:SearchOpenSource: OpenOffice 2.0 Base: Getting the Right Views
SearchOpenSource: OpenOffice 2.0 Base: Getting the Right Views Dec 7, 2005, 06 :15 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (7016 reads) (Other stories by Solveig Haugland)
"A database of its own is one of the most-requested features for OpenOffice.org, and the development team came through with Base. So there's a solution built in to OpenOffice for those whose needs for storing and viewing data exceed recording everything in a spreadsheet. Most businesses or organizations of any size do require something more.
"You don't need to keep paying for your license to Microsoft Access. (OpenOffice.org 1.x did connect to Access and a host of other databases.) You don't need to mess with JDBC (unless you want to). And you don't need to learn a more complex open source database. You just choose File > New > Database. That's fairly simple..."
