<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 4:19 PM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 09:11:02PM -0400, Chris Frey wrote:<br>
> <br>
> The tool would be meant for "just let me enter data" and worrying<br>
> about the structure and limits later, or as-you-go. Most programs<br>
> I've seen require you to define a table first, and only then create<br>
> a form. LibreOffice at least has a form wizard which automates things,<br>
> but if you change the table, add a field, etc, your form is out of date.<br>
> The wizard is so easy to use you can just run it again, but I'm wishing<br>
> for better. Also, I'm having trouble working with LibreOffice's idea<br>
> of relationships and forms.<br>
> <br>
> If you read all the way here, thank you! If you know of a matching tool,<br>
> extra thanks!<br>
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In my experience there is no TUI that allows you to enter tabular data<br>
well. I would love to be wrong about this. sc is supposedly a TUI<br>
spreadsheet but it is not nice and I don't like it.<br>
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My workaround is to use LibreOffice, but not worry about wizards. Just<br>
enter data into tables. Make a new tab for each database "table", and<br>
manage the relationships carefully myself. If you have this much, then<br>
a short python program can use Pandas to slurp in the LibreOffice file<br>
and manipulate the schema as you wish. <br>
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If your schemas are simple then this works okay. If they are complicated<br>
then... ???<br clear="all"></blockquote><div><br></div><div>That technique, and the use of these two tools, would be a great presentation <br></div><div>for an upcoming talk ... <br></div></div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Khalid M. Baheyeldin</div></div>