I am fairly new to databases and need some advice in starting one for a small business. I would love to use open office "base" (much like access) as my development platform, because I sort of dread using access. I have tried the wizards for creating a single table and some fields seem appropriate, but I need more than they offer. I also have no clue if I should make two or more tables, how to join them or anything like that. The database will be for a small auto repair shop that I am currently running. My customer base is rapidly growing and it would be great to keep track of work done, schedule mainteneces, customer contact info etc.
any advice is greatly appreciated.