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Originally Posted by chrisretusn
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First you tell me that LibreOffice Base is not a database
Now you are telling me I am still using a database; :scratch:
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Yes, that's right. Base is not a database - Base is a front end. You're still using a database when you use Base but the program itself is not a DBMS.
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Originally Posted by chrisretusn
(Post 4576836)
LOL; phpMyAdmin, wouldn't even remotely meet my database needs.
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I really hope that's a joke :)
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Originally Posted by chrisretusn
(Post 4576836)
:scratch: Do you know what a database is?
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Yes, like yourself I've used them for years - both professionally as an Oracle DBA and recreationally for personal projects. So I've had exposure of everything from flat text files through to enterprise solutions.
Which is why I'm fully aware that there is a difference between the data, the management system and dumb front ends that many people use to interact with the DBMS.
phpMyAdmin and Base are equivalent of VNC. So your point is like arguing that a VNC / RDP sessions to a remote computer are actually running locally (eg in a virtual machine) just because the remote software and data is there locally to view - completely ignoring the fact that it's just images being streamed via TCP/IP from remote server.
Or another example is arguing that Firefox is a webserver because you can see web content on it when it's actually just displaying the content that a remote server as collated and served.
Base and phpMyAdmin are nothing more than platforms to inspect your data via the DBMS - they're not databases (in any sense of the term) themselves.
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Originally Posted by chrisretusn
(Post 4576836)
A database is an organized collection of data that can be manipulated to produce a desired result.
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Yes, technically a database is the data itself. Which would mean that your data held on Calc is the database and not Calc itself. So either way, you're still wrong.
Plus given this poll is about SQL-based DBMS, i'd have thought you'd apply the same context to the definition as LQ have. If you want to argue that spreadsheets are your favourite No-SQL methods for managing databases, then please do so in the No-SQL poll rather than here.
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Originally Posted by chrisretusn
(Post 4576836)
I use a Calc spreadsheet to do exactly that. I use Base tables, queries, forms and reports to exactly that. Yes I could use MySQL to that too but why, when Base and Calc meet my database needs.
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Again, Base is just a front end. It's not actually doing any of what you described aside forwarding your SQL instructions to an underlying RDBMS (eg Base can hook into MySQL).
Also, it's ironic that you state that MySQL could meet your needs (if you were inclined) yet phpMyAdmin cannot when the database management "part" of phpMyAdmin
is MySQL. This is exactly what I was on about when I keep making the distinction between a front end to a database and the database itself. And, with the greatest of respect, I think this is where you are getting yourself confused when referring to Base as a database.
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Originally Posted by chrisretusn
(Post 4576836)
You are quite correct in that I am "not inexperienced on databases". I designed my first database back in 1982.
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Impressive stuff, but as stated above you need to be aware of the distinction between a database and the interface (which in many cases are just "dumb" tools).