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How to use CHADDB, a free database for non-profits and churches

Don Parris
04.11.2005
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This tip originally appeared on SearchEnterpriseLinux.com, a sister site of SearchSMB.com.

When a new product is announced, the word goes out about its features. If the product sounds like a good thing, then you wonder, "What would it be like to use it?" Our new product how-to series answers that question. Each how-to starts out with the basics -- product and vendor name, price, etc. -- and then gets down to business with a short how-to. This how-to was written by Don Parris, CHADDB developer and minister at Oakdale Christian Fellowship. - Jan Stafford, editor

Product: CHADDB -- The Church Administration Database

Category: Church management database

Developer/vendor: Oakdale Christian Fellowship, Charlotte, N.C.

Availability: Java front-end was released in March, 2005. The

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back-end for use with OpenOffice.org has been available for months.

Purpose: Designed for churches of all sizes, this database could be used by some non-profits as well. Its focus is on managing relationships among members and auxiliaries.

Price: Free

Resources: Screenshots of the test data on OpenOffice.org's Website

How-to:

Assuming you have OpenOffice.org, MySQL, and JDBC already set up correctly, you can use the menu Tools --> Data Sources to open the data sources dialogue box to configure the MySQL connection.

Don Parris is an ordained minister and an advanced, mostly self-taught user of Windows and Linux. He is the author of "Penguin in the pew" and this tip on migrating a non-profit organization to Linux.

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