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exBSDer

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Registered: 2005-12-19

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Cactus and others: online database solution

Need to set up a database with online data entry.

Looking for open source solution running on arch server with
- easily generated web forms
- password protected log in for data entry
- ability to make some entries required, others not

Have been playing with rails a bit and I can get something up, but I am not a SW developer and it looks more time intensive for somebody like than I am willing to invest.

Any ideas about prepackaged solutions?

Thanks.

Dusty

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Re: Cactus and others: online database solution

djano with the built-in django admin might do you nicely. You'd have to code the models in python, but the syntax is pretty clear.

Possibly phpmyadmin. I haven't used it in years, but its probbaly the most 'prepackaged' you'll find.

Dusty

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exBSDer

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Registered: 2005-12-19

Posts: 7

Re: Cactus and others: online database solution

Dusty,

thank you kindly for your reply.
Just installed Django - will see how it goes.
The one nice thing is that the Django handbook seems really helpful - have not seen anything equivalent for rails.

Is there anything similar to filemaker server on linux? 

This will get me to more than 2 posts/year