From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2008-03-26T13:57:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Kirbybase problem

From: Tom Cloyd [mailto:tomcloyd@comcast.net] 
# I wanted to be able to edit directly in the db, if possible, 
# and KB allows me to do this. Terrific.

that's the beauty there (as exemplified by kirbybase), all you need is ruby and you're good to go.