I have successfully ported Foxpro applications to Linux/MySQL. I use WEB
pages for the user interface and report functions. I use Perl for the
programming. That is about the easiest way. Writing X-windows programs is
quite a leap from creating some WEB pages with a Perl backend.
>I am trying to port a DBMS application from Foxpro2.5 for DOS to linux.
>Everything I've read says MySQL is the best but I'm not sure where I go
>from here. I'm confident I can recreate the databases (tables) in MySQL
>but I have no idea how I will recreate the end user screens, reports,
>and write the programs that will manipulate them. In foxpro2.5 these
>functions are all self contained. First, do I have to learn C, C++,
>Pearl, PHP or all of the above? If so, can some recommend some books.
>Second, the user interface does not have to be pretty, just easy for
>the end user to use -- no immediate need to connect it to the web. Do
>all user interfaces use the X windows system -- the X windows use up
>quite a bit of ram, I would like to avoid this -- and if they do, are
>they stable?
>
>I'm sorry to ask such basic questions, but if some one can tell me what
>I need to know I will go learn it and do my best not to bother anyone,
>and most importantly I'll be able to avoid going to MS Windows.
>
>Humbly,
>
>Richard
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>Please check "http://www.mysql.com/Manual_chapter/manual_toc.html" before
>posting. To request this thread, e-mail mysql-thread1866@stripped
>
>To unsubscribe, send a message to the address shown in the
>List-Unsubscribe header of this message. If you cannot see it,
>e-mail mysql-unsubscribe@stripped instead.
>
>
>
Christopher R. Jones, P.Eng.
14 Oneida Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2E3
Tel. 416 203-7465
Fax. 416 203-3044
Email cj@stripped
