Re: [Blind-sysadmins] SQL clients for Windows

You are not really too far off. A frontend tool like Microsoft Access can talk to any database backend that has an ODBC driver. ODBC stands for Opend Database Connectivity. With ODBC, most frontend tools can talk to most database backends. Actually, as I write this, it occurs to me that you should consider writing your database frontend as a web app. I was going to say that I am not qualified to tell you what tool to use because I haven't written a database frontend for years. But I do that almost constantly, it's just that I always write web apps now. I haven't written a database frontend app in a tool like Microsoft Access for about 15 years. My opinion would be that you should have a compelling reason to use a tool like Access rather than a web app since everybody already has a browser on their desktop. On 08/18/2015 07:25 AM, Steve Matzura wrote:

I didn't think it made a difference. Shows what I (don't) know. I thought SQL was the same, you talk to it in the same way everywhere regardless of whose implementation.

On Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:43:47 +0000, you wrote:

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Hi,

You're going to need to be more specific - what flavour of SQL are we talking about here?

Andrew.

-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: 17 August 2015 19:18 To: sysadmin Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] SQL clients for Windows

I'm looking for an accessible Windows client that can talk to an SQL database to do not just database maintenance like supply your own SEQUEL commands on a command line, but create front-ends for users that either generate accessible Web pages or accessible data entry and retrieval screens.

I'm also interested to know if anyone knows of a company called Cluen that makes their own proprietary front-end to a custom-created SQL database used for executive recruiting.

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