Re: [xwt-users]Generic database browsing application

On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 09:26:53AM +1000, David Crawshaw wrote:

> >MS Access seems to be popular, although this old hand will never
> >understand why people would prefer point-and-click over straight SQL ;)
> 
> Access has a terrific interface for designing table structures 
> (click-and-drag column references). I've always found it's actual data 
> management/query designer tools to be a little awkward.

I know lots of people like designing table structures that way, that's
one of the main reasons it sells so well ;) But as I said, this old hand
prefers pencil and paper (and reviews) for table structure design, and
if that is done, typing in the SQL is faster for me than dragging and
clicking. And I find the lingo they use confusing; just like the
'friendly error messages' in IE, they kinda-sorta describe what's going
on but I can't find a clean one-to-one mapping to SQL92. Anyhow, it's
just what I'm used to.

> I'd really like to see data design tools like that, but that's hardly a 
> starting place. Anyway, sounds like an interesting project!

Correct on both accounts.
-- 
Emiliano