| A plug 'n play Web interface
for mySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle. dbengine is an interface
between the WWW and PostgresSQL, Oracle or mySQL which provides
simple access to any existing database within just a few
minues. This little Perl program was born after I've tried
quite a lot of already available packages like AppGen, PHP-FI
and more.
So why did I kind of re-invent
the wheel ? Well, PHP-FI gives you a Perl like language
in your documents, but no real Perl while AppGen and wdb-p95
require that you create some configuration file for each
of your databases -- sound's like you'll first of all have
to learn some sort of new mata language before you can get
started. That was the point when I started to feel more
familiar with a small Perl applet of my own... and now my
dbengine became a tool that I think at is ready to be shared
with others.
Unlike other tools you don't
have to learn any special programming or scripting language
to get started with dbengine. Also there's no configuration
file for each database, so you don't have to get familiar
with such a new structure. However - in case you want to
gain access to the full features of dbengine it'd be a good
idea to know the Perl language.
The whole system can be configured
by simple manipulations of an additional database that contains
closer information about how to visualize your database
access. You can even specify virtual Fields which are calculated
on the fly right before they're displayed on the screen |