no problem (Score 1)

well.. I'm using postgreSQL rather than MySQL, becuase of locking issues. So my comments relate to accessing a postgreSQL database from a desktop with no programming involved. First there is a nifty little program in the postgres distribution called pgaccess that lets you enter and retreive data. then there is the phpPgAdmin which uses the apache/php to let you access your postgresql database through a web browser (real handy since the only linux machine i've gotten in here so far - well, besides my personal laptop - is the one running the database ;-) ). So now our sales manager can now get accurate sales analysis information with just a few clicks in his browser, and the only programming was some database design, some extract programs on our as400, and some scripting to get the info from the as400 into the postgres - unless you you call writing some SQL queries "programming". BTW: we're also planning on getting our access databases moved over to this :-)