Re: spreadsheet interface

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Bill Moran <wmoran(at)potentialtech(dot)com>
Cc: "hjenkins" <hjenkins(at)uvic(dot)ca>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: spreadsheet interface
Date: 2007-12-17 21:54:06
Message-ID: 20071217135406.7375d51b@commandprompt.com
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On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:47:41 -0500
Bill Moran <wmoran(at)potentialtech(dot)com> wrote:

> In response to "hjenkins" <hjenkins(at)uvic(dot)ca>:
>
> > Some people in my workplace are asking if there exists a GUI that
> > will allow cut-and-paste of multiple cells directly from (and,
> > preferably, directly to) spreadsheets. pgAdmin III, PGAccess, and
> > TOra don't seem to. Any suggestions?
>
> To add on to Thomas' comment. You can also install OpenOffice.org
> with the pgsql ODBC driver and use the OOo spreadsheet to access data
> directly.
>
> I haven't done this, personally, so I can't vouch for how well it
> works.

Well OpenOffice now has a native sdbc driver so no ODBC is required.
It seems to work very well.

Joshua D. Drake

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