Open Office.org Base

Open Office.org Base

OpenOffice.org Base ("Base" for short), a database module roughly comparable to desktop databases such as Microsoft Access and Corel Paradox, initially appeared with OpenOffice.org version 2.0. As of 2010, it builds on the HSQLDB database engine written in Java.

OpenOffice.org users can connect to external full-featured SQL databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle through ODBC or JDBC drivers. OpenOffice.org Base can hence act as a GUI frontend for SQL views, table-design and query. In addition, OpenOffice.org has its own Form wizard to create dialog windows for form filling and updates.

Released under the terms of the Apache v2 license, Base is open source software.

Read more about Open Office.org Base:  Product Specifications, History, Functionality, Limitations, Documentation

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