Drew, Joe: Having a data set available for Chapter 10 sounds like a very good idea. I particularly like the option of providing a separate text file with the insert statements to load through the SQL window, as this gives opportunity to showcase another feature available to Base.
I do not have a big data set myself and would be happy to accept Joe's offer. Drew, can this be extracted form the zipped file without much hassle? Cheers, Mariano Casanova. > On 08/31/2010 07:45 PM, Joe Smith wrote: >> On 08/31/2010 04:38 PM, mcasan...@instituto-hispano.org wrote: >>> Thank you all for the input in proofreading the tutorial.... >> >> Glad it's helpful; I'm enjoying going through it! >> >> I can see that you've spent a lot of effort to make things clear, and >> it really helps. >> >> After stumbling through Chapter 9 (Queries), I'm now completely stuck >> at Chapter 10 (Reports) for lack of a functional database: there's no >> data to try the examples on! >> >> Of course I can enter some data, but an interesting report (or query) >> requires more records than I'm interested in typing. >> >> It could be a big win if the text was accompanied by a complete sample >> data set. Then, all the examples and student exercises found in the >> text could be run on a realistic data set, and the output compared to >> the expected answer shown in the text. >> >> I've read other database books that worked that way and it really made >> the material much more practical. >> >> You've already thought about this, I'm guessing; no? >> >> My sample data set is almost finished; if it's of any use, you're >> welcome to it. >> >> <Joe >> > > Hi Joe, Mariano > > +1 for some example data > > Mariano I understand your reasoning for not wanting a full ODB file, and > I agree with that. > > However, you could simply include the data load as part of the script > that builds the Schema, or and I would suggest this route. A separate > text file file with the insert statements for the test data and have the > reader load this via the SQL window again, at the beginning of the > section on queries. > > Best wishes, > > Drew > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@documentation.openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@documentation.openoffice.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@documentation.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@documentation.openoffice.org
