Re: Postgresql and VBA vs Python

On Apr 28, 2005, at 5:04 PM, Typing80wpm(at)aol(dot)com wrote:

> I would just like to find a free, or low cost basic like language that
> would let easily paint GUI forms in some IDE, and then easily add my
> own script to interact with the Postgresql database. Such an a
> development environment, and such tutorials should be very common and
> easily accessible, since a sql engine is not much use unless you can
> access it.
>  
> Probably Powerbasic or Realbasic would do what I want, and I would
> feel comfortable with them, but they are rather expensive.

Maybe consider doing web-based forms. PHP is free and you can get the
source of phpPgAdmin which shows how to do just about anything you
might want including forms-based editing and query browsing.

John DeSoi, Ph.D.
http://pgedit.com/
Power Tools for PostgreSQL