Comments on: Dabble DB Rocks http://itredux.com/2006/06/17/dabble-db-rocks/ New Rules for a New IT World Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:24:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Roger Jennings http://itredux.com/2006/06/17/dabble-db-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-5468 Roger Jennings Wed, 12 Jul 2006 23:15:57 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/06/17/dabble-db-rocks/#comment-5468 There's a detailed review of Wufoo with a live data entry form and several screen captures, plus links to other AJAX-ified form builders <a href="http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/wufoo-challenges-infopath-for-form.html">here</a>. There is also a link to an earlier Dabble DB review. There’s a detailed review of Wufoo with a live data entry form and several screen captures, plus links to other AJAX-ified form builders here. There is also a link to an earlier Dabble DB review.

]]> By: Venture Chronicles http://itredux.com/2006/06/17/dabble-db-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-4769 Venture Chronicles Fri, 30 Jun 2006 04:55:55 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/06/17/dabble-db-rocks/#comment-4769 [...] I’ve been hearing a lot about Dabble DB lately [...] […] I’ve been hearing a lot about Dabble DB lately […]

]]> By: Ismael Ghalimi http://itredux.com/2006/06/17/dabble-db-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-4575 Ismael Ghalimi Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:36:01 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/06/17/dabble-db-rocks/#comment-4575 Jason, I totally agree. I would go even further: I am quite familiar with Plumtree's tool, and I must say that Dabble DB is an order of magnitude more powerful, therefore the limits of what a user can do without having to write code have been pushed quite significantly. Jason,

I totally agree. I would go even further: I am quite familiar with Plumtree’s tool, and I must say that Dabble DB is an order of magnitude more powerful, therefore the limits of what a user can do without having to write code have been pushed quite significantly.

]]> By: Jason Wendorf http://itredux.com/2006/06/17/dabble-db-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-4534 Jason Wendorf Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:54:58 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/06/17/dabble-db-rocks/#comment-4534 The organization I work for uses Plumtree, or some other name now that they belong to BEA. While we have been underwhelmed by the overall implementation of plumtree, one of the products named Studio Server has proven to be useful. Studio Server allows our users to create data collection portlets based on simple single database tables, which sounds like what Dabble DB does, i.e. create your database fields, create your forms, and create your reports. All of this is done in a more or less WYSIWYG fashion. Limitations become apparent when you want to build any kind of complex workflow or process, but it has been interesting to see how far we have been able to stretch the tool. We have, for example, built an IT help desk database that is very useful, even though it is quite simple. My point is that the Dabble DB concept is cool, and it will be very interesting to watch what users are able to do with it as it starts to catch on. The organization I work for uses Plumtree, or some other name now that they belong to BEA. While we have been underwhelmed by the overall implementation of plumtree, one of the products named Studio Server has proven to be useful. Studio Server allows our users to create data collection portlets based on simple single database tables, which sounds like what Dabble DB does, i.e. create your database fields, create your forms, and create your reports.

All of this is done in a more or less WYSIWYG fashion. Limitations become apparent when you want to build any kind of complex workflow or process, but it has been interesting to see how far we have been able to stretch the tool. We have, for example, built an IT help desk database that is very useful, even though it is quite simple. My point is that the Dabble DB concept is cool, and it will be very interesting to watch what users are able to do with it as it starts to catch on.

]]> By: Ismael Ghalimi http://itredux.com/2006/06/17/dabble-db-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-3930 Ismael Ghalimi Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:07:32 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/06/17/dabble-db-rocks/#comment-3930 Dennis, Let me know if you're successful in this. And if you hit a road block, make sure that you ask the good folks at Dabble DB for some help, they're really on top of it. Dennis,

Let me know if you’re successful in this. And if you hit a road block, make sure that you ask the good folks at Dabble DB for some help, they’re really on top of it.

]]> By: Dennis McDonald http://itredux.com/2006/06/17/dabble-db-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-3917 Dennis McDonald Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:50:46 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/06/17/dabble-db-rocks/#comment-3917 Ismael, I'm going to make another try at Dabble DB based on your writeup. My first try, which was an attempt to import my contact/lead tracking tables from Access to Dabble DB was not a success, possibly because there are look-ups embedded in the Access database. This is not a sophistcated application -- I just don't like being tied to a Windows machine for accessing my contact records, and the Dabble DB functionality looks like it will do what I want. -Dennis Ismael,

I’m going to make another try at Dabble DB based on your writeup. My first try, which was an attempt to import my contact/lead tracking tables from Access to Dabble DB was not a success, possibly because there are look-ups embedded in the Access database. This is not a sophistcated application — I just don’t like being tied to a Windows machine for accessing my contact records, and the Dabble DB functionality looks like it will do what I want.

-Dennis

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