On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 08:36:11AM -0800, Matt Young wrote:
> http://javascriptsource.com/forms/dynamic-table.html
> Looks great if you operate from a browser.  Can we still get sqlite
> embedded into the browser, or do we have to plug it in?
> 
That doesn't really do it for me, it doesn't edit in situ.  To edit a
row you have to click on the row and then move up to the row at the top
and change the values there.  ... and *then* you have to click on the
Update Table button to put the values back into the table.

> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote:
> 
> > I'm after an application which will allow me to enter data into a sqlite
> > database using a 'grid' layout of the data.  I.e. I want the existing
> > contents of the database displayed as a table and I want to be able to
> > click on a field in a row and just edit the data in place.  In addition
> > I want to be able to use the TAB key to move from field to field
> > (another key would be OK, just not the mouse).  There should be an empty
> > row at the bottom for entering a new row.
> >
> > I'm happy to use a design tool of some sort to do this although a ready
> > made application would be easier/quicker of course.  I don't want to
> > code the whole thing from scratch though.
> >
> > What I want is what MS Access calls a tabular form in its design wizard
> > and is also what it presents you with by default if you open a table
> > directly.
> >
> > I need this to run under Linux as a desktop application or alternatively
> > a web application would be fine, I have apache2 with PHP etc. running on
> > my desktop machine here.
> >
> > I've searched around quite a lot for something that can do this for me
> > but haven't found anything yet.  There are lots of database management
> > programs (such as sqlitebrowser and sqliteman) but while they do a good
> > job of managing a database they're really not built for entering data.
> >
> > I just want an executable I can run with database name and table name as
> > parameters, e.g.:-
> >
> >    myDataEditor somedatabase.db tablexyz
> >
> > ... and it fires up a window with the rows/columns in a grid and allows
> > me to edit.  I don't want to have to navigate through menus and options
> > to get there.
> >
> > Any ideas or suggestions would be very welcome.
> >
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