Re: GUI Tools For PostgreSQL

Jean-Michel,

> Arbitrating between pgAdmin and pgAccess is not at stake here. User have
> needs and software producers like the PostgreSQL community tend to answer
> these needs.

But picking one ... and only one ... *is* the issue.   Are we going to
effectively endorse PGAccess over PGAdmin and Xpg?  Or vice-versa?   Web
access is, fortunately easy due to the monopoly of PHPpgAdmin, but which
client-side GUI to use would be a very hard decision ... and would piss off a
significant contributor to Postgres no matter how you look at it.

> In the case of PostgreSQL, users needs a web interface (1) and a
> multi-platform GUI (2). Other tools like pgsql are already provided.
> Therefore, in my opinion, the question at stake is:
>
> "does a bundle including a web interface and a multi-platform GUI will
> speed-up the adoption of PostgreSQL?"

Not as much as a windows port will ;-)

I do think that a PHP/Apache/PostgreSQL/PHPpgAdmin bundle is a great idea, and
doesn't step on anyone's toes.   The question is ... who on this list is
going to do it?

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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco