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Murphy wrote:

> Would I still us MS Access, can it connect to MySQL ? is it complex to mix
> MS & linux solutions as I know how well Access & SQL Server work together.

You'd probably be better off taking this to a dedicated DB forum, but here's
my 0.02 currency unit.

You can use MS Access to work with data in MySQL tables using ODBC drivers,
but you'll be better off looking for a dedicated user app to give you more
control. Also OpenOffice.org has built in MySQL support.

AMP (Apache, MySQL, PHP) setups are very common so there is lots of
documentation and other resources available, however check that MySQL can
do everything you need database wise. MySQL isn't as fully featured as
other databases, so check out some other systems like Firebird or
PostgreSQL.

Blumf

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