[Rails] Re: How to structure a database table with arbitrary labels for the columns?

2009-07-30 Thread Patrick Doyle
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 3:47 PM, cnk wrote: > database? The flexibility to just have data and not have it > constrained by a schema is what spreadsheets are good at. Ohhh... Great answer! I suspect I'll just gather the data into the table that I know exists now. I was asking because (as is typic

[Rails] Re: How to structure a database table with arbitrary labels for the columns?

2009-07-30 Thread cnk
Adding columns via code isn't hard. You'll have to double check that the new columns are picked up in your objects without having to restart the server when operating in production mode. But the real question is, is there enough commonality between data sets that whatever you are trying to do is

[Rails] Re: How to structure a database table with arbitrary labels for the columns?

2009-07-30 Thread bill walton
Hi Patrick, On Thu, 2009-07-30 at 13:24 -0400, Patrick Doyle wrote: > I am starting to think about writing an RoR app to store some 2-D > data. >From your explanation / question below, I have to ask and do not mean to put you off but, are you an experienced software developer? If not, I'd str