Free simple database program?

[Ben Cooper]

There should be a part of Ben Cooper brain within this message'
contents:


Ok, ok... you didn't understand:

I want some database that is *simple* to use. No need for SQL,
macros, web stuff, etc.... I once had a nice DB program called Alpha
Five but the CD where I had it was too much scratches and does not
work anymore.


I will try Open Office but doing a ~60MB download over a dial-up
connection will not be fun. :/

I see in a later post that you found a copy of StarOffice which is good.

OpenOffice is on the Pricelessware 2004 CD, if you want you want one of
the burners to send you one.

 

[Tony Cheroke]

Technically StarOffice is payware, there is no excuse for such a
sloppy DB release. I'm glad I got my copy for free.

I have StarOffice 5.1 - when it was still free.

[]s

You can try SmartDB here:

<http://alainlecomte.free.fr/Download.htm>

<quote>
SMARTDB (FREE)


With SmartDB you can create and easily use databases with the
following characteristics :

- Each record can have up to 16 different fields
- Those fields can be declared as text or number
- For each record, you can add a photograph (Format BMP or JPEG)
- The records can be ordered by any of the 16 fields
- Seek possible on the first field
- Global seek possible on the whole database
- Each database can be protected and classified as 'read only'
- Each database can be ciphered (6 digits key chosen by the user)
- Filters can be used on any of the 16 fields
- One can isolate quickly the records with a photo
- Each database (filtrated or not) can be printed
- A preview is available before printing
- Each database can be exported in Excel format
- Each database can be exported in csv format (Delimited Ascii text)
- One can import an Excel file to create a new database
- One can import a csv file to create a new database
- One can import an Excel file to add data to an existing database

SmartDB is delivered with several example databases to demonstrate
what it can do and how easy it is to use it
- Telephone directory
- Zip Codes
- Stamps collection
- Great men

SmartDB runs under Windows 95-98-XP-NT
</quote>

Download SmartDB V2.3 (6862 Ko)
<http://alainlecomte.free.fr/SmartDB.zip>

There's a PDF file in the download zip file that may have more info
about the program.
==================================================================
You can also try Portabase here:

<http://portabase.sourceforge.net/>

<quote>
PortaBase

(A portable database)

About PortaBase

PortaBase is a small database program for creating,
browsing, and editing custom tables of data.
Originally developed for the Sharp Zaurus PDAs, it
can now also be run as a Linux/UNIX and Windows PC
application. Typical uses are media inventories,
reference charts, shopping lists, TODO lists,
password management, photo albums, etc. Notable
features include:

* String, Integer, Decimal, Boolean, Note
(multi-line text), Date, Time, Calculation,
Sequence, Image, and Enum column types

* Add, edit, and delete rows of data

* Custom data views (subsets of the columns in any
order)

* Filter the displayed rows using sets of conditions

* Sort the rows by any combination of columns, each
in ascending or descending order

* Page navigation buttons, with custom number of
rows per page

* Add, delete, rearrange, and rename columns at any
time

* Specify default values for columns

* View summary statistics for columns (total,
average, min, max, etc.)

* Import data from CSV, XML, and MobileDB files

* Export data to CSV and XML files

* Command-line format conversions (to and from XML,
to and from CSV, from MobileDB)

* Data file encryption

* Unicode support

* Pick any available font to use throughout the
application

* User-specified alternating row background colors

* Simple calculator widget for entering numeric data

* Configurable menubar and toolbar

PortaBase is free software licensed under the GNU
General Public License (GPL).

</quote>

HTH,

Tony

 

[PerthMETRO.net]

You can download it here:

http://www.tucows.com/preview/325715.html

Susan

"Budgie 1.6 was offered on Tucows and Download.com in August 2003 as a
Freeware product. Since then there have been over 17,000 downloads.
Thanks to all of you that looked at the program.

We announced Budgie2004 in February this year as a pay-for upgrade.
Many of you have downloaded this time-limited shareware product but
very few of you have registered it. In fact only one of you has!
Meanwhile we have been paying $xx a month for excessive bandwidth on
this site so we have decided to pull the product from the download
sites and eliminate the downloads from this site and its sister sites.
We will continue to support the freeware product but it will no longer
be available for download.

Nick Spurrier
MoDESoft Limited"

 

[Susan Bugher]

"Budgie 1.6 was offered on Tucows and Download.com in August 2003 as a
Freeware product. Since then there have been over 17,000 downloads.
Thanks to all of you that looked at the program.

We announced Budgie2004 in February this year as a pay-for upgrade.
Many of you have downloaded this time-limited shareware product but
very few of you have registered it. In fact only one of you has!
Meanwhile we have been paying $xx a month for excessive bandwidth on
this site so we have decided to pull the product from the download
sites and eliminate the downloads from this site and its sister sites.
We will continue to support the freeware product but it will no longer
be available for download.

Nick Spurrier
MoDESoft Limited"

I had read that - it *can* be downloaded from Tucows - I checked
*before* I posted (looks like you didn't).

Susan

 

[Helium]

simple to use db - dbworx (http://www.plworx.com); Dbworx is free.
Much more difficult to use: suneido (do a google search for the URL.)
You can also try store2 (http://home.wxs.nl/~verho037/freeware.htm);
there are more db's at this site. All these programs are free.

Hello people.

Is there any free and simple database program?

I want something that I can use to organize my "stock" of electronic components.
I could do this with Excel as well but I want some basic stuff to do more
complex queries than Excel allows me. Reports also would be a good thing.

I don't have the need for more complex stuff like using it in a Web server, or
even interfacing it to programming languages.

Google for "free database program" gives me mainly MySQL stuff which is not
quite what I want.

[]s
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