[Tfug] PostgreSQL GUI front end/report generator/etc.

[TR]

Take your pick from
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Community_Guide_to_PostgreSQL_GUI_Tools
Have not used anything except pgAdmin, so cannot make any recommendation.

I take that back I have connected with libre/openoffice, but was not
memorable .
Should work for reporting.

TR

On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 6:48 PM, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm implementing an RDB on PostgreSQL (think: free, open)
> and looking for ideas on how I can present a more user
> friendly interface to the DBMS.
>
> I expect the primary interface to be via a "workstation"...
> either locally or remote.  And, I can't count on it being
> "Windows" based.
>
> I.e., first idea was to use MSAccess with an ODBC driver
> as middleware.  But, not sure how well supported that is
> on non-PC platforms (Mac's?).  And, everything with "MS" in
> it means "do it over again in a couple of years".
>
> Not an option.  If clients want to "upgrade" their workstations,
> fine -- but the application isn't getting rewritten.  Ever!
>
> This suggest a web based interface (and pick some persistent
> core of web technologies to ensure the interface remains
> viable even as we migrate to HTML1000 and umpteen other
> browser variants!).
>
> Any experience on this front?  Any *robust* toolchains to
> rely upon?  Note most of the business logic will be hard-coded
> in the DBMS.  So, the GUI really *is* just a pretty front end
> and "report generator".
>
> Thx,
> --don
>
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