<div>Hi John,</div><div><br></div>For the desktop, the best I've seen is MS Access, but it is certainly not FOSS. It is well used, documented, supported, easy form development, etc. A runner up is OpenOffice.org, but I haven't been able to develop too much on it, because I run into odd GUI behaviours that are deal-breakers (e.g., the scroll-wheel of the mouse can "accentually" modify numeric data if it hovers over a numeric field ... although this is in the process of being fixed). Kexi (from KOffice) is yet another app, but I haven't looked at it in a few years and I don't know if it is available for Windows anymore.<div>
<br></div><div>For the web, there is WaveMaker, which is very web 2.0 with lots of JavaScript to make it appear like a desktop application. I've only had limited work with it, so I can't say too much about it. (I recall having a poor impression due to problems with bad permission assumptions and some other data type issues). There are others out there, but I'm interested to see what other people use.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Mike</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 5 August 2010 06:53, John Callahan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john.callahan@udel.edu">john.callahan@udel.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Brief background: We're currently using Oracle for our main database. Nothing too big, 15 - 20 tables and the largest table has about 100K records. We use Oracle Forms as a web-based option for inserting and updating records.<br>
<br>I am using Postgres/PostGIS for a couple of other projects. I would like to use Postgres for our main database as well. However, I would need to come up with a solution for inserting/updating the data tables within our group (a replacement for Oracle Forms). Preferably, a web-based solution (PHP, Python, etc...) but it could be a Windows desktop solution installed on each staff members machine. Something that maintains the data integrity (e.g., forcing users to enter a date when Date is required, etc...)<br>
<br>Does anyone know of a FOSS package that can be used to manage data tables within a Postgres database? Updating data records is the highest priority since the built-in Admin tool can be used for managing users, creating new tables, etc..., and will be done only by a database manager. Thanks for any advice or guidance you can provide.<br>
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