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On 17 May 2016 at 10:22, Achilleas Mantzios
<achill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 17/05/2016 12:16, Geoff Winkless wrote:
>>
>> On 17 May 2016 at 09:34, Pierre Chevalier Géologue
>> <pierrechevaliergeol@xxxxxxx> 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.
>
> Sorry if I missed something but what's wrong with pgadmin3 ?

There's nothing wrong with pgadmin as such.

>From the very email you just quoted:

>>> they want to design their forms

ie (as I understand it) they're after some sort of RAD tool.

Geoff


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