Maybe the OOo guys should include links to MySQL and info on how to integrate it in OOo in the 
docs.  Or how about installing MySQL in a sandbox if the desktop user needs a database.  There 
ought to be a script to setup MySQL in a secure way, but such that a desktop user doesn't have to 
fiddle w/ permissions, save the data in the user's home dir, etc.  

Brian Kelsay

>>> Rex Deaver <> 03/17/04 07:03PM >>>
Access comes only with the more expensive Office
Professional, Office Standard does not include it. And
neither come standard with consumer computers. $460
for MS Office XP Pro, or $0 for OOo + MySql. 

Check out the how-tos that I linked to earlier, it
makes interfacing with MySql via OOo nearly a
no-brainer.