I've using Oracle Application Express (apex) which is the most fast database application builder for the web that I've seen.
Oracle Apex is like Microsoft Access for desktop and Oracle databases.
Any one knows about alternatives?
EDIT: For alternative I mean "There is any tool comparing this one?". Of course there are a lot of frameworks but I've not seen other as fast as Apex.
APEX is by far the quickest and most powerful tool of its kind for oracle IF your developer(s) know or are able to quickly take up the basics of PL/SQL.
MS Access is the only thing that comes close otherwise. Everything else is a kind of "home grown" application builder architecture, or more formal with 4GL tools like Oracle Forms and Reports.
If you're looking for something less then an "application builder", check out the FOSS CMS alternatives like Drupal. Certainly no where near as powerful or as quick to build custom applications, but has a ton of features.
Well, of course there is "Application Espresso", which is a port of Apex to SQL Server and MySQL:
http://jes.blogs.shellprompt.net/2008/04/01/apex-ported-to-mysql-and-sqlserver/
(Be sure to read the remarks, and perhaps check the date of the post.... 'nuff said!)
Well, Oracle Forms is still being used out there to allow rapid development of rich web UIs... :)
I was also looking for an alternative to the excelent APEX, and I found xataface : http://xataface.com/
Looks exciting : GPL, PHP, MySQL, and application creation through data table and configuration only (no code generation). I have to test it deeper, looks very promising, but not as advanced as apex yet...