There still seems to be a few people on this list... This post is a general one, I am exploring a reasonable way to accomplish something. Sorry about the html for those of you in the dark ages...
Problem Description: I have been working on an interesting programming project where I need to create, categorize and link files together. There are three general types of things I need to deal with: 1. Set up meta-data. This right now is a python dictionary with the recipe or settings to generate a particular set of stimulus files. This dictionary is human readable. 2. The stimulus files which are created by "running" the meta-data through a preprocessor. The stimulus files are large, but they are still text. The meta-data has been used to create these files, but one cannot look at the data and see the meta-data. 3. The results files which are generated by simulating the stimulus files in a processing engine. The data files are binary, primarily to reduce storage space and file I/O times. I want to link these altogether somehow. That is, if I browse (using some magical browser that I would create) to the data file and click on it, I would see a small image which visualizes the result (a png file?) and links to the meta-data that created it. Optionally there would be a link to the stimulus file. Frankly, the stimulus file isn't that interesting to me. It is just a way to generate the results file. I'm trying to create a library of waveforms and their effects. I need to create broad categories on the nature of the waveforms and the results. Questions: Is this just a 'simple' database problem? Is there another (simpler) way of dealing with this? Any general suggestions? I've toyed with the idea of just prepending the dictionary name and stimulus file name to the data file, although somehow that does not seem like a good way to go. I'm just a programming noob, my background is more electrical engineering. The only exposure I have to databases is mySQL and that is because I have mythTV at home. If you were to ask me to actually do anything with the db besides mythfilldatabase, I'd be lost... I'm sure I could learn, but I'm looking for a straight forward way to accomplish this. I am almost dangerous using Python, you can ask anyone on the PySIG list :) Any insights would be useful. Thanks! Bruce Oh yeah - I'm running all this stuff on an Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop (except for the engine, which is an IBM QS22 running YDL). See, it has something to do with Linux even... Bruce Labitt Autoliv Electronics 1011B Pawtucket Blvd, PO Box 1858 Lowell, MA 01853 Email: bruce.lab...@autoliv.com. Tel: (978) 674-6526 Fax: (978) 674-6581 ****************************** Neither the footer nor anything else in this E-mail is intended to or constitutes an <br>electronic signature and/or legally binding agreement in the absence of an <br>express statement or Autoliv policy and/or procedure to the contrary.<br>This E-mail and any attachments hereto are Autoliv property and may contain legally <br>privileged, confidential and/or proprietary information.<br>The recipient of this E-mail is prohibited from distributing, copying, forwarding or in any way <br>disseminating any material contained within this E-mail without prior written <br>permission from the author. If you receive this E-mail in error, please <br>immediately notify the author and delete this E-mail. Autoliv disclaims all <br>responsibility and liability for the consequences of any person who fails to <br>abide by the terms herein. <br> ****************************** _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
