On Tuesday 11 December 2001 12:01, scc wrote:
Hi everone on this thread. The help was great. We are going to have a go at mysql mainly because we have absolutely no idea of it or how big db engines work.
John.
The new specifications (you can't call them syllabus anymore!) are at www.edexel.org
This site doesn't seem to be up.... And, why can you use the term 'syllabus' anymore? JLK
Steve
On Monday 10 December 2001 20:36, you wrote:
MySQL looks about the best alternative database because it is relatively simple. There are two frontends, kmysql and mysql_navigator, that give a GUI and allow something like what is available in Access.
In the end you may have to teach Access because it is likely that the A level syllabus is geared towards it. Access has the best GUI. Its problems are speed, security and scaleability.
Students going on to study Computing at university would benefit more from mySQL. They are likely to encounter and SQL server based database (typically PostGreSQL or Ingres). Others will find Access used in work or relevant to degrees like Business or Accounting that need low-level databases. My own view is that there is no disadvantage in learning mySQL.
Can you point me to the new Computing syallabuses? I know that at least one of the boards (UCLES?) published the curriculum 2000 syllabuses on the web.
JDL
scc wrote:
Hi everyone.
Hope this is not too OT.
I Have been teaching the British A level course (ages 16 to 18) using ms Access as our database package. Is there anything similar under 7.3 we could use instead? We had a look at Adabas under staroffice but it seems poor compared with access. Oracle looks good but there seems to be no front end for it. Any teachers or advice out there?
Thanks, Steve.
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