Re: SQLs Servers in Debian
On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 09:34:41PM -0800, Pann McCuaig wrote:
> > Does it make much sense to have a generic gui frontend to an SQL db?
> > Usually you would want something specific to your database/application.
>
> Ah, here's a difference between the Pee-Cee world and the *nix world
> where there's something to be said for the "other place."
>
> It's really handy to be able to take a quick look at a database to see
> what the structure is like, how many tables, how many records, etc.,
> etc.
[6:26pm] hamish@yodeller:/usr/doc/mysql-manual/html> mysql rising
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 2863 to server version: 3.21.31
Type 'help' for help.
mysql> describe releases;
+-------------+----------+------+-----+------------+-------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+-------------+----------+------+-----+------------+-------+
| version | char(50) | | | | |
| releasedate | date | | | 0000-00-00 | |
| program | char(50) | | | | |
+-------------+----------+------+-----+------------+-------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> quit
Bye
So I had to look it up, but that's because I do SQL work a few times
a year at most. A GUI might be nice occasionally but is only (to me)
useful for bootstrapping a custom interface, which is what should
really be deployed. That's something like 90% of the audience
for Delphi and Visual Basic -- quick and dirty DB frontends.
Hamish
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