Best tools for a database application? - Linuxers

4 Jul 2001


      I need to choose a good combination of
front & back ends for a database application.
The application is quite simple. It is
basically a muster, where employees can
sign in by entering an employee-ID.
For this I need to store a database of
all employees with some basic fields
like ID, name, etc. When someone enters
an ID, a validity check is done and
if valid the ID is stored into a table.
My requirements:
1. Application will need to work on
throw-away machines, like a 286 or 386.
But the machine will be used solely
for this application.
2. I need to use a language which is easy
to learn (time constraint), given the fact
that I only have knowledge of C and some C++.
3. Tomorrow I may need to add some more
functionalities to the application. Basically
running different queries for retrieving data.
Also size of the employee database may increase.
For starters I am looking at 100 to 1000
employees.
For the database I guess mySQL would be ideal.
(or is there a better option?) What should I
use for the front end? And reasons for it.
Many thanks,
Nikhil.
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