Re: [GENERAL] next steps

Carsten Huettl wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have set up a postgres installation on a freeBSD box and am now
> ready to take the next steps.
>
> Where can I find some Webpages with postgres applications or
> sample.
> How do I create a "user front end"/data input mask/menu system?
> Can anyone point me to a webside to learn more about postgres
> (tutorial)?
>
> Learning lessons?
>
> TIA
> C.
>
>
> --
> Carsten Huettl - <http://www.ahorn-Net.de>
> pgp-key on request
>
> ************

First of all, read the manuals that should have been installed when you
compiled the source. You should be able to find them in
/usr/local/pgsql/doc, and they consist of

* PostgreSQL general text, the most up to date
* PostgreSQL Administrator's Guide
* PostgreSQL User's Guide
* PostgreSQL Programmer's Guide
* PostgreSQL Tutorial

If you want to write applications, I haven't the faintest idea what
would be the best way to start.
Yesterday, I wrote a data input application in Tcl/Tk. It took me less
than a day, but I am also still learning Tcl/Tk. I am now wresling with
a browser window on the same data, which proves to be a whole lot
thougher.
What I am about to say here, I don't like myself very much, but I think
the fastest way to get started writing applications is using your BSD
box as a server, run some MS OS, and use Delphi and ODBC to create your
user applications. I don't know about much RAD tools for
Un*x/Linux/FreeBSD, but what I have seen in Linux Journal is rather
expensive. pgAccess 0.98 is nice to create and view tables, but there
are still many things which need to be implemented.

Regards,

Jurgen Defurne
Flanders
Belgium