Re: MS Access-like component

[Jean Bréfort <jean brefort normalesup org>]

Le jeudi 02 mars 2006 �9:27 -0800, Ramon Nogueira a �it :
> Hi, new to this so please bear with me - this has probably been hashed
> over 100s of times before. I am a fairly new developer wishing to get
> into some new project. I've tried (or been forced to try) MS Access
> and OOo Base. In my experience, it has actually been easier to use
> Mysql with something like phpMyAdmin. I realise that the two fill
> different roles, with Access and Base being desktop database systems,
> but the actual end-product produced in both cases is, in my
> experience, disappointing. There should be a way to easily go from
> conseptual design to database to (fairly) automatic front-end
> generation.
> 
> As I understand it, the current gnome data access centers around
> libgnomedb which can work with multiple back-ends. You set up your
> database and then use this library to integrate it into your gtk
> front-end which is designed and implemented separately. What I and
> many other used to Access would like, I think, is for all development
> to happend in one place - like in Access and Base. But for the
> front-end to be as polished as is possible with developing your own.
> Access generates hideous front-ends and Base has such limited
> functionality and isn't integrated with anything else.
> 
> If this is a stupid idea, please tell me (and tell me why :-) or if
> something similar already exists..

I am not aware of such a thing. There is a frontend to gnome-db under
development (mergeant), but I don't think it provides a such feature.
Seems interesting.

Best regards,
Jean Br�rt