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Induction: A Polyglot Database Client For Mac OS X

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Re: Induction: A Polyglot Database Client For Mac OS X

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Post by sheff »

j_s wrote: post #35
newman314 wrote: post #25

I wonder if this could be used to hook up something Excel-ish to a DB backend. I use Excel frequently to model and ask "what-if" questions but I often wish I could store/retrieve information dynamically from a DB. (The ODBC connectors that Excel has leave much to be desired). For my use case, that would be the holy grail.

This commercial solution seems to be languishing in relative obscurity: http://www.querycell.com/

Somewhat off topic, but I remembered the author of this Excel add in's "Ask HN" when it first came out ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=794317 ). 2 or 3 years later, it looks like he's expanded and now has 2 software products and a SAAS ( http://www.OakFocus.net/ ), so very inspiring.

Re: Induction: A Polyglot Database Client For Mac OS X

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Post by Legion »

hinathan wrote: post #32
Legion wrote: post #24

"for Mac OS X" breaks my heart, because this is exactly the kind of open-source DB client I want on Linux. At least I can use this when I'm on my Air, but I recently went looking for a multi-DB client app like this for Linux, and this looks like what I was wishing I would find.

Written to what API? Gnome, X, Qt? You'll be addressing a slice of a fraction of potential users. It'd be great if it weren't the case, but the diversity that makes linux interesting to hackers also makes it really tough to roll out GUI apps like this and have it 'just work'. I get the sense that's a good part of the appeal of OS X for the developer community lately - mostly Linux-ish when you need it, but a unified…

I wasn't taking anyone to task for not building it. I was saying what I, as a user, wish I had available to me for my primary dev environment.

I don't care what toolkit it gets built in. I typically use Gtk-based environments and stick with Gtk apps but have no problem using a Qt or other toolkit app when it meets a need.

Re: Induction: A Polyglot Database Client For Mac OS X

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Post by phillmv »

Serious question:

Can't someone just add database drivers to Sequel Pro? It's far and away the best Database GUI I've ever used and its reliance on MySQL is actually keeping me from moving to PostgreSQL full time.

(i.e. http://www.sequelpro.com/ and http://www.sequelpro.com/docs/Source_Code - a little crazy they're still on SVN but oh well)

Re: Induction: A Polyglot Database Client For Mac OS X

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Post by noduerme »

Legion wrote: post #24

"for Mac OS X" breaks my heart, because this is exactly the kind of open-source DB client I want on Linux. At least I can use this when I'm on my Air, but I recently went looking for a multi-DB client app like this for Linux, and this looks like what I was wishing I would find.

I just wish it worked in OS 10.5.x ...I'm not interested in installing SL or Lion on my Air and demolishing my current stack.

Re: Induction: A Polyglot Database Client For Mac OS X

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Post by thought_alarm »

Isn't this just reinventing ODBC?

Back in the day you could whip together an app like this using Borland's dev tools in literally a matter of minutes, and it worked with any data source configured on your system.

And I think there's a YouTube video that has Steve Jobs demoing that same sort of data access using only Interface Builder on NeXTSTEP.

What am I missing?

Re: Induction: A Polyglot Database Client For Mac OS X

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Post by mcrider »

phillmv wrote: post #47

Serious question: Can't someone just add database drivers to Sequel Pro? It's far and away the best Database GUI I've ever used and its reliance on MySQL is actually keeping me from moving to PostgreSQL full time. (i.e. http://www.sequelpro.com/ and http://www.sequelpro.com/docs/Source_Code - a little crazy they're still on SVN but oh well)

God I would love this. This really is the best GUI DB client. I use Navicat for PGSQL but its not free and its quite clunky (though to be fair, very powerful). In any case, SQLite and PGSQL support are supposedly in their roadmap.
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