dBase in Python, sorta?

[John Hall]

{ I got lost in the attributions, so I'll cut them]

>...though there does seem to be one package out there (rekall)...

Rekall is interesting. It's quite good at data entry and display,  but
I found it difficult (in the Windows Beta) to see how to insert my
fancy logic to do anything more. It has been available for GNU/Linux
for a long time, but I don't see any signs that the Windows version
will appear any time soon.

I'm doing OK with PythonCard & SQLite/PyDQLite. My report requirements
are modest, and I'm currently handling that by using an *.rtf document
containing keywords, reading that and replacing the keywords with
variable text, and printing via a call to launch Wordpad. Most of this
is readily (I hope) portable to Linux - only the Wordpad thing needs a
replacement.

When I've finished my current app, I plan to look into GNU/Enterprise
http://www.gnuenterprise.org/project/what.html

which is cross-platform, uses GTK (& Glade (XML IIRC) to create the
GUI ), and Python. Supports MySQL, PostgreSQL & Firebird. Designed to
be very scalable, it says (or hints).

GNUe looks quite interesting, though perhaps it's too early to guess
how it will play out. But I'm interested to see how it compares with
PythonCard.
-- 
John W Hall <wweexxsseessssaa at telusplanet.net>
Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
"Helping People Prosper in the Information Age"