Sean Whitton wrote:
How about a web-based form that can do SELECTs?
NO!
Either it would only allow very simple queries, and would thus be pointless. Or it would frequently bog down the server, because people run insane queries.
Also, some legit queries may take so long that the http request would time out. And, last but not least: people filing such requests often don't know (enough) SQL.
You need some human judgment to see which requests to actually turn into queries, and how, and how often.
-- Daniel