Or may be to create a separate document explaining those details about databases back-ends?
Is just an idea... El mar, 20-03-2012 a las 11:17 +0000, Tom Davies escribió: > Hi :) > I think Dan's plan is a good one and it's very ambitious. it's good to have > input from new people but would it be possible to complete the 1st Base Guide > according to Dan's plan first. After that would be the ideal time to discuss > restructuring it and perhaps add in an "Advanced" guide. > > >From discussions on the Users List it seems there is a gap in the market for > > an extremely simplistic and single purpose guide to help people create a > >contacts database and/or read a Thunderbird one. I think linking to an > >Evolution/Outlook one would make it too complex. > > I agree that the Base Guide that Dan has planned needs to avoid using the > embedded back-end. When we first discussed the plan for the Base Guide most > of us didn't realise quite how appalling the embedded one is. Using HSqlDb > as an external back-end after downloading the proper HSqlDb from their > website is a huge improvement but the embedded one seems to create too many > weird problems. > > I think we have to avoid to much "mission creep" or the guide will never get > done. It might be best to to keep comparisons between the various different > back-ends to a reasonable minimum. The work Dan has done seems to have > kick-started greater interest in work on Base generally. A completed Guide > might draw more new people in. > Regards from > Tom :) > > > --- On Tue, 20/3/12, Mail Dump <mail.d...@comcast.net> wrote: > > From: Mail Dump <mail.d...@comcast.net> > Subject: RE: [libreoffice-documentation] Base guide structure (TOC) > To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org > Date: Tuesday, 20 March, 2012, 4:50 > > Mark, > > This is another problem with using HSQLDB as an example that I overlooked. > It is cumbersome. And to be honest I would use a MySQL DB on "localhost" if > I wanted to create a database. Although PHPmyAdmin is better, Base is more > visual and seems to work well. Of course anyone with DB experience will want > to use their preferred DB. > > And, there has been some discussion of losing much of the Java dependancies, > especially since Sun and Oracle aren't in the picture any longer. So HSQLDB > may someday be replaced with something like SQLite. > > > Rick B > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------ > For every ailment under the sun > There is a remedy, or there is none; > If there be one, try to find it; > If there be none, never mind it. > > --W.W. Bartley > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Stanton [mailto:m...@vowleyfarm.co.uk] > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 11:18 AM > To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base guide structure (TOC) > > Particularly because it's the cause of so much trouble, I'd suggest it would > be good not to focus on the "native" HSQLDB setup, though I agree it would > be good to show it. > > I'd suggest using all sorts of example backends. A "Here's how you'd do x > with the native HSQLDB and here's how you'd do it with" > a.n.other engine. A couple "side-by-side" like that, and then just vary > engines in the examples. > > Mark Stanton > One small step for mankind... > > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
