Don,
Have you looked at Ruby on Rails. It is a Java based enviroment, but you do
not
need to know Java to use it. (My understanding of it). It is a quick and
dirty way
to get things running. I am looking at it for a site that I would like to
get up.
Steven
On 1/24/07, Li, Don <Don.Li@va.gov> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the note, Steven. The following URL,
>
> http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-EclipseDbWebapps/article.html,
>
> seems interesting in the sense that it sort of supports what I'd like to
> do, however, a couple of things stand in the way.
>
> · Derby is unnecessary for my case, guess, I can bypass it
>
> · From the code sample, it seems that one has to write his own JSP
> code, also, the sample does not seem to use MVC framework like FORM
> interface and process are all bundled into one page … Then what's the point
> of plug-in?
>
> · And don't know if configuring the Web Tools Platform is going to
> be pain in the b???
>
>
>
> Am wondering if this is a good option for an interim solution (boss wants
> something quick and dirty for now)
>
>
>
> On the up side, my dev box already has TomCat and JRE installed
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Don Li
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Steven Pierce [mailto:steven.pierce@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 24, 2007 2:06 PM
> *To:* user@forrest.apache.org
> *Subject:* Re: OT: plugin for web access to a relational database
>
>
>
> Don,
>
>
>
> I have heard nothing but good about Eclipse. I was at the ApacheCon this
> year
>
> and it was one of the topics covered.
>
>
>
> Steven
>
>
>
> On 1/24/07, *Li, Don* <Don.Li@va.gov> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> This is sort of OT (off topic). However, bear with me as an open source
> newbie. Here's what I want to do: finding an open source package that
> would allow me to provide a Web-based interface to run some canned
> reports and support dynamic queries off a SQL Server 2000 -based
> database without writing my own JSP pages or at least making code
> writing minimal.
>
> Did a quick googling for it, it seems that Eclipse Web Tools Platform
> (WTP) is an option. Before I dive into it, I'd like to see if someone
> here has done something similar, thoughts/comments?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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