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Return of the bespoke database

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I’ve mentioned before the recent move among UK charities to become more “professional”, which is often translated as “do what the corporates do” (particularly when it comes to IT). One reason for this is the dreaded bespoke friend-of-a-friend database. These “databases” (and I use the term loosely) are often written by a student, with tenuous links to the charity, looking for a final year project and usually in Microsoft Access and they are usually awful to maintain.

Beginners guide to database administration tools

MySQL, Ubuntu and a drop of PHP and Perl

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Welcome to an introduction for the beginner to the basic manipulation of the MySQL database with free software. The purpose of this article is to show how universally straightforward it is to get started with installing and applying a high-grade enterprise ready database like MySQL, and to learn how to manipulate it via numerous free software approaches.

Book review: The Definitive Guide to SQLite by Michael Owens

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With so many database engine choices, it’s not easy to choose one. For those that choose SQLite, Michael Owens makes it easy to configure and operate. As the original creator of PySQLite, he knows a thing or two about this free and powerful database engine.

The book’s cover
The book’s cover

How to print more than one record on a sheet of paper in OpenOffice

A simple solution to an annoying problem

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When you download mail merge template or create your own, you lose a feature that’s built into the OpenOffice.org mail merges and reports: printing more than one record on a sheet of paper. However, it’s easy to add that ability yourself.



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