Re: Curses interface - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Chris Browne
Subject Re: Curses interface
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Msg-id 60lkublaii.fsf@dba2.int.libertyrms.com
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In response to Curses interface  (Andre Majorel <aym-lqsgp@teaser.fr>)
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operationsengineer1@yahoo.com writes:
>> I'm looking for a curses tools to enter data into a PostgreSQL
>> database. Insert and delete tuples change the values of columns,
>> that sort of things.
>>
>> Detecting REFERENCES columns and presenting me with a list of
>> values culled from (SELECT * FROM referenced-table) would be a nice
>> plus.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>
> you may be looking for something different, but i
> think pgadmin3 can do all that - and more.

If I do not misrecall, pgadmin3 is an X-based application, running
atop some combination of WxWindows and GTk.

Curses is something else entirely.

The best chance would be if someone has done a binding of libpq to
S-Lang...  http://www.s-lang.org/modules/

I'm not aware that this has happened...

Another possibility would be scripting using the "dialog" tools...
<http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2460>
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