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A review of the Glom graphical database front-end (Xaprb)
A review of the Glom graphical database front-end (Xaprb)
Posted Sep 10, 2006 17:12 UTC (Sun) by chill633 (guest, #16013)Parent article: A review of the Glom graphical database front-end (Xaprb)
Not to be misleading, but the author says he was asked about a database GUI on the #mysql channel and then reviews a Postgres-only GUI? Glom looks like a great product, but I see no reference to getting it working with MySQL other than "it might be possible".
Also, from the Glom wiki:
"Glom uses the PostgreSQL database backend but it can not edit databases that it did not create, because it uses only a simple subset of Postgres functionality."
So while it has lots of potential, calling it "...already a winner over Microsoft Access and Filemaker..." is just plain bullsh*t.
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A review of the Glom graphical database front-end (Xaprb)
Posted Sep 10, 2006 20:03 UTC (Sun) by AJWM (subscriber, #15888) [Link]
> calling it "...already a winner over Microsoft Access and Filemaker..." is just plain bullsh*t.
Really? How well do Access or Filemaker work with MySQL or with databases that they did not create?
In my book, working with PostgeSQL makes it a winner. Apparently it uses libgda as the database abstraction layer, so it should work with any RDBMS for which there's a libgda interface (currently ODBC, PostreSQL, MySQL and Sybase, according to the libgda web site).
A review of the Glom graphical database front-end (Xaprb)
Posted Sep 10, 2006 21:30 UTC (Sun) by osma (subscriber, #6912) [Link]
> Really? How well do Access or Filemaker work with MySQL or with databases that they did not create?
Sorry to say this, but Access actually works quite well with a MySQL database it didn't create. I've built a fairly large database app using that combination, and it's been in production use for about 5 years and used by several people in a non-profit organization. However, for obvious reasons I'm on the lookout for alternative platforms to reimplement the app on something more solid, free etc., and Glom certainly looks interesting in this regard.
With Filemaker I guess you wouldn't get very far trying to use something like MySQL or PostgreSQL.
A review of the Glom graphical database front-end (Xaprb)
Posted Sep 11, 2006 1:18 UTC (Mon) by chill633 (guest, #16013) [Link]
Access does not provide a "limited subset" of Jet (the database engine), nor does Filemaker provide a "limited subset" of its database backend. That was my main beef with the statement.