Comments on: A review of the Glom graphical database front-end http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/09/04/a-review-of-the-glom-graphical-database-front-end/ Stay curious! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:32:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: gour http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/09/04/a-review-of-the-glom-graphical-database-front-end/#comment-15604 gour Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:24:11 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=220#comment-15604 Hi! I'm just looking for appropriate open-source application to be used for tracking patient information in small homeopathic/counselling clinic. I've tried with several EMR applications like OpenEMR, GNUmed, but all those are bringing too much stuff which is applicable for general-practice medical doctors and not required for homeopathic treatment & counselling sessions. That's why I'm interested how Glom could serve such purpose? I'm also interested if Bond would be more suitable tool? I can afford to learn some Python to help me as scripting tool in customizing/tweaking desired application. Any hint? Sincerely, Gour Hi!

I’m just looking for appropriate open-source application to be used for tracking patient information in small homeopathic/counselling clinic.

I’ve tried with several EMR applications like OpenEMR, GNUmed, but all those are bringing too much stuff which is applicable for general-practice medical doctors and not required for homeopathic treatment & counselling sessions.

That’s why I’m interested how Glom could serve such purpose?

I’m also interested if Bond would be more suitable tool?

I can afford to learn some Python to help me as scripting tool in customizing/tweaking desired application.

Any hint?

Sincerely,
Gour

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]]> By: Chanchao http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/09/04/a-review-of-the-glom-graphical-database-front-end/#comment-2288 Chanchao Thu, 26 Oct 2006 06:40:05 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=220#comment-2288 <p>Thanks for the excellent review, just what I needed! Two points:</p. <p>1. "Front end to a database". . . . I'd rather approach it as a development tool for a database APPLICATION. I never even considered that people exist who would use a database directly without an application.. Scientists and serious data miners I guess.. But real people don't even think of it as a database, they think of it as an application that they use. </p> <p>2. Kexi: I tried it, and this is NOT a finished product, even though they now tout it as version "1.0". It doesn't do master-detail forms, full stop, full uninstall, check back next year, thankyouverymuch. Development goes VERY slow on that project as well, it hasn't really moved much during the last year.</p> <p>3. MS Access: Keep in mind that you don't have to use the built-in database at all.. Indeed the built in database isn't the greatest thing since rice, but MS Access happily acts as a front-end to MS SQL Server (which has $-free versions in MSDE / SQL Server 2005 Express). So then you get a pretty solid relational database, and a very full featured front end with which you can happily (and quickly!) make rich, stable applications for clinics, and everything else. Still has some quirky bits, but EVERYTHING has quirky bits, including Oracle Forms which is so ancient you'd think it was quirck-free by now.</p> <p>4. Another BRILLIANT Filemaker-like rich application front end that also runs on the web is called Servoy. If only it were Free.. :( I wish something like that was available Free or for less money.. I don't mind paying for the development tools, but at least let me release the applicaton I made without users having to pay license fees to use it.. (Don't let that stop you from googling up some info on Servoy though, it's really very good and worth checking out.)</p> Thanks for the excellent review, just what I needed! Two points:

1. “Front end to a database”. . . . I’d rather approach it as a development tool for a database APPLICATION. I never even considered that people exist who would use a database directly without an application.. Scientists and serious data miners I guess.. But real people don’t even think of it as a database, they think of it as an application that they use.

2. Kexi: I tried it, and this is NOT a finished product, even though they now tout it as version “1.0″. It doesn’t do master-detail forms, full stop, full uninstall, check back next year, thankyouverymuch. Development goes VERY slow on that project as well, it hasn’t really moved much during the last year.

3. MS Access: Keep in mind that you don’t have to use the built-in database at all.. Indeed the built in database isn’t the greatest thing since rice, but MS Access happily acts as a front-end to MS SQL Server (which has $-free versions in MSDE / SQL Server 2005 Express). So then you get a pretty solid relational database, and a very full featured front end with which you can happily (and quickly!) make rich, stable applications for clinics, and everything else. Still has some quirky bits, but EVERYTHING has quirky bits, including Oracle Forms which is so ancient you’d think it was quirck-free by now.

4. Another BRILLIANT Filemaker-like rich application front end that also runs on the web is called Servoy. If only it were Free.. :( I wish something like that was available Free or for less money.. I don’t mind paying for the development tools, but at least let me release the applicaton I made without users having to pay license fees to use it.. (Don’t let that stop you from googling up some info on Servoy though, it’s really very good and worth checking out.)

]]> By: Lee http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/09/04/a-review-of-the-glom-graphical-database-front-end/#comment-1922 Lee Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:00:34 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=220#comment-1922 <p>Looks nice. However, BOND is not the main competitor to this. On KDE, you have serious contenders for the "FOSS equivalent of Access" title, like Kexi, Rekall, and Knoda.</p> Looks nice. However, BOND is not the main competitor to this. On KDE, you have serious contenders for the “FOSS equivalent of Access” title, like Kexi, Rekall, and Knoda.

]]> By: Frederick Frazelle http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/09/04/a-review-of-the-glom-graphical-database-front-end/#comment-1816 Frederick Frazelle Fri, 15 Sep 2006 02:27:13 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=220#comment-1816 <p>Well, Freespire CNR downloaded & installed Kexi just fine except when i ran it the first time it asked for my server connection ... duh...</p> <p>So, i downloaded Glom from Freespire as well and ran it & have the same problem. So, it looks like i gotta go to the black box and see what's wrong -- maybe the pg server isn't running or who knows what.</p> <p>i hadn't realized that this was pretty much a "forum" for Glom, i'm sorry about that. i'll come back when i can get my pg server up and running or whatever it is and then try Glom on it, hopefully.</p> <p>Same as above, have a great evening! :)</p> Well, Freespire CNR downloaded & installed Kexi just fine except when i ran it the first time it asked for my server connection … duh…

So, i downloaded Glom from Freespire as well and ran it & have the same problem. So, it looks like i gotta go to the black box and see what’s wrong — maybe the pg server isn’t running or who knows what.

i hadn’t realized that this was pretty much a “forum” for Glom, i’m sorry about that. i’ll come back when i can get my pg server up and running or whatever it is and then try Glom on it, hopefully.

Same as above, have a great evening! :)

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