am searching for a small client too (probably written in Delphi or so).
But I guess you can surely use the Postgres ODBC client and use any of the
software which supports ODBC ?
I use postgres backend data much with my Xbase++ application written in
Windows. I use an application by a frnd of mine James called as SQLDBU as a
casual front end to connect to an backend database via ODBC
Rajesh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sayamindu Dasgupta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] trouble in my school - somebody please help
> hia
> er, cud u suggest any gui tool (free) for windoz postgresql clients ??
> -sdg-
>
> On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 00:21, Amitabh Das wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Sayamindu Dasgupta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 9:19 PM
> > Subject: [ilug-cal] trouble in my school - somebody please help
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Hia,
> > > today, i was requested by some of my friends to make them do their
compu
> > > sb lessons on non M$ things 'n they have somehow managed to convince
the
> > > teacher in charge who has said that if i can supply the right
software,
> > > he will allow us to not to work on Access
> > > now the problem is that i know very little regarding this db stuff,
> > > except for the things absolutely required for PHP
> > > (pctelcompdb.sourceforge.net)
> > NOT NECESSARLY ;-)
> > >
> > > basically, here's what we are supposed to learn
> > >
> > > Theory
> > > ======
> > > Record structure File organisation and Acess methods
> > > Concept of keys for data retrieval
> > > Physical storage organisation
> > > Basic concept of Relation db
> > > Normalisation (up to 3nf)
> > > Intro to SQL (exposure to DDL, DML, DCL)
> > > Query proccessing and report generation
> >
> > The theory part can be handled by the book of CJ Dates (introduction of
> > DBMS) however the books related to IGNOU esp for CS-05 will be more to
the
> > point
> >
> > > Practo
> > > ======
> > > Interaction with a client/server RDBMS package
> > > Application Project and Implementation using Access or RDBMS package
> > > PPT presentation of Project Report :(
> > >
> >
> > > So, now the question is, what software do I use here??
> >
> > The best for this is PostgreSQL available with any linux distro, it is
> > basically an OODBMS which can handle all the stuff like foriegn key,
nested
> > query etc. MySQL will do but nested queries and strict following of
foriegn
> > key is not possible.
> >
> > > I have 2 (that can be extended to 3) Linux boxes in the lab at this
> > > moment (on a Celeron and the other a P III - all with 64 megs) and
there
> > > are 21 usable winblows boxes in the network, which will be, I guess,
the
> > > clients.
> > > What do I use??
> > > Please help
> > > -sdg-
> > >
> > > PS: For some reasons (probably since I always sleep in the last bench,
> > > the teacher has assumed that I know a few things regarding db and he
has
> > > requested me to let him know of any good DBMS notes ("chota") on the
net
> > > - any suggestions??
> > >
> > The manuals provided with MySQL and PostgreSQL are very helpful at times
> > also check these sites out
> > http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~csc3170/
> > http://www.bell-labs.com/topic/books/db-book/
> >
> >
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