Re: PostgreSQL and GUI management

Rob Sargent <robjsargent@gmail.com>

From: Rob Sargent <robjsargent@gmail.com>
To: Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>, pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2023-08-15T20:52:48Z
Lists: pgsql-general
On 8/15/23 12:57, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> On 8/15/23 11:43, Rob Sargent wrote:
>> On 8/15/23 12:38, Adrian Klaver wrote:
>>> On 8/15/23 08:08, Jason Long wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>> Does PostgreSQL have a graphical environment for management or is 
>>>> it only managed through CLI?
>>>
>>> There are, but make your life easier and learn to use psql:
>>>
>>> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-psql.html
>>>
>>> It ships with Postgres and runs close to the database. Saves you the 
>>> time tracking down the issues that the GUI transformation code 
>>> introduce.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>
>> Adrian,
>> Much as I love it, psql is not what I would call a management tool?
>
> Why not?
>
>
>
All the nice buzzwordy things: dashboards, alarm bells, point-and-click 
drop downs for config values (with tool tip descriptions of what they 
might do), coffee dispenser.  Things some feel they need in a management 
tool.