Chris not sure if you have ever looked at Base which has drivers for SQLITE https://www.openoffice.org/dba/drivers/
On Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 9:58 PM Lenny Andreu <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, have you considered what does "a good way yo enter data into tables" > mean? Every suggestion will be based on what the recommender thought good way > means. > > That said, if you have access to flatpak, you could try Sequeler[1], it is > really basic and similar to sqlitebrowser, that much that I could not find > use for my self. > > As other have stated, a database (SQL) tends to be complex in nature, for > anything simple, maybe keep text based files, like CSV or recutils. > > Lenny. > > [1] https://github.com/ellie-commons/sequeler > > > El 1 de abril de 2026 8:14:08 p.m. GMT-03:00, Gregory Seidman > <[email protected]> escribió: >> >> On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 08:45:48AM +0100, Chris Green wrote: >>> >>> I'm looking for a simple to use **data entry** tool to use with >>> (mostly) sqlite3 databases. >>> >>> There are several quite good database management programs available >>> (e.g. sqlitebrowser) and anyway the sqlite3 command line program is >>> quite adequate for most of my dataase management needs. What I can't >>> find anywhere is a good way to enter data into tables. >> >> [...] >>> >>> Another possible approach is to use a spreadsheet (e.g. libreoffice >>> calc) as they provide **exactly** what I want for data entry and >>> editing. The trouble is that it isn't entirely straightforward getting >>> data from a sqlite3 database into and out of the spreadsheet. >> >> [...] >> >> I'm going to recommend that you do use a spreadsheet, and use sqlitebrowser >> to import a CSV that you export from the spreadsheet program. >> >> That said, it sounds like you really want something similar to FileMaker >> Pro or MS Access as your frontend to sqlite. A quick search turned up these >> options: https://opensource.com/alternatives/access >> >>> -- >>> Chris Green >> >> --Gregory >> -- - Andrew "lathama" Latham -
