Launch Base, the database component of OpenOffice.org. Click "Connect to an existing database." Click on the list box and select the "Spreadsheet" option. Click the "Next" button. Click "Browse ...

The stand-alone database in OpenOffice.org's latest update is powerful enough to be compared to Microsoft's popular Access database.

When databases became available for the personal computer in the mid-1980s, they quickly gained a mystique as the ultimate productivity applications. Despite their widespread use, in some ways they ...

After writing a column searching for Linux alternatives to Microsoft’s low-end database, Access, I received some great replies. Many readers pointed out the limitations of Microsoft Access, and ...