Just putting up some forms on the web...

John Abraham <[email protected]> Fri, 8 Jan 2010 14:39:55 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.orm.simpleorm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I'm wanting to build some UI for my database.  Just some forms, really.  It's postgresql.

Since I use SimpleORM, I thought to look into SimpleWebApp.  I see it's been discontinued in favour of Simplets.  Simplets looks interesting, but still requires writing a little bit of code for every form.

I just want to put my tables on the web.  Make them editable tables, preferably with LDAP sign on for permissions.    

I don't really want to write any (much) code right now.  I mean, sure I'm going to want to write code eventually, eventually I'm imagining maybe something like Ruby on Rails that uses UNM Mapserver http://map​server.org​/ and http://vis.stanford.edu/protovis/ for fancy visualization of my model results.   Sometime long into the future I might even try to make web based editable maps.

But first, right now, I just want to put my postgresql tables onto the web as forms.  I'd like to choose either one-form-per-table (each row is a record) or one form per record.

What should I use?  For some reason I really can't seem to find an easy solution.  Some people are starting to tell me I should just use MS Access, because it has forms built in.  But it's not open source, not client-server, platform specific, and all those other bad things.  I need another solution.  I suppose it doesn't have to be web based, it could be a java app (that runs with webstart to avoid install issues) but I've tried and failed pretty miserably writing Swing once before, I don't want to have to write code to place the table and fill in the columns.)  I just want one-row-per-record or one-form-per-record.  

Any and all ideas appreciated.  If this is too off-topic, please send me an email personally.  Even one-word suggestions are welcome.

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John Abraham
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