Does anyone know of any accessible SQL programs for Slint?

Linux for blind general discussion blinux-list at redhat.com
Mon May 2 11:18:08 UTC 2022


Tim here.  Yep, output defaults to the screen (well, standard-out),
but each should have options for redirecting output to a file during
an interactive session, and you can then open that resulting file in
your favorite browser to navigate the tables in your preferred way.

-Tim

On May  2, 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> For the HTML output, am I correct that she could have that HTML
> output to a file?  That way, she could open the file in a browser
> like Firefox?  That way, I would think she would be able to read
> the HTML tables with Orca. Ryan
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On May 1, 2022, at 4:47 PM, Linux for blind general discussion
> > <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Tim here.  I know that at least sqlite's CLI interface lets you
> > use
> > 
> >  .mode line
> > 
> > which turns data into a linear format that's much more
> > understandable when read aloud, data like
> >   
> >  sqlite> .mode line
> >  sqlite> select id, name from users;  
> > 
> >  Id = 1
> >  Name = Tim
> > 
> >  Id = 2
> >  Name = Rich
> > 
> >  Id = 3
> >  Name = Ellen
> > 
> > PostgreSQL has a similar "expanded" format.
> > 
> > I find it particularly useful when there are lots of columns and
> > things start wrapping weirdly, making it hard to trace which
> > column is which.
> > 
> > If you really *do* want HTML output, the sqlite ".mode" command
> > does also offer HTML output as an option:
> >   
> >  sqlite> .mode html  
> > 
> > which you can then pipe to your favorite HTML viewer.  Similarly,
> > PostgreSQL's "psql" client has an HTML output mode which you can
> > invoke either as a CLI option
> > 
> >  $ psql --html
> > 
> > or by enabling the option interactively
> > 
> >  (psql) \pset format html
> > 
> > Hopefully this gives you some options for getting more useful
> > output from sqlite or postgresql.  I don't use mysql/mariadb
> > much, so I can't speak as to whether it offers similar features.
> > 
> > -Tim
> > 
> >   
> >> One thought I have had, from time to time, is that it would be
> >> nice to have tooling that transforms various tabular output
> >> formats into HTML tables.  This could let the user employ screen
> >> reader navigation to crawl around the table.  However, I have no
> >> idea if anything of this sort exists.  
> > 
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