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<title>Introduction</title>
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application that explains what it does and where to report
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<para>
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&kexi; is a database management application. It can be used for
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creating databases, inserting data, performing queries, and processing
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data. Forms can be created to provide a custom interface to your
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data. All database objects - tables, queries and forms - are stored in
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the database, making it easy to share data and design.
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<para>
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&kexi; is part of the &koffice; productivity suite for the Trinity Desktop
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Environment.
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</para>
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<para>
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In addition to storing your &kexi; databases in files, &kexi; can also
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store your data on a <firstterm>database server</firstterm>. Using
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a database server allows you to share your database with other
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people, and also allows more than one person to use the database at
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one time. The following database servers are supported by &kexi;:
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MySQL (See <ulink url="http://www.mysql.com/"
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>http://www.mysql.com/</ulink>)
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PostgreSQL (See <ulink url="http://www.postgresql.org/"
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>http://www.postgresql.org/</ulink>)
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</para>
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More information about &kexi; can be found at the &kexi; page on the
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&koffice; website
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at <ulink
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url="http://www.koffice.org/kexi/">http://www.koffice.org/kexi/</ulink>,
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and on the website for &kexi; itself
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at <ulink url="http://www.kexi-project.org/about.html"
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>http://www.kexi-project.org/about.html</ulink>.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you have any questions about &kexi;, there are two mailing lists
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you can use. The <ulink url="mailto:kexi@kde.org">Kexi user mailing
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list</ulink> can be used to ask questions about using &kexi; or about
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the &kexi; project. The <ulink url="mailto:kexi-devel@kde.org">Kexi
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development mailing list</ulink> can be used to ask questions about
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the development of &kexi;. Further information on how to subscribe
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to these lists, together with a few other ways of making contact with
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&kexi; developers, can be found at:
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<ulink
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url="http://www.kexi-project.org/support.html"
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>http://www.kexi-project.org/support.html</ulink>
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