Re: Choice of database

[<aqy6633@acf5.nyu.edu>(Alex Yukhimets)]

> I would like to consolidate some of the data in our office into a
> database.  Our office staff uses Windows NT with the usual MS Office
> tools.  I see they have MS Access available on a menu but I have no
> experience with it.  From the Linux side I would prefer to use an
> SQL-aware relational database that supports access through perl DBI or
> JDBC.

Postgresql is accessable via both JDBC and ODBC. Which makes it possible to
"link" tables on the server to local ones in MSAccess. You just need to
download Postgres ODBC driver for windows. I tried that once and it worked.

Alex Y.
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