to work simultaneously in a database. The open source software, Glom , is also a good substitute for Microsoft Access. The program also offers the option of creating reports. PostgreSQL is used as the database format. Glom is especially suited to smaller databases and projects such as contact lists and product lists, which can be created quickly thanks to the simple means of operation.
Glom and for the most part, Kexi , are more likely to use the database frontend concept, which additionally requires a database management system to be installed or at least collaborated with. This is useful because it solves some common problems associated with classic desktop database systems and provides a stable and multi-user database. However, the range of functions and the possibilities of the two database management systems are really quite limited, meaning that the two programs are only really suitable for a small number of tasks.
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