[CS-FSLUG] Church Management Software

[EnzoAeneas]

I think I replied earlier, but using parts of OO is not a bad idea.
OpenOffice.org is shipped with HSQLDB as it's native database.
It is java-based, but quite versatile (it can even use text files for
storage). Another bonus is that OO Base can technically load its data
from any databse with a JDBC driver.
Using OO for report designing would save alot of time. I just don't
have any experience hacking OpenOffice, but am willing to learn.
What does everyone else think?

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 8:49 PM, Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
> EnzoAeneas wrote:
>  > organization and faster access. Information in text files much be read
>  > in order, so searching is terribly slow and inefficient; storage of
>  > large quantities of data in this manner quickly becomes unweildly.
>  > Databases are not only able to deal with larger quantities of data,
>  > searching and find what is needed is far easier and faster (though not
>  > as simple). Some databases even allow storing of their records in text
>  > files, but that is a limited solution and the text files may not be
>  > very usable by a normal person.
>  >
>  > Storage to files in plain text can be implemented as backup or export
>  > quite easily when databases are used, so if text files are useful in
>  > some other way to the user, they can be provided. The creation of
>  > reports and summaries would be necessary anyway, so readable text
>  > files would be generated by the applications.
>  >
>  > As for cost, many popular databases are not only free to use, but open
>  > source and licensed to be free forever. Postgresql is one them.
>  > The plan was to use all free and open source software for this, so
>  > that corporate interests and greed could not interfere with the
>  > project and GOD's work through it.
>  >
>  > That was a good question. Any other concerns?
>
>  I asked awhile ago about using base in OpenOffice and the "rest" of OO
>  for reports, etc. I didn't see any response to that idea. I've played
>  around with base some, and if I knew all that church management software
>  really had to have in it, I'd start work on it around the end of this
>  May............and "get er done." ;) Somehow I have an idea it would do
>  just fine for all the majority of churches, which are small.
>
>  --
>  Fred  "Molon Labe"
>
>
>  A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
>  Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
>
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