Graphical database administration interface

The Graphical Database Administration Interface is a tool whose purpose is to provide an easy, intuitive and convenient means of creating and administering a relational database management system for database developers and administrators. This tool is implemented as a Web-based application utilizing a Web services architecture to implement both the client interface and the database management system server. Specifically, the SOAP protocol is used as a means of communication between the client and the Web service. This project demonstrates that this architecture can be used for an interface that can be created and utilized regardless of the user or the RDBMS location, operating platforms in use or RDBMS vendors involved. When used for this purpose, this architecture provides several advantages over existing graphical applications used for managing RDBMSs. Primarily; the same user interface can be utilized for more than one RDBMS. Traditionally, all RDBMSs have different user interfaces for development and maintenance. The user only needs to be familiar with one application while remaining capable of administering more than one type of RDBMS. Development and administrative operations can be performed regardless of the user's location relative to the RDBMS. Some of the current interface applications available will work over an HTTP connection, but not all of them. Since the Web service is platform independent of the user interface, services can be created and used for any type of RDBMS on any operating system platform