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| 1 | +PGACCESS 0.3 , 29 September 1997 |
| 2 | +================================ |
| 3 | + |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +1.Why PGACCESS ? |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +First of all because PostgreSQL lacks a graphical interface from within |
| 9 | +you could manage your tables, edit them, define queries, sequences and |
| 10 | +functiones more simple than in psql. |
| 11 | +In Tcl/Tk because it's a powerfull language, and it tooks me only 3 days |
| 12 | +of hard work to get it like you see it. |
| 13 | +It's for free! Probably I should enter here that kind of text that says |
| 14 | +that is GNU-like license or whatsoever. |
| 15 | +Let's say : |
| 16 | +If PostgreSQL and Linux are for free, so PGACCESS should be. |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +2.How to INSTALL ? |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +You will need Tcl/Tk package, I am using now Tcl 7.6 and Tk 4.2. There |
| 23 | +are some problems running under Tcl/Tk 8.0 but I will soon fix them. |
| 24 | +Also, you will need the PostgreSQL to Tcl interface library. It is |
| 25 | +called libpgtcl.so and because most of the people asked for it, I |
| 26 | +will supply a version compiled for 6.2 along with theese files. |
| 27 | +It is compiled and it's working on my system, a RedHat 4.2 Linux on |
| 28 | +Pentium machine. |
| 29 | +Just copy libpgtcl.so into your system library director (/usr/lib) and |
| 30 | +go for it. |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +3.How to run it? |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +You run it with the command : |
| 36 | +wish -f pgaccess.tcl |
| 37 | +Another way of loading the PostgreSQL library is running it with pgwish. |
| 38 | +It's a wish compiled with libpgtcl library so it could understand the |
| 39 | +commands for working with PostgreSQL. |
| 40 | +For this, remove the line "load libpgtcl.so" from the source |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +4.What does it now ? |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +Opens any database on a specified host at the specified port. |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +Tables |
| 49 | +- opening tables for vieweing, max 200 records |
| 50 | +- column resizing by dragging the vertical grid lines |
| 51 | +- table layout saved for every table |
| 52 | +- import/export to external files (SDF,CSV) |
| 53 | +- filter capabilities ,enter filter like price>3.14 |
| 54 | +- sort order capabilities ,enter manually the sort field(s) |
| 55 | +- editing in place |
| 56 | +- table generator assistant lizzard :-) (not wizzard) |
| 57 | +- table renaming and deleting (dropping) |
| 58 | +Queries |
| 59 | +- define, edit and store "user defined queries" |
| 60 | +- can store queries as views |
| 61 | +- execution of queries |
| 62 | +- vieweing of select type queries result |
| 63 | +- running action queries (insert, update, delete) |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +5.What it should do in the future ? |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +- table design (add new fields, renaming, etc) |
| 70 | +- script execution (simple SQL commands) |
| 71 | +- function manipulation (defining, vieweing) |
| 72 | +- a simple report generator and viewer |
| 73 | +- help on line |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | +6. How you should report the errors? |
| 78 | +First of all : operating system, PostgreSQL version,Tcl/Tk version. |
| 79 | +A more detailed story of what have you done when error had occured. |
| 80 | +Tcl/Tk stops usually with a error message and there is a button there |
| 81 | +"Stack Trace" and if you press it, you will see a detailed information |
| 82 | +about the place where it stucks. Please send it to me. |
| 83 | +Some information about table structure, no. of fields, records would |
| 84 | +be also good. |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +=========================================================================== |
| 87 | +You would find always the last version at http://www.flex.ro/pgaccess |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +Please feel free to e-mail me any suggestion , bug description that would |
| 90 | +help me improving this |
| 91 | + |