FREEWARE Database programs

[SeldomFixit]

Anyone with first hand knowledge of a good, simple freeware datbase program that I can put to use organising and tracking/sorting/recalling in a useful format such things as personal expenses, renewal dates etc etc etc. All the stuff that slips through the cracks when you least need it to unless you are an MS Access maestro or similar.
Nothing fancy but would appreciate road tests if anyone uses such a proggy. TIA. SF :)

[Naples Air Center, Inc.]

SeldomFixit,

Here is something I have not used, but looked promising:

HandyNotes (http://www.handynotes.net/)

HandyNotes is a small software program that makes it easy to keep all your notes organized in one easily accessible place.
With HandyNotes, any time you need to jot something down you can just click on an icon and create a new note. If you need to refer to previous notes, you can easily browse them, or search for a keyword.

Starting with version 2.0, HandyNotes users can now synchronize their notes with the HandyNotes.net website, meaning that you can access your notes from any computer with web access, at any time! Or if, for example, you run HandyNotes at home and at work, you can keep all your notes synchronized and easily accessible.


Take Care,

Richard

[SoftTop]

Have a look at http://www.brothersoft.com/Information_Management_Database_Programs_dB_Organizer_Deluxe _496.html

it's shareware and if you like it you can pay for it.

Cheers

ST

[gizmocat]

Just started using this for addresses, calendar, url's, notes. Runs from a floppy and is free. Very versatile. I love it :ok:

Treepad (http://www.treepad.com/treepadfreeware/)

[Tuba Mirum]

OpenOffice 2.0 will include a database, equivalent in facilities to MS Access. It's currently downloadable in beta as a snapshot build - v1.9m65, from http://download.openoffice.org/680/index.html . I haven't attempted to use it in anger, but all the bits seem to be there.

I believe the full release of 2.0 is due in March or thereabouts.

[seacue]

Spreadsheets such as QuatroPro [Qpro] and Excel can be substitutes for full-blown database programs.

The spreadsheet can be sorted based on the contents of chosen column(s).

I use dBase programs for major databases, but Excel/QuatroPro for small things.

IIRC, Open Office has had a spreadsheet from "day one". The few times I tried it it seemed to be a clone of the two main ones. After all, Excel is largely a clone of QuatroPro which is very similar Lotus123.

seacue

[jb_flyer]

A friend of mine is looking for a database to keep track of what his clients are buying. He is a sales agent for a shoe company, and needs something nice and small (and simple) that simply lets him catalouge purchases, so he can then look back in a years time say and see what the client ordered.

I suggested an Access database, but it has been a considerable period since i last programmed in Access, and my memory (and skills) are lacking.

Any ideas on a suitable program? Just something really that can take a list of customers, and a list of products, and form a searchable (recallable) list of what those clients have purchased.

Many thanks,

JB

[gizmocat]

Access will do it just fine. There is an example database called NorthWind Traders included, which your friend could probably modify.

[freeride]

A much better program than Access is Alpha. Access has serious limitations once the application grows above a certain size. Alpha is just as easy to use and has far more utilities than Bill's stuff.

Try it for free at:

Alpha Software (http://www.alphasoftware.com)