[postgis-users] postgres data tables package (ORACLE Forms replacement?)
Brief background: We're currently using Oracle for our main database. Nothing too big, 15 - 20 tables and the largest table has about 100K records. We use Oracle Forms as a web-based option for inserting and updating records. I am using Postgres/PostGIS for a couple of other projects. I would like to use Postgres for our main database as well. However, I would need to come up with a solution for inserting/updating the data tables within our group (a replacement for Oracle Forms). Preferably, a web-based solution (PHP, Python, etc...) but it could be a Windows desktop solution installed on each staff members machine. Something that maintains the data integrity (e.g., forcing users to enter a date when Date is required, etc...) Does anyone know of a FOSS package that can be used to manage data tables within a Postgres database? Updating data records is the highest priority since the built-in Admin tool can be used for managing users, creating new tables, etc..., and will be done only by a database manager. Thanks for any advice or guidance you can provide. - John ___ postgis-users mailing list postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
Re: [postgis-users] postgres data tables package (ORACLE Forms replacement?)
Hi John, For the desktop, the best I've seen is MS Access, but it is certainly not FOSS. It is well used, documented, supported, easy form development, etc. A runner up is OpenOffice.org, but I haven't been able to develop too much on it, because I run into odd GUI behaviours that are deal-breakers (e.g., the scroll-wheel of the mouse can accentually modify numeric data if it hovers over a numeric field ... although this is in the process of being fixed). Kexi (from KOffice) is yet another app, but I haven't looked at it in a few years and I don't know if it is available for Windows anymore. For the web, there is WaveMaker, which is very web 2.0 with lots of JavaScript to make it appear like a desktop application. I've only had limited work with it, so I can't say too much about it. (I recall having a poor impression due to problems with bad permission assumptions and some other data type issues). There are others out there, but I'm interested to see what other people use. -Mike On 5 August 2010 06:53, John Callahan john.calla...@udel.edu wrote: Brief background: We're currently using Oracle for our main database. Nothing too big, 15 - 20 tables and the largest table has about 100K records. We use Oracle Forms as a web-based option for inserting and updating records. I am using Postgres/PostGIS for a couple of other projects. I would like to use Postgres for our main database as well. However, I would need to come up with a solution for inserting/updating the data tables within our group (a replacement for Oracle Forms). Preferably, a web-based solution (PHP, Python, etc...) but it could be a Windows desktop solution installed on each staff members machine. Something that maintains the data integrity (e.g., forcing users to enter a date when Date is required, etc...) Does anyone know of a FOSS package that can be used to manage data tables within a Postgres database? Updating data records is the highest priority since the built-in Admin tool can be used for managing users, creating new tables, etc..., and will be done only by a database manager. Thanks for any advice or guidance you can provide. - John ___ postgis-users mailing list postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users ___ postgis-users mailing list postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
Re: [postgis-users] postgres data tables package (ORACLE Forms replacement?)
Hi John, OpenOffice is ok if you do not use views, you can create neat forms and there's also the option to edit data in tabular displays. Reports are also handy. But if you use views, OpenOffice simply don't deal with them. Best of luck, Luís On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 2:53 PM, John Callahan john.calla...@udel.edu wrote: Brief background: We're currently using Oracle for our main database. Nothing too big, 15 - 20 tables and the largest table has about 100K records. We use Oracle Forms as a web-based option for inserting and updating records. I am using Postgres/PostGIS for a couple of other projects. I would like to use Postgres for our main database as well. However, I would need to come up with a solution for inserting/updating the data tables within our group (a replacement for Oracle Forms). Preferably, a web-based solution (PHP, Python, etc...) but it could be a Windows desktop solution installed on each staff members machine. Something that maintains the data integrity (e.g., forcing users to enter a date when Date is required, etc...) Does anyone know of a FOSS package that can be used to manage data tables within a Postgres database? Updating data records is the highest priority since the built-in Admin tool can be used for managing users, creating new tables, etc..., and will be done only by a database manager. Thanks for any advice or guidance you can provide. - John ___ postgis-users mailing list postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users ___ postgis-users mailing list postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
