[drupal-support] my problem with php admin or maybe PHP admin has a problem with me!

[Sohodojo Jim]

Bèr Kessels wrote:

>I have looked at my local PHPmyadmin and noticed there is quite some 
>cross-frame javascript. this means that the javascript needs to "talk" to its 
>neighbouring or parent frame(s) in order to perform its actions;
>I can imagine a screen reader does not support cross frame javascripting. 
>
>A mysql commandline is really not that hard. And servers with SSH access (so 
>you can actually use the commandline on the server) are getting very cheap, 
>nowadays. 
>
    Ber's cross-frame Javascript challenge to screen reading is a sound 
insight (no matter what may or may not have worked in the past). 
Client-side and hosted server-side environments are such 'slippery 
slopes' when continual updates/upgrades are involved. So it is sometimes 
good not to lose too much sleep when something that did work, doesn't 
anymore.

    Secure telnet and command line access is certainly another sound 
recommendation, especially in a scree reader situation. But if you 
really do not want to, or your hosting company does not support this 
approach, there are alternatives to phpMyAdmin.

    In the event that you are using the Windows operating system, 
sometimes a client-side application will work where phpMyAdmin will not. 
The best app we have found is available in a free version as well as in 
a $49 non-commercial and $99 commercial version and it is a super 
product. Check out:

    http://www.webyog.com/sqlyog/index2.php

    SQLyog has a bunch of cool features that are comparable to 
phpMyAdmin but in a local application format.

    The one caveat for using SQLyog database synchronization is that the 
current version will skip tables without primary keys. A number of 
Drupal tables do not have primary keys, so this can effect your database 
synchronization. The simple work-around is to add an auto-increment 
primary key to the PK-less Drupal tables. The SQLyog folks are planning 
to fix this limitation in an upcoming release.

    Database synchronization can be very helpful in situations where you 
have a local intranet development site and a public Internet site.

    --Sohodojo Jim--