Which is the best solution for shared database meeting these requirements?
Asked By: tucson
Originally Asked On: 2009-08-31 20:46:01
Asked Via: superuser
Which solution would you recommend which has:
- a relational database with a user interface
- access for 20-50 users potentially working in parallel
- user authentication
- log of changes
- customizable forms, to input data in the database
- different access rights levels (read, read & write, admin)
- data hosted on my server
- very little to absolutely no “programming” to be implemented
- as low cost as possible
Some background:
I currently have a Microsoft Access database, with different forms to facilitate the user interface. I would like to now give access to this database to roughly 20 users – so I need to be able to track who updates what.
Ideally I would like to have a Web 2.0 look and feel, but this is optional.
So far, I have looked into:
- Microsoft ASP.NET; but this seems to me like a lot of programming will be needed
- Open-source CRM, like Joomla, Drupal, or SugarCRM; though it looks like an overkill for my objective, and I am not sure it will be easy to implement or manage
- Zoho creator; this was the closest I have seen to my objective, but I understand the data is hosted on Zoho servers which I do not want
Any suggestion is most welcomed.
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Damien Wilson’s answer to
Which is the best solution for shared database meeting these requirements?
Programming frameworks like CakePHP, Django, and Rails all offer easy ways to scaffold an application. It requires more technological expertise than commercial database products, so you may need to hire a web/application developer to set things up for you.
That aside, I hear FileMaker is pretty decent. Not sure if it’ll run on your hardware, but it may be worth looking into.
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Ted Wethup’s answer to
Which is the best solution for shared database meeting these requirements?
“Scafolding is usually some type of code generation where you point it at a database, and the technology creates basic CRUD (create, read, update, delete) screens.”
found here.
Sounds interesting.Is there an easy method to implement scaffolding?
dangph’s answer to
Which is the best solution for shared database meeting these requirements?
Dabo looks interesting:
It appears to be something like Visual FoxPro but in Python.
Ted Wethup’s answer to
Which is the best solution for shared database meeting these requirements?
So far, the closest I come to my objective was:
– an mysql database,
– an apache http web server,
– with phpmyadmin to administer the database,
all packaged in xampp;But I am missing at least some front-end web forms, for example based on php, to let users view and edit the database content.
There are some tools that generate php forms. I have tested for example PHP Mysql Web Database Application Code generator. This software created for me with a click of a button a complete set of web forms, including menus, and forms to view and edit content. BUT… there were some bugs so I dropped it…
so I am still looking.
Right now, I am looking into phpmyedit for creating my web forms.
It is free, and seems to work so far. I have created some forms. But I am not satisfied yet with the forms and need to customize them.
Damien Wilson’s answer to
Which is the best solution for shared database meeting these requirements?
Programming frameworks like CakePHP, Django, and Rails all offer easy ways to scaffold an application. It requires more technological expertise than commercial database products, so you may need to hire a web/application developer to set things up for you.
That aside, I hear FileMaker is pretty decent. Not sure if it’ll run on your hardware, but it may be worth looking into.
Of course, you should really check out the original question.
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