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Sleidia

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May 4, 2001
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Hello.

Recently I've designed a utility in PHP whose purpose is to allow fast edition of data in MySql databases via a web browser based GUI.
Before I release it freely I need to test it for a while and also, I would like to add as many useful features as possible.

This is where you come.

I yould like you all to tell me what new feature you would like to see in such a utility. Please, give ideas I could try to make real if I have a sufficient knowledge.

Here are the features of my little app until now:
1) Compact: a single PHP file to use.
2) Quick Navigation between tables/databases with a single pull-down menu.
3) History of Tables opened previously.
4) Change font-size of data.
5) Sorting: ASC, DESC, GROUP DESC, GROUP ASC .
6) Search function.
7) Search and replace function.
8) Full search (search through all databases/tables/columns with results automatically displayed in other windows).
9) Add as many empty rows as needed at once.
10) Delete multiple rows at once.
11) Fast use of LIMIT
12) Compact Mode (when activated, will display only the first 20 characters of data (useful when you have long text to navigate through))

One limitation though: the auto-incrementing key must be the first column.

Anyway, it's up to you to give ideas now.
I'm listening to you.

Thanks. :)

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It's all about the way you can edit the data.
Phpmyadmin is good for table/database management but
it lacks power when dealing with edition of data if you don't want to write queries by hand each time.

If you look at the features, I'm sure you will understand.
For example, you can't search for a string through all your database with on click when using Phpmyadmin, can you?
Same for search and replace.
Having a customizable way of displaying data is something that is lacking in Phpmyadmin.
Also, phpmyadmin won't remember the databases/tables you've opened before.

Don't tell me that when using Phpmyadmin, you never thouht that something was missing!

Anyway, if nobody want to use what I find very useful, I don't care. I didn't intend to make money :)

See you.
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i'm fully satisfied with phpmyadmin, i don't think it lacks some features, well i do use more the console environment, but when it's not possible to use it, phpmyadmin fully replaces the console

i am working also on mssql server, it's enterprise manager - gui for it - also does not have the possibility to search the whole server - i needed that once, and i had to create an executable to do it

what do you mean with customizing of data display? colors?
and why do you need to remember the last opened databases and tables?

piti
 
well there are more parts on a motorbike which could go wrong ;-)

i'm just interrested, what's that data display customizing
 
Until now, (as you can see in the list of features above), display features are:
- Change of font-size in whole tables from a pull-down menu.
- Compact-Mode (see above).

Tell me if there is a feature you find useful that you yould like to add.

Table history is for when you frequently have to go back and forth between same tables with one click. My Work...
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well i would say make it public so we can test it a little bit
 
From your descriptions, it looks like a useful tool. I'd be willing to test it and give my input. =)

Also, rather than having to use two tools, you could integrate your features into PHPMyAdmin. It's nice not to have to switch between tools.
 
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