Re: Killing views [Was: Dealing with files in Gnome]

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Thu, 2003-04-10 at 16:07, Ali Akcaagac wrote:
> On Thursday 10 April 2003 12:52, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > > I know what SQL is and I haven't written that it is a protocol. Please
> > > read what I wrote. I only mentioned that you can set up an SQL server and
> > > have it accessed through the network and that it makes indeed sense to
> > > access it that way. It makes more sense to have something like sql://
> > > rather than burn:// or applications://.
> >
> > it might make sense, although I think it would make much more sense if
> > it wasn't a web page, but a list of folders for each database and files
> > on them representing the tables/views of each database, which, when
> > clicked, opened a special viewer for viewing the structure and data of
> > those tables/views.
> >
> > I'm not sure this makes a lot of sense though, but it makes more sense
> > than having a web page, IMO.
> 
> Not at all, this doesn't make any sense for me. Say I enter 
> sql://<name>:<pw>@<whatever>:<port> as URI in the locationbar of whatever 
> application then it makes a lot of sense to get a query analyzer where i can 
> make quick changes in the database or selects and get them output as Webpage 
> or Textfile rather than diving into subdirs.
> 
> Think you want a sort output of some selected values within certain tables 
> then it makes more sense to do this that way rather than getting subdirs. Say 
> you deal with large chunks of data from people (simple addressbook) then it's 
> easier getting the whole output listed in a Webpage where you see all 
> important data within seconds than diving into subdirs and do cumbersome 
> operations with folders. I think the way the KDE SQL IOSlave does the work is 
> the most productive and most intuitive way of dealing with quick data 
> input/output.
>
Ali, dude, what you need is a SQL application, not to overflow with
features the file browser.

cheers