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  1. Graphical database maintenence design tool

    Peter Cordone <pcordone@ee.net> — 1998-06-03T00:39:41Z

    I am new to Postgres and somewhat new to Linux and Unix.  I am trying to
    find a graphical tool that I can use to do my database table design, in
    XWindows or one that I can run in Microsoft Windows NT over my network.
    
    Can anyone suggest anything?
    
    
    
    
  2. Re: [GENERAL] Graphical database maintenence design tool

    Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> — 1998-06-03T01:21:12Z

    On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Peter Cordone wrote:
    
    > I am new to Postgres and somewhat new to Linux and Unix.  I am trying to
    > find a graphical tool that I can use to do my database table design, in
    > XWindows or one that I can run in Microsoft Windows NT over my network.
    > 
    > Can anyone suggest anything?
    
    	There are several in existence.
    
    	pgaccess is raved about, and comes wiht the distribution in the
    src/bin directory.
    
    	If you looked at http://www.postgresql.org/cd-dist.shtml, there
    are links to various third-party interfaces that are included on the CD,
    with two more being added shortly...
    
    Marc G. Fournier                                
    Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
    primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org 
    
    
    
  3. Re: [GENERAL] Graphical database maintenence design tool

    Brett W. McCoy <bmccoy@lan2wan.com> — 1998-06-03T02:34:03Z

    On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Peter Cordone wrote:
    
    > I am new to Postgres and somewhat new to Linux and Unix.  I am trying to
    > find a graphical tool that I can use to do my database table design, in
    > XWindows or one that I can run in Microsoft Windows NT over my network.
    
    pgaccess is what you may want to look into.  It is a Tcl/Tk application,
    and is reminiscent of Access, but is a front end to Postgres (you would
    use pgaccess instead of psql).  Another option is to install the PostODBC
    drivers and use Access itself (or something similar) to use under Windows
    and connect to the server.  A quick and dirty method is to create your
    tables with psql, input the data into an Access database, and then import
    the data into postgres.
    
    Brett W. McCoy           
                                            http://www.lan2wan.com/~bmccoy/
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected."
       -- The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June, 1972
    
    
    
  4. Re: [GENERAL] Graphical database maintenence design tool

    Peter Mount <pgsqlgen@retep.org.uk> — 1998-06-03T18:10:18Z

    On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Peter Cordone wrote:
    
    > I am new to Postgres and somewhat new to Linux and Unix.  I am trying to
    > find a graphical tool that I can use to do my database table design, in
    > XWindows or one that I can run in Microsoft Windows NT over my network.
    > 
    > Can anyone suggest anything?
    
    There are also quite a few Java JDBC Applications out there that will run
    on both Linux and NT without recompiling. Check on www.gamelan.com
    
    I know of two works in progres for Postgresql:
    
      WIDD by Nicolas Prochazka <nprochaz@etu.info.unicaen.fr> is in its early
    stages, but it looks pretty good. It can handle the display of large
    objects, and sql queries open up browser windows.
    
      Finder by me is a little larger, but it's primarily an Astronomical
    application, with some PostgreSQL management functions, and the ability to
    display query results in both tabular and graphical forms.
    
    -- 
    Peter T Mount peter@retep.org.uk or petermount@earthling.net
    Main Homepage: http://www.retep.org.uk
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  5. Re: [GENERAL] Graphical database maintenence design tool

    Herouth Maoz <herouth@oumail.openu.ac.il> — 1998-06-07T08:30:23Z

    At 21:10 +0300 on 3/6/98, Peter Mount wrote:
    
    
    > On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Peter Cordone wrote:
    >
    > > I am new to Postgres and somewhat new to Linux and Unix.  I am trying to
    > > find a graphical tool that I can use to do my database table design, in
    > > XWindows or one that I can run in Microsoft Windows NT over my network.
    > >
    > > Can anyone suggest anything?
    >
    > There are also quite a few Java JDBC Applications out there that will run
    > on both Linux and NT without recompiling. Check on www.gamelan.com
    
    Peter, I remember you gave me the same answer a while ago, but frankly,
    I've been roaming around gamelan lately (after my attempt with pgAccess
    failed), and I didn't see anything which fits the description. I saw a few
    tools which, from the descriptions, are nothing more than places to insert
    a query and see the results. If you're lucky, you see the results
    graphically. I just wonder if there's any took I've skipped, or if I looked
    in the wrong place at gamelan. Do you have any actual name of any software
    (preferable not commercial) which you know does it?
    
    Herouth
    
    --
    Herouth Maoz, Internet developer.
    Open University of Israel - Telem project
    http://telem.openu.ac.il/~herutma
    
    
    
    
  6. Re: [INTERFACES] Re: [GENERAL] Graphical database maintenence design tool

    Peter T Mount <pgint@maidast.demon.co.uk> — 1998-06-07T17:16:01Z

    On Sun, 7 Jun 1998, Herouth Maoz wrote:
    
    > At 21:10 +0300 on 3/6/98, Peter Mount wrote:
    > 
    > 
    > > On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Peter Cordone wrote:
    > >
    > > > I am new to Postgres and somewhat new to Linux and Unix.  I am trying to
    > > > find a graphical tool that I can use to do my database table design, in
    > > > XWindows or one that I can run in Microsoft Windows NT over my network.
    > > >
    > > > Can anyone suggest anything?
    > >
    > > There are also quite a few Java JDBC Applications out there that will run
    > > on both Linux and NT without recompiling. Check on www.gamelan.com
    > 
    > Peter, I remember you gave me the same answer a while ago, but frankly,
    > I've been roaming around gamelan lately (after my attempt with pgAccess
    > failed), and I didn't see anything which fits the description. I saw a few
    > tools which, from the descriptions, are nothing more than places to insert
    > a query and see the results. If you're lucky, you see the results
    > graphically. I just wonder if there's any took I've skipped, or if I looked
    > in the wrong place at gamelan.
    
    I think most of them are just that - enter a query and get the results
    out.
    
    > Do you have any actual name of any software (preferable not commercial)
    > which you know does it? 
    
    I can't remember what it was called, but I did see one that did allow some
    administration a while back. I'll try to dig it up.
    
    -- 
    Peter T Mount peter@retep.org.uk or petermount@earthling.net
    Main Homepage: http://www.retep.org.uk
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