Re: [sqlite] SQLite Input with validation and lookup

2013-08-21 Thread Stephen Hughes
Thought I'd sent this yesterday but found it stuck in my Outbasket today:-( Thanks David & Kai - off to look at Kexi and Dabo. Will let you know how I get on. I have now downloaded both Kexi & Dabo. Kexi - despite stating that a Windows version is available, when I try to download all I get is th

Re: [sqlite] SQLite Input with validation and lookup

2013-08-20 Thread deltagam...@gmx.net
Am 16.08.2013 17:47, schrieb Kai Peters: Stephen, you might want to look at http://dabodev.com/ Among other DBs it does support Sqlite and is fully cross-platform Cheers, Kai Hello Stephen, maybe another alternative is, to run FoxPro on a linux machine with the windows emulator wine.

Re: [sqlite] SQLite Input with validation and lookup

2013-08-16 Thread Kai Peters
Stephen, you might want to look at http://dabodev.com/ Among other DBs it does support Sqlite and is fully cross-platform Cheers, Kai On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 17:39 +0100 (BST), Stephen Hughes wrote: > Sorry if the following is a duplicate but I've just updated to the latest > version of my emai

Re: [sqlite] SQLite Input with validation and lookup

2013-08-16 Thread Stephen Hughes
Thank you David for correctly pointing out:- > Perhaps the better question for you to be asking is what software > would best meet your needs in creating a form that will interface > with sqlite's db back end. That is precisely the question I should have asked (should I start a new thread?). OO

Re: [sqlite] SQLite Input with validation and lookup

2013-08-15 Thread David Bicking
I've never used Visual FoxPro, but I suspect that it allows you to create forms to insert data in to the database. Sqlite doesn't do that. Sqlite only provides the library to store the data via SQL statements that you execute via sqlite3_prepare()/sqlite3_step() function calls. You are expec

Re: [sqlite] SQLite Input with validation and lookup

2013-08-15 Thread Stephen Hughes
Sorry if the following is a duplicate but I've just updated to the latest version of my email client and it seems to be leaving messages in the out-basket! Thank you Simon for your very comprehensive and interesting reply, especially the SQL examples > - set MAXIMUM/MINIMUM values. CREATE TABLE

Re: [sqlite] SQLite Input with validation and lookup

2013-08-15 Thread Stephen Hughes
Thank you Simon for your very comprehensive and interesting reply, especially the SQL examples > - set MAXIMUM/MINIMUM values. CREATE TABLE journeys ( start TEXT, destination TEXT, distance REAL, CHECK (distance BETWEEN 0.0 AND 5000.0), CHECK (start != des

Re: [sqlite] SQLite Input with validation and lookup

2013-08-13 Thread Simon Slavin
On 13 Aug 2013, at 8:56am, Stephen Hughes wrote: > Thanks Stephen, Simon & Kees for your replies all of which indicate that > I am starting from the wrong place, in that it is the built-in > programming capabilities of Visual FoxPro that I was using rather than > its Database Engine. > Without w

Re: [sqlite] SQLite Input with validation and lookup

2013-08-13 Thread Stephen Hughes
Thanks Stephen, Simon & Kees for your replies all of which indicate that I am starting from the wrong place, in that it is the built-in programming capabilities of Visual FoxPro that I was using rather than its Database Engine. Without wishing to digress into which is the best programming language

Re: [sqlite] SQLite Input with validation and lookup

2013-08-12 Thread Kees Nuyt
On Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:51 +0100 (BST), "Stephen Hughes" wrote: >SQLite Input with validation and lookup >This may be a FAQ, if so please point me in the right direction, but if >not what I am looking for is a BROWSE style INPUT which will:- > - allow me to force UPPER case. > - set MAXIMUM/MINIMU

Re: [sqlite] SQLite Input with validation and lookup

2013-08-12 Thread Simon Slavin
On 12 Aug 2013, at 10:51am, Stephen Hughes wrote: > SQLite Input with validation and lookup > This may be a FAQ, if so please point me in the right direction, but if > not what I am looking for is a BROWSE style INPUT which will:- > - allow me to force UPPER case. > - set MAXIMUM/MINIMUM values.

Re: [sqlite] SQLite Input with validation and lookup

2013-08-12 Thread Stephen Chrzanowski
You're not exactly clear on where these restrictions come from, but, database wise, SQLite has no care or real control over what data it will retain, only the control that it will retain and attempt to protect your data. The application level is what determines what goes into the database. - To l

[sqlite] SQLite Input with validation and lookup

2013-08-12 Thread Stephen Hughes
SQLite Input with validation and lookup This may be a FAQ, if so please point me in the right direction, but if not what I am looking for is a BROWSE style INPUT which will:- - allow me to force UPPER case. - set MAXIMUM/MINIMUM values. - LOOKUP and retrieve data from a masterfile. For example: