Hi everybody, I'm new at opensource. I want to do a multiplataform application.

I've been programming in VB + MSAccess, but now I would like to do the same kind of application but in opensource.
I'm looking which language use and I find Python + wxPython which is multiplataform, but it cann't be compiled and I like to compile it.
To substitute MSAccess I don't know what DB can I use. I'm looking MySQL but I must install it on the client to work with it and I don't like to install. I don't want to install nothing in to the client, except the application evidently.

Thank's for your help and I hope I explain correctly.

David

// added on: 02-nov-2004
p.d. if nobody can't help me, can say me where can I find information about this? Thank's...

you could install mysql on the server side and write in c if it absolutely must be compiled. i much prefer perl personally. you have 2 options for the client running it as a cgi script on the server side and letting ppl connect via their web browser, or writing a full blown application which would connect to the mysql server daemon. a cgi script is lots easier, but again it's up to you.

here's details of the c api:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/C.html

and you'll also want to read about installing mysql on your server:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Installing.html

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hi ciderpunx, thank's for your reply...

the problem it's that the client can not have internet connection.
the database must be in the client (like an Access file).

David

hey david

In that case you can just install mysql on the client, like you'd install access if you wanted to read access files. You can then write your program exactly the same but connect to 127.0.0.1 or localhost instead of a remote machine.

HTH


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