Re: Thoughts on "Love Your Database"
Geoff Winkless <pgsqladmin@geoff.dj>
From: Geoff Winkless <pgsqladmin@geoff.dj>
To: Pierre Chevalier Géologue <pierrechevaliergeol@free.fr>
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 2016-05-17T09:16:34Z
Lists: pgsql-general
On 17 May 2016 at 09:34, Pierre Chevalier Géologue <pierrechevaliergeol@free.fr> wrote: > On this matter, I hear *very* often from such guys that the only reproach > they have to PostgreSQL is that it does not come with a slick GUI like > Access. PGAdmin does not suit their needs at all: they want to design their > forms, directly write into the tables by using quick'n easy/dirty copy/paste > from/to their Excel (yes, it is still lying around). I understand them, > somehow. > There are a few tools around, many proprietary ones, some Free/Libre ones, > but they are still looking for a sort of Holy Grail that would definitely > convince them. A standard client tool that would come with any PostgreSQL > installation would please them. Some sort of psqlGUI, I guess. Why reinvent the wheel? I would say that putting the development effort into the OpenOffice Base app would be time better spent. Geoff