I need to produce HTML forms for a client to use to manage their MySQL database.

Is there any interface-to-database Perl module that will automate things like the creation of HTML forms from MySQL records, for simple C.R.U.D. operations?

I'm considering just doing a quick "describe table" before opening a form for the record and creating form fields based on the results, that is, if it's a VARCHAR, make an INPUT field for it, if it's a TEXT, make a TEXTAREA field for it, if it's an auto-incrementing primary key field make it into a hidden field and so on. The UPDATE or INSERT that happens when you save would just be a list of fields and values from CGI params, etc.

It wouldn't be terribly hard to write myself, but surely someone's created this kind of thing already?

I've had a look at CPAN and can't find anything that seems right.


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In reply to HTML interfaces for editing SQL by Cody Pendant

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