Introduction

Welcome to Rekall. Rekall is a database front end ( In the manner of Microsoft Access ) for a range of SQL database servers.

This manual applies to verion 2.4.6 of Rekall, but Rekall is in continuous development, so if there is a feature which you would like to see included, please let us know! The current version includes (amongst many other things):

The next chapter provides an overview of Rekall, and takes you on a tour of Rekall's facilities for accessing tables, forms and reports. The examples are drawn from the sample demonstration databases which are available from the same places as Rekall itself.

All the screenshots in this manual are taken from Rekall running under KDE. The QT3-only version is identical, except for things like control styles. The variation between some of the screenshots - the window border, the button style, and so forth - reflect the range of styles and themes that are avaialable under KDE.

Please be aware that this manual is not intended as a tutorial or manual for SQL databases, but assumes at least a basic knowledge of such databases. In places, there are descriptions of how SQL databases work, but these descriptions are intended to provide context rather than information. There are any number of books available on database technology and the SQL query language, and lots of resources available on the Web.

We hope that you will find Rekall a useful and powerful tool. We welcome all feedback, both complimentary and critical. Complimentary feedback is nice, obviously, but critical feedback points us in directions that users would like to see us going in, rather than directions that we only think users would like.

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