[Tfug] MSAccess frontend to PostgreSQL?

[Bexley Hall]

Hi, Don,

> Regardless of the frontend you will need drivers to handle
> connections to
> the data (OLE). Do you know if they exist? You might want

Yes.  There is an ODBC interace available.  I was just concerned
that MS might have dicked with things in such a way that they
wouldn't "fit" with sql standards...

> to look at the
> .NET tools that are available free from MS. Do a search on
> "Web Developer
> Express". 
> 
> 
> Don W. Freeman
> Special Projects Manager
> Pima Association of Governments
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> Bexley Hall
> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 11:46 AM
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> Subject: [Tfug] MSAccess frontend to PostgreSQL?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a datastore running on a PostgreSQL server.
> 
> I need an easy way to build some reports/forms for
> newbie/casual users
> (i.e., "Visual" tools).  Ideally, web based but I
> don't imagine I'll find
> that as easy to come by as something like Access  :<
> 
> [*I* am not keen on building these interfaces so I would
> like to dumb-down
> the tools used to the point where someone
> "inexperienced" can *almost* do
> it...]
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Anyone try to wire Access to such a beast?
> 
> I'll grep the Postgres web site and see if anything
> turns up.
> 
> Thanks!
> --don
> 
> 
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