OT: give advice to MSAccess user

[Will Yardley]

On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 09:55:30AM +0100, Duncan Lithgow wrote:

> Hi there, it's not me that uses Access but a charity I work with
> http://dib.dk . I've volunteered to update/ repair their membership
> database - currently MSAccess. After hearing so many bad things about it
> I've said i won't use it any longer than is absolutely necessary.
> 
> So, I need a replacement. MySQL seems the obvious replacement - but what
> about a good front-end. That's what I need help with. I've not had much
> luck searching google/ sourceforge yet...

What about continuing to use Access as the front end (set it up with the
ODBC drivers for MySQL). Presumably they're at least somewhat familiar
with it, and that may be the easiest solution.

You could also look at phpmyadmin, though that might not be a good
solution for heavy duty stuff.

w