Data base software?

Question

I,m looking for a database for a small business. Something simple, to log name, address, phone, job time and date. Will be used for a mail out.

Answer 1

The most common software for this is currently Microsoft Excel, which can be used with Microsoft Word in what is known as "Mail Merge" to produce a mailing. You can find a tutorial on the subject here:

http://www.clearcutcomputing.com/mailmerge.htm

If you don't have Microsoft Office, or you aren't running a platform which supports it you can achieve similar results using OpenOffice which is freely available here:

http://www.openoffice.org/

Their documentation for doing a Mail Merge with Open Office is here:

http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors/Mail-Merge.pdf

In response to other posters: Yes, technically Excel is a spreadsheet product and Access is a database application, but for this application Excel is a better choice. Versions of Office that come with Access are for more expensive than simpler versions and a lot more difficult to use for a novice. Access is overkill for this application as it was described. It is easy to upgrade from Excel to Access and migrate your data should you outgrow Excel.

Answer 2

The most poplar database software is Microsoft Access (version doesn’t matter). Microsoft Word and Excel aren’t database software. However, Excel can be used to create a database type template; though Access would be better since it's actually database management software.

Answer 3

For a "simple" database, you MIGHT check your "office" software package.

Microsoft Office has the "Access" database, Open Office also has a database, as does Word Perfect.

You might have to READ the users manual or a tutorial to learn how to program it and use it. (I use several simple databases I programmed myself!)

You can ALSO probably find a "ready made" database available on-line for what you want, maybe even free. Try looking for a "contact database program"

Answer 4

Do you have Microsoft Office Professional? If so, it has Microsoft Access which is a fairly robust database tool. You can do mail merges quite simply from access. First building your table, populating it with data. Then use Microsoft Word to do a mail merge from that database.

Answer 5

Use Microsoft Access. It can save your data up to 2 GB. It also can be protected by password. Easy to generate report.

Oracle for more advance. Up to 10 GB.

Answer 6

for small databases use Ms Access or Ms Excel.
but for bigger and more secure database you can use SQL server or mysql.