Re: WebDB opinions ?

I finally gave up using WebDB and wrote my own WebDB like interface with php3. It is unfriendly, not to well thought out, and buggy as hell. I am using the Sparc / Solaris flavor (UNIX) which lags behind the NT version by a few revisions, but even under NT I have seen few improvements.

I recommend using OAS (Oracle Application Server) - though not as friendly and at a higher price point, it is far more flexible and allows far more control. The reporting options are much much better as well.

Good Luck.

Kim McCann

Adam Lipscombe wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> I am interested in hearing opinions on WebDB....
>
> I have been using v2.1 to produce some simple reports and forms to provide
> administrator functionality on an existing database. Simple things like
> adding, modifying and deleting users etc.
>
> WebDB does not seem to have anywhere near enough functionality.....
> For example it seems impossible when doing a form "insert" to populate
> columns in a table with programmatically set (i.e. no user interaction)
> values such as the current time and user name.
>
> I would be grateful if anyone who has successfully used this tool to produce
> forms that create rows with some user enetered data and some auto-generated
> data could share their experiences...
> Any good tutorials or learning resources?
>
> Thanks - Adam
>
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