MS Access alternative. - compiled BASIC w/db libs avail?

[Kevin F. Berrien]

Just had to jump on this thread.  I've looked high and low for something 
to replace Access myself and never found anything detailed enough in 
open source to compete.  I think as well, most anything that tries to 
emulate Access will come out heavy and bloated as Access is (but benefit 
from better data engine).  Makes one want to make web based apps instead.

What I would find nice however, and I haven't seen it in years.  But the 
Universe database (now held by IBM I believe) was packaged with a BASIC 
lang, and compiler.  You could make really quick code (especially if you 
built up libraries) and train someone off the street since it was 
Basic.  Nice thin apps, great for dumb terminals, and a 1st class DB in 
the backend.

Is there any Open source compiled basic with db libs?  Then, assuming 
you don't have to have graphics, you get the ease of BASIC like VB/VBA, 
a thin client for terminals/term software, without the Access bloat.

Lamar Owen wrote:

>On Monday 24 May 2004 13:07, Francisco Ramiro Pereira wrote:
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>>I'm looking for something that works like Access, a rapid application
>>developper + data base working together...
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>Rekall.  Works with PostgreSQL and MySQL, programmable in Python.  You need 
>something else to set up the design, like tora, but Rekall can do everything 
>else.  The source distribution is GPL'd, but you can get a commercial version 
>if you'd like (similar to the MySQL license).  www.rekallrevealed.org
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