Linux Stand Alone Database?

[Brett Kirksey]

On Sunday 10 October 2004 at 13:08+0800, John wrote:

> > As I said in my original post:
> > 
> >     "I know all the pluses and minuses of FileMaker, and that's not
> >     the issue."
> >     
> > But I knew some person wouldn't be able to resist the "but
> > there's a better way" comment. My faith in the passionate
> > beliefs of Linux users isn't dashed. :-)
> 
> 
> Looking for something like that on Linux might prove fruitless: if I 
> were to embark on writing such an application, I'd likely choose to use 
> an established well-regarded backend because that would meam less 
> coding, less debugging and fewer bugs.
> 
> If you look for inherently single-user applications you may well miss 
> out on something that would provide a solution that would satisfy your 
> wants even better than filemaker.

Hmmm, maybe if I say it again, it will have more meaning. :-)

    "I know all the pluses and minuses of FileMaker,
    and that's not the issue."
  
Thank you for taking the time to answer, but I hoped to avoid
all of the "here's why there's a better solution" by making the
statement that already know all of the pros and cons of the
single application versus separate frontend/backend database
solutions.

The question I was hoping to get answered is if there is a single
binary/package/application with the database engine and gui
front-end all together for Linux. I'm not asking whether it is a
good thing, bad thing, piece of junk, or the new sliced bread--I
just want to know if it exists. I can write db front ends for a
plethora of db backends using one of a gazillion languages. I
already know that, and I know all of the benefits of that. That
doesn't change my question if a single app solution exists for
Linux.

Sorry if any of that sounds frustrated . . . it's 3 a.m. here
and it's been a long night.

Brett