[Discuss] need a data-base organizer program (like the old DBase III &c.)

[Gordon Craig]

On 14-06-10 01:42 PM, Murray Strome wrote:
> What about LibreOffice Data Base?  I am not much of a DB person 
> myself, but it is/was supposedly roughly equivalent to the old Windows 
> DBase Series.  There is a good Wizard which could help you set up (or 
> perhaps even import a Windows DBase file). I did play with a bit once, 
> but the huge problem with any Data Base is figuring out how to 
> structure it, entering the data, and figuring out what kind of reports 
> you might want.
>
> Murray
> On 14-06-09 08:35 PM, Gordon Craig wrote:
>> Hi guys:
>> I'm looking for a data-base organizer to set up a simple address file 
>> for Linux (specifically LM 17. (I've lost the one in Thunderbird too 
>> often to count!) You old timers will recall the DBase series in 
>> Windows long, long ago. Easy to set up, easy to modify, and 
>> especially, easy to save and to move when/if I change OS.
>> Anybody with ideas?
>> Thanks
>> Gordon
>
>
I solved my problem when I realized that the Libre Office word processor 
handles simple flat files with n problems. So I just set up a 
spreadsheet with the right number of columns for my file. Bingo. No 
awkward downloads or anything beyond this 'poor brain's' comprehension. :O
Thanks for all the good suggestions.
BTW I downloaded abook, a program suggested by one of our group. It got 
lost between Symantec and my computer. The former swore up and down that 
it had downloaded it; my computer had no record of it. So what happened 
I don't know. It was after that the simple solution exploded in my head 
like a big Bertha shell. . .
Gordon.