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March 26, 2007
Product Review: Caspio Bridge
A few months ago, I was looking for a database application for a few websites I was working on. I thought that my only option was going to be learning to use MySQL and PHP, an idea that seemed reasonable in concept, but turned out to be much harder in practice. I thought I was sunk; there was no way I was going to get done what I needed to in any reasonable amount of time. Yet, there was hope; there was Caspio Bridge, a database application that anyone can learn to use.
Caspio Bridge is a web based application that has the look and feel and power of Microsoft Access with the ease of use of Excel. One can create tables in Excel, download them to the application and then create ‘datapages,’ interactive JavaScript based forms and menus based on the database which can be customized in a number of ways (even more since the product update two months ago). Moreover, since the application is web based, changes can be made from any computer.
The best of my whole Caspio Bridge experience is that the service is free! (Although a free (SOHO) account is limited to 2 ‘datapages’ and inferior support options.) Caspio Bridge is a great product I would suggest to anyone. Thus far, I have used it in 4 different websites!
Posted by brackme at March 26, 2007 08:43 PM