Re: Lurking Wanna Be - Mailing list pgsql-novice
From | Glenn |
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Subject | Re: Lurking Wanna Be |
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Msg-id | 000001c6b223$12499710$2301a8c0@OFFICE.local Whole thread Raw |
In response to | Re: Lurking Wanna Be (Hal Davison <herbie@faams.net>) |
List | pgsql-novice |
>I don't mind the programming. This application has a lot of validation >and business logic to contend with. >I'm just not looking forward to the ardious task of building by hand, >checking and testing 1000+ user data entry/display forms then extracting >and updating the record/dataset If that's the case have a look at www.dabodev.com -----Original Message----- From: Hal Davison [mailto:herbie@faams.net] Sent: Friday, 28 July 2006 6:42 PM To: operationsengineer1@yahoo.com Cc: Sean Davis; glenn@tangelosoftware.com.au; pgsql-novice Subject: Re: [NOVICE] Lurking Wanna Be On Wed, 2006-07-26 at 23:53, operationsengineer1@yahoo.com wrote: > > Sean, > > > > Being specific.. > > > > The PostgreSQL is running on Linux. > > > > The client/users will connect from their bloated > > Intel PCs. > > > > With an HTML browser they could connect from > > anywhere and any box if > > that option were available. > > > > I'm looking for a tool or toolset that will enable > > one to 'PAINT' the > > screen, extract information from one or more > > datasets, display the > > information. Give the user some interaction and send > > the changed > > information back to the db server. > > > > Hal Davison > > Sarasota, Florida > > Hal, in short, you want a programmed interface without > the hassle of programming, is that about it? If you > find out how to do that, *let me know*! -lol- > > seriously, there are many ways to do this, depending > on your objective. Someone mentioned Ruby on Rails - > if you follow its conventions, it *will* > auto-magically create forms for you to enter, delete > and update information. However, this its initial > presentation is very basic. Non technical users would > probably find a way to bash it and evil users may well > find a way to destroy it. > > You would have to learn about Ruby and Rails - which > isn't trivial. I'm going through the process now. > > At present, I've been using PHP, HTML, CSS, ADODB db > abstraction layer and Manuel Lemos' forms class to get > my interfaces up and running. > > It hasn't been a trivial learning curve, either. It > has taken some dedication - and thank goodness for all > the good people in this and other mailing lists and > forums! > > if you don't want to program the interface yourself, > you could always hire someone to do it. Even then, it > would help to know a little bit about the technology > b/c programming styles vary drammatically and it can > have serious consequences for your app at some point > in the future. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com with any potential user initiated changes to the data. Just thought there weould be something out in GUI that could replace the earthy tasting perl, php...yada yada yada. Honestly, I appreciate the discussion on this issue. Hal Davison Davison Consulting
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