Hello Andrew,
Wednesday, June 06, 2001, 12:42:24 AM, you wrote:
>>on-line constructed expressions like admission_date-discharge_date>5
>>would also be necessary.
ApjH> These are already provided by SQL-capable database management systems.
ApjH> That is why OIO comes with these capabilities with very little additional code.
I wouldn't be so optimistic. Crystal Reports, InfoMaker and similar
systems are not "very little"...
ApjH> Zope can do some of this but require more coding. Tim knows more
ApjH> about Zope vs. SQL so I look forward to his remarks.
I am not familiar with Reportlab, maybe the package capable to do the
stuff.
ApjH> Yes! This is exactly what the OIO system is designed to do.
I was busy by my other duties and have yet to touch the current
release.
ApjH> require messy SQL writing (through editing Zope SQL methods).
ApjH> This should change over time. :-)
Sure. Clear and detailed API is strongly needed to get it developed
by people other than initial developer.
>> sort order,
ApjH> Not yet. (Sort by field name only for now. How else?)
By some fields. By result of the expression.
How about "group by"?
[...]
ApjH> Done - you can import data into SPSS.
OK - need to have a look. Though localization is still crucial. Didn't
you play with Localizer?
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Alexander N. Chelnokov
Ural Scientific Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics
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