NewsForge: Glom, The Point-and-Click Database Tool

“I am by no means a database wizard. I know a bit of SQL, but
primarily my interaction with databases is secondhand, through
either PHP or desktop applications that work on top of MySQL or
PostgreSQL. But like a lot of you, I occasionally need to build a
small database for my own private record-keeping–and for that, I
recommend Glom.

“Glom is a GNOME application that provides a graphical front end
to PostgreSQL database creation and maintenance. The developers
claim the interface is inspired loosely by Filemaker, for what that
may be worth to veterans of proprietary operating systems. I have
no experience with Filemaker, but Glom still seems intuitive to
use…”

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