[ale] Recomendation for GUI frontend to MySQL

[James Sumners]

http://www.unixodbc.org/doc/OOoMySQL.pdf

On 7/1/05, Christopher Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
> 
> Speaking of interfaces to the DB is there any good reporting interface
> that runs on Linux.  Could be similar to Crystal Reports.  Web based
> would be great.
> 
> I want to give people the ability to write their own reports.  Problem
> is that we have almost 20 tables with id's and mappings so to generate a
> meaningful report requires complex SQL to join tables and to cull out
> other stuff.
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 18:49 +0000, Jim Philips wrote:
> > On Friday 01 July 2005 09:41 pm, David Corbin wrote:
> > > > Phpmyadmin is nice. I've used it and think it really helps out with
> > > > Mysql maintenance.
> > >
> > > I'd really prefer a "traditional desktop GUI", to a web app.
> >
> > MySQL offers two tools that may get you there: MySQL Administrator and MySQL
> > Query Browser. They are separate programs. For my money, I would still go
> > with PHPMySQLAdmin. It is really best of breed and mature. I've been using it
> > off and on for about six years. It's easy to use and and it's rock solid
> > reliable. That counts for more than the convenience of a GUI, in my book.
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