Re: Debian DSELECT
I understand the frustration. I am there, also. But don't give up, it
will pay off. I have learned more about Linux and the software for it
in the past year than I have about NT and it's software in the past 4
years (as far as what makes it tick).
Start at the PostgreSQL home (http://www.postgresql.org/index.html).
>From the 'info central' page there is a link to a very good HOWTO
(http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/PostgreSQL-HOWTO.html).
There is a 32 bit Postgres ODBC driver for Windows (I have been able to
connect to a PostgreSQL database from MS Access97).
There is a FreeODBC home with information on ODBC drivers for Linux
(etc.) to PostgreSQL and other databases (I have tried any of this).
I have PostgreSQL running on a Redhat 5.1 machine (I couldn't get the
.deb to install on my Debian 1.3).
I have 4 NT Servers running MS SQL Server 6.5 and though there is a lot
of documentation, it isn't always that easy to follow or necessarily
accurate. I have found Linux support through this mailing list and
other newsgroups to be FAR superior to paid MS tech support (and
faster).
Johann Spies wrote:
>
> On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Kent West wrote:
>
> > Concerning databases: I was trying to find a way to connect to a SQLServer
> > database from a Linux client. From responses I've receieved on this list,
> > I've decided it can't be done. But until I decided that, I tried PostGresQL
> > and couldn't figure out down from up. Again, it's an ease-of-use issue. If
> > I had experience of knowledge, perhaps things would have been easier, but
> > again, we're talking newbie here.
>
> I "discovered" postgresql a few months ago. There is a GUI frontent you
> can use on X: pgaccess that makes it a lot easier to use.
>
> > So, I have no word processor, no spreadsheet, no database, no real games,
> > an X system that I don't really understand and can't improve without fear
>
> Have a look at Lyx as a sort of compromise between a wordprocessor and
> Latex. As far as spreadsheets go I recently saw a shareware one which
> impresses me: XessLite. I has the ability to read .wk? and Excel file.
>
> Johann
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