Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 3 years, you’ve heard of OpenOffice.org.  Like most people, I’ve used the software a few times to edit some documents and haven’t really given much thought to it.  During one of my last plane trips, I decided that the small database I keep (in PostgreSQL) needed a facelift, err, well, a face actually.  I built the database completely on the CLI with the postgres ‘psql’ utility and all my access to it is via the CLI.  This is nice, but I figured that there had to be something easier.  I fired up OO.org and started a ‘New Database’ just to see what was possible.  The first screen up gives us the option:

I was immediately beside myself with excitement, if OpenOffice base had the ability to draw forms like MS Access, and will let me hook it up to my existing postgres DB, then I may be done with an interface before the flight deck signals ‘initial approach’.

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