[Gllug] Access Database to MySQL / PostreSQL

[Xander D Harkness]

Bernard Peek wrote:

>
> Moving the data is almost trivially easy. But there is no usable 
> equivalent front-end that I've been able to find. I've asked in 
> several places where I'd have expected someone to know.
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> The closest is Knoda (http://www.knoda.org/) but that's a long way 
> from being a generally usable program.
>
> I understand that the latest Crossover will run Access under Linux, 
> but I don't know anything about its speed. You might get better speed 
> by using Crossover to run the Access front end but have the data in a 
> MySQL server elsewhere.
>
> The last alternative that I've considered is using a general-purpose 
> visual programming system. I've been thinking of Kylix.

While I would rather chew off my own arm than deal with the Kompany, 
they do produce a GPL product called Rekall.

Has anyone used this product?  It seems similar to knoda with a bit more 
polish (and multiplatform).

Kind regards
Xander

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