Re: phpMyAdmin

----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Donald <webmaster@destiney.com> To: Adrian Teasdale <adrian@inovica.com>; [php] <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 9:15 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] phpMyAdmin > > > I totally agree, phpMyAdmin is much better than any mysql database > > > management application I've seen, very lightweight, > > multiplateform, and so > > > easy to set up... > > I understand that the mysql team are working on something though > > which will > > be client-side, but I don't know what the timescale is.... > > If you're refering to mysql's own rendition of what one might loosely call > an "application" -- > http://www.mysql.com/downloads/gui-clients.html, I've > tried it several times, only to be unimpressed each time. It's not > organized very well, and worst of all it's just butt ugly! I find > phpMyAdmin to be alot more intuitive and clean, not to mention it's great > for clients. You can easily toss a copy of phpMyAdmin into a client's web > directory, and tune it down so it only shows a single database. Then the > client is managing his own database instead of bugging you all the time. > > Everytime a new mysql gui client is released, I download it and try it, and > I always come back to phpMyAdmin... Hi Greg, interesting reading. I too feel the same way about the existing client (which I wasn't referring to at all). They (mysql team) are aware of the shortcomings of their existing client and have people working on a new version. I heard that they have a six-month period to develop this, but like most things this will probably slip. Being open source they might actually welcome your comments and suggestions for improvements :) All the best Ade