Kexi
 Kexi
is an integrated data management application. It can be used for
creating databases, inserting data, performing queries, and processing
data. Forms can be created to provide a custom interface to your data.
All database objects - tables, queries and forms - are stored in the
database, making it easy to share data and design.
Kexi is
part of the KOffice
productivity suite for the K
Desktop Environment.
Kexi is considered as a long awaited Open Source competitor
for
Microsoft Access, FileMaker and Oracle Forms. Its development is
motivated by the lack of Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools for
database systems that are sufficiently powerful, inexpensive, open
standards driven and portable across many operating systems and
hardware platforms.
It uses the standard SQLite (the default built-in) database
format,
and has support for MySQL
and PostgreSQL
servers. It also has a
migration assistant for both
MySQL and PostgreSQL
to reuse existing
databases, as well as a Microsoft Access migration assistant.
Python
and Ruby programming languages are supported, with
application macros, and extensions (APIs) for developing custom
widgets, data providers, and data importing/exporting.
Features include:
- Full visual designers for tables, queries and forms.
Queries can be also designed in dedicated SQL view
- Running queries, support for parametrized queries
- Data entry and sorting
- Support for "Object" data allowing to store images of many
types
- Designing and displaying relational data using combo boxes
(lookup columns)
- Simple printounts for table and query data with robust
print preview
- Advanced CSV data import and export from files. Copying to
clipboard and pasting from clipboard is also available, thus the data
can be easily transferred to applications like spreadsheets or word
processors
- User Mode, allowing to switch off all commands related to
editing project's design
- "Find" window for searching thought table and form's
contents with rich set of options
- Support for simple database templates
Last Updated Friday, April 25 2008 @ 07:27 PM EDT
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