Ruby on Rails

On 22 November 2010 08:35, Colin Law <clanlaw@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 22 November 2010 08:12, Tom Mac <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
>> Why I asking this is to avoid php installation on server. Is there any
>> phpmyadmin equivalent in ruby and also can be available as a linux
>> package?
>
> Why do you need an equivalent, why not just use phpmyadmin?

"to avoid php installation on server"

Personally - I don't think PHP on the server is any issue, but
PHPMyAdmin is a dreadful app to put on a live box (no problems with
development machines). It's got lots of vulnerabilities, and the
script-kiddies all ping away looking for its standard installation
locations.
If you *have* to use it, at least put it somewhere obscure *and* use
some extra layer of protection (through htpasswd or similar).

Depending on your local platform, there are lots of stand-alone MySQL
admin tools which will all connect to the server (assuming your
firewall, and DB permissions allow) which are a better bet for DB
management IMHO.

If you're just after data management (rather than DB management -
shouldn't that be done by migrations.... ;-) there are lots of ruby
plug-in "admin interfaces" which give CRUD functionality:
http://ruby-toolbox.com/categories/rails_admin_interfaces.html

M

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