In the first entry to this “series” I worked through the process of creating a database with OpenOffice.org Base (”How to create a database with OpenOffice Base“.) Upon completion of that article you found yourself with a working database with no data. Fortunately OpenOffice Base includes tools to help you add data to your database. [...]

Tags: database, database entry, database form, openoffice base
Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, Windows, software

If you have ever used Microsoft Office Access you know that the database is a powerful component of office life. There are many reasons to create databases. For some databases are a way of life (or a way to make a living). For others databases are a means to keep tabs on inventory, collections, or [...]

Tags: database, microsoft access, openoffice database, OpenOffice.org
Categories: Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, Windows, software

Database monitoring is not only important for businesses who want to monitor their online and offline services and applications but also for individuals. Webmasters who make use of databases like MySQL need to make sure that the databases are up and running and the best way to ensure that is to monitor them 24/7. Quite [...]

Tags: blackfish sql, database, database monitoring, db2rss, interbase, mysql, mysql database, Network Monitoring
Categories: Windows, software

It is pretty obvious that the developers of the Internet Movie Script Database have taken lots of inspiration from the Internet Movie Database IMDB. The website offers movie scripts that can be viewed online or downloaded as txt files to a local computer system or mobile device.
It is possible to search the database or browse [...]

Tags: database, imdb, imsdb, internet movie database, internet movie script database, movie scripts
Categories: Entertainment

If you use databases then you know how important it is to back them up. But backing up a database and being able to use that backup depends upon the back up being always up to date. There is a method that ensures you will always have an up to date backup. That method is [...]

Tags: database, database replication, Linux, mysql, replication
Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Advanced, software

The post Using Cron to Automate Linux Tasks by Jack got me thinking that some users might be interested in a practical example. The following tutorial will explain how to setup a small script to backup MySQL databases on a Linux server which will be run daily using a cron job. The best way to [...]

Tags: backup database, backup mysql, cron job, cron tab, database, Linux, linux tutorial, mysql, mysql database
Categories: Linux, Tutorials Basic

I have been working with LAMP (Linux Apache, MySQL, PHP) servers for a long time. But not matter how much experience I have with them one of the first things I, do after the LAMP installation, is to install phpMyAdmin. This tool makes database administration so much easier than the command line. And when your [...]

Tags: database, LAMP, Linux, Linux database server, mysql, phpmyadmin
Categories: Linux, Open Source, The Web, Tutorials Advanced