Hi All,

I need to create a database for a real-estate company for a subject at Uni.

The project say I can use any database program or language but I obviously need the teacher to be able to run it on their own computer.

I know they have access as this is what most assignments are submitted as but i was wondering if the other database option could work.

I simply need it to be able to run independently of other programs.

Any ideas?

My 10c worth - this comes with the declaration that I am not a fan of MS!

I used to teach at a UK college that had the Microsoft Campus Agreement - so in return for a sum of money MS provides all their software, great you may think especially as for GBP 28 I got an unlimited license for all ms software on my pc and mac at home.

But, hang on a minute and think about what's going on here, the college taught ONLY ms applications, so my argument was that we were just training the next generation of ms users who would go out and only buy ms products.

Sounds like the same thing at your college/univ'y

Access will do a lot, but it is IMHO not a 'real' database and its interface is very unfriendly. You will probably end up using it, but I would suggest you take a look at mysql or similar that you can put on a stand-alone machine. Ideally think about your learning, you don't want to go out knowing only how to use access, better to go out into the world knowing how to use sql that can be applied in many situations.

Check out whether or not the teacher having to run it on their machine is a requirement and that you are not assuming something <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>

As I said that's my 10c worth, no doubt others will differ <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>