[Informatics] RDBMS Choices

[Mark]

Hi Andrew

My (admittedly) very limited experiments with (free, open source) *Libre
Office* have not disclosed any deal-breakers... so far.

Regards,
Mark

On 3 November 2016 at 15:22, Andrew Pate <arp at mentonegrammar.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have looked at past messages but am still unsure what those of you who
> decided to NOT use MS ACCESS for this choice went with.
>
>
>
> I have tried
>
> ·        Access (easiest but I have a BYOD policy and lots of Macs in the
> classroom)
>
> ·        Filemaker (noted limitations on this list plus COST)
>
> ·        OpenOffice Base – tried it 3-4 years ago not lots of
> documentation and buggy
>
> ·        MySQL using phpMyAdmin. I also use PHP as my programming
> language in Unit 1/2 and SofDev but this is a steep learning curve next
> year as most of my students will not have done 1/2  OR SofDev
>
>
>
> Any other thoughts?
>
>
>
> Thanks as always this list is invaluable.
>
> Andrew Pate
>
> Mentone Grammar.
>
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