I use phpmyadmin a lot. It lacks one feature that I wish existed. You
can edit only
one record at a time, and when you are editing a lot of data
manually, the amount
of time it takes to open up each record and the time for so many saves can add
up noticeably.
I remember using a front end for MySQL a few years ago that worked much like
a spreadsheet. You could hop around putting data into a page full of records at
will, just like you can with a spreadsheet. You then save at any frequency you
wish. I found this so efficient. It also gave a convenient overview of a whole
screenful of records.
I have and will have for some time to come a need to do a lot of manual data
input. The usual method of a form opening for editing only one record at a
time I find far slower and less efficient than this spreadsheet-like front end.
It was being used by a group of programmers in Albany, N.Y. and I have
no idea where they got it from.
I should mention ---- this was *not* simply a spreadsheet in which
you added data
and then had to import into MySQL each time. The action of saving would update
the database in use every time (--- ie. really simple to use). I seem
to remember
that you could even scroll through data. You could easily add, delete
or change.
You didn't have to declare which one of these actions either.
Do any of you know of such a front end (to MySQL) that exists? Is there a
cost or is there an open systems free program that fits?
I imagine to create one would be fairly complicated since the whole sheet of
records is always present as you add data. You simply plopped in data in
cells randomly as you wish and saved once in a while. Any idea what it would
take to code such a program?
<fingers crossed> I hope there is such a program already instead.
Bill Mudry
Mississauga, Ontario
