What is DaDaBIK?
DaDaBIK is a free PHP application that allows you to easily create a
highly customizable front-end for a database in order
to search, insert, update and delete records; all you need to do is
specifying a few configuration parameters.
Starting from version 4.0 alpha DaDaBIK uses the ADOdb Database Abstraction Library in order to support as many DBMS as possible, at the moment it has been tested on MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle and MS SQL Server.
The strength of DaDaBIK lies in its ability to be customized. For
each field of a table you can choose:
- if the field should be included or not in the
search/insert/update form and results table
- its label (what will appear in the form near the input
field)
- its content format (e.g. numeric, alphabetic, e-mail,
url......)
- the input type (e.g. select, date, text, rich text editor,
password......)
- the possible values, also driven from another table (foreign key
support)
- and more...
DaDaBIK also allows you to handle multiple tables. Other features include file uploading, export to CSV, checking
for possible duplication during an insert, authentication and authorization restrictions on view/update/delete, e-mail notices, table aliases.
The graphic layout of DaDaBIK is customizable to help you to embed its forms in your own site.
DaDaBIK differs from other applications like PHPMyAdmin since it doesn't enable the complete administration of a database, but rather to easily create a simple and customizable Web application that manages a group of tables by allowing search/insert/update/delete operations. DaDaBIK's target user is not the DB administrator but rather the final user.
DaDaBIK is available in Italian, English, Dutch, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Croatian, Polish, Catalan, Estonian, Rumanian, Hungarian, Swedish, Slovak and Finnish.
 DaDaBIK on Sourceforge
The DaDaBIK project is hosted also on Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dadabik/, visit the Sourceforge page for old releases and statistics.
 Cos'è DaDaBIK?
DaDaBIK è un'applicazione PHP free
che permette di creare facilmente un front-end personalizzabile per un database, consentendo ricerca, inserimento, modifica e cancellazione di record, tutto quello
che devi fare è specificare alcuni parametri di configurazione.
A partire dalla versione 4.0 alpha DaDaBIK utilizza ADOdb Database Abstraction Library in modo da supportare il maggior numero possibile di DBMS, al momento è stato testato solo con MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle e MS SQL Server.
La forza di DaDaBIK sta nel suo livello di personalizzazione, per
ogni campo di una tabella puoi scegliere:
- se il campo deve essere o meno incluso nella form cerca/inserisci/aggiorna e nella tabella dei risultati
- l'etichetta (quello che verrà visualizzato nella form a fianco
dell'input field)
- il contenuto del campo (es. numerico, alfabetico, e-mail, url......)
- l'input type (es. select, date, text, rich text editor, password......)
- i possibili valori che il campo può contenere, anche letti
da un'altra tabella (supporto per foreign key)
- e molto altro......
E' possibile gestire più tabelle contemporaneamente; tra le altre funzioni, c'è la possibilità di effettuare
l'upload di files (immagini e altro), di esportare i risultati di una ricerca su un file CSV, di controllare gli inserimenti
per prevenire possibili duplicazioni, l'autenticazione e le restrizioni su visualizzazione/modifica/cancellazione, le notifiche via e-mail e gli alias per i nomi delle tabelle.
Il layout grafico di DaDaBIK è personalizzabile per consentire
di inserire le form nel tuo sito.
DaDaBIK si differenzia da altre applicazioni come PHPMyAdmin, il suo scopo
non è di consentire la completa amministrazione di un database ma la creazione di una Web application semplice e configurable che gestisce le operazione di ricerca/inserimento/aggiornamento/cancellazione record su un gruppo di tabelle. Il target di DaDaBIK non è quindi il DB administrator ma l'utente finale.
DaDaBIK è disponibile in italiano, inglese, olandese, tedesco,
spagnolo, francese, portoghese, croato, polacco, catalano, estoniano, rumeno, ungherese, slovacco, svedese e finlandese.
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What about the author?
The author, Eugenio Tacchini (eugenio.tacchini at unicatt.it), is an analyst and developer who enjoys PHP and open source technologies in general.
Eugenio works as a consultant for an italian software house (www.elfo.net) and teaches information systems at the Faculty of Economics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore at Piacenza.
 What's new?
DaDaBIK 4.0 alpha released
Hi folks,
I'm proud to announce that DaDaBIK 4.0 alpha has been released; PostgreSQL support is here!
DaDaBIK now uses the ADOdb Database Abstraction Library in order to support as many DBMS as possible, at the moment it has been tested just with MySQL 4.0.x, 4.1.x and PostgreSQL 8.03 for MS Windows but probably works also with the other DBMS supported by ADOdb.
Please report on the support forum your DBMS test results.
As usual, you can check the complete changelog for further details.
Bye,
Eugenio.
20 Jun 2005 by
Eugenio 0 comments
DaDaBIK 3.2 final version released - update about version 4.0 alpha
Hi folks,
DaDaBIK 3.2 final version is available.
It contains some minor bug fixes and a fix to an important security problem: if two or more DaDaBIK installations were hosted under the same domain, if a user logged into one of them it was possible to access all the others bypassing the login procedure.
In the documentation, "Known bugs and limitations" section, it has been highlighted a possible security problem of the DaDaBIK authentication model, please read it carefully!!.
You can check the complete changelog for further details.
I'm working on version 4.0 alpha and I think I will able to release it before the end of June....I'm already able to install and use DaDaBIK (just the main features has been tested) over a PostgreSQL 8 DBMS on a MS Windows machine, so the development is at a good stage.
Bye,
4 Jun 2005 by
Eugenio 0 comments
DaDaBIK 3.2 final - PostgreSQL support for DaDaBIK
Hi all,
I'm going to release DaDaBIK 3.2 final version, that will contain just some bug fixes.
In the meantime, I'm working on the PostgreSQL porting of DaDaBIK.
I'm using a database abstraction library (ADOdb), so that in future will be easy to add support for other DBMS.
I think that the resulting code will be the base for DaDaBIK 4.x.
If you have any hints/tips about the PostgreSQL porting, or simply want to discuss about it, I have started a new thread on the general talks forum.
17 May 2005 by
Eugenio 0 comments
DaDaBIK 3.2 beta released - Web site improvements
Hi all,
DaDaBIK 3.2 beta is available.
The main improvements:
- The authentication code has been in part rewritten, in particular DaDaBIK stores now user information in the database and passwords are now md5 encrypted, you can use DaDaBIK itself in order to add and delete users, show and modify users information and it is also possible to use a pre-existent users table.
- Six new languages are available: Croatian, Polish, Catalan, Estonian, Rumanian, Portuguese.
- The documentation has been updated and improved, in particular a FAQ section is now available.
A lot of bug have been fixed, in particular all the "Undefined variable" error messages and the "[08] Error: during query execution" error message that appeared in the details view if, for a field, the primary key field name of the main table was the same of the primary key field name of the linked table.
As usual, you can check the complete changelog for further details.
As you can see, some sections of the Web site has been added/improved: in particular the "Get involved & donations" section explains how to get involved in the DaDaBIK project.
I'm looking for someone who makes the commitment to keep in touch with all the translators, and send me all the translation updates every time a new DaDaBIK version is released; if you are interested, please contact me (eugenio dot tacchini at unicatt dot it).
31 Mar 2005 by
Eugenio 0 comments
Bad news are good news?
It seems that someone has registered the domain dadabik dot com (I don't link the Web site because I don't want to increase its google rank); the site is full of sponsored links, there is no content at all at the moment.....
Of course I don't have anything to do with those guys, the only official DaDaBIK Web site is this one: http://www.dadabik.org!
Spammers frequently post on the DaDaBIK forums, a defacer deleted the news comments from this site and now a site that try to exploit DaDaBIK popularity: not exactly a quiet period, just one positive thing I can deduce from these events: DaDaBIK is becoming very popular :-)
P.S. In a few days the new release will be available.
30 Mar 2005 by
Eugenio 0 comments
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