Looks like CGI::FormBuilder/Template::Toolkit combined with DBIx::Recordset is probably my best bet. I knew about them individually, but for some reason just didn't think to use them in combination to achieve 95% of what I wanted... I'll still have to code, but if I didn't have to code anything, what fun would it be! And if I ever do find anything better I'll be sure to pass it along. FormBuilder is pretty impressive looking so far - wish I head read over it more thoroughly before asking the question. Though it was a good exercise, I think.
Thanks for the virtual whack upside the head. (doh!) Jim -----Original Message----- From: Joshua Chamas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 6:08 PM To: Jim Helm Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: (slightly) RAD RDBMS tools for perl/Apache::ASP Jim Helm wrote: > > This isn't specific to Apache:ASP, but I've seen a lot of good advice > here, and hopefully someone has already been through this. > > I was just wondering if anyone had used/knows of anything for perl > similar to phpLens. I haven't actually used it, but it looks pretty > impressive. I'd prefer to stick with perl, though. I've searched > through CPAN, and on google, and haven't found anything obviously like > phpLens for perl, but there's a lot out there and I may have just > missed it. The closest I think I've seen so far is DBIx::HTMLView, > but it's only for mySQL and mSQL (needs some extra coding for other > DBD drivers - I think). > I have always rolled by own application by application, but my apps have always had to be pretty tight to the database for high performance with mixed OLAP/OLTP environments. If you feel that RAD does not have to be GUI RAD, I might look at these: CGI::FormBuilder ( promises 4x code reduction ) DBIx::XHTML_Table If you want something closer do the database, and don't mind doing your own HTML, check out: DBIx::Recordset Alzabo They at least abstract DBI slightly away from you. > all the bells and whistles of phpLens - though they would be nice. > And I need to be able to make updates - simply displaying data is > fairly trivial, and I wouldn't need to ask for tools to do that - they > are a phpLens looks nice. You you want something that is more of a CMS in perl, you can try Bricolage or Mason: http://bricolage.thepirtgroup.com/ http://www.masonhq.com/ Sorry, I don't think any of these quite hit it on the head for you, but I thought I'd try! Best of luck, and if you find anything interesting please share it with the rest of us, as it seems to be a fairly common problem. Also, you might try the mod_perl list & I am sure you will get some opinions :) --Josh _________________________________________________________________ Joshua Chamas Chamas Enterprises Inc. NodeWorks Founder Huntington Beach, CA USA http://www.nodeworks.com 1-714-625-4051 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
