Re: Is this possible in RR?

2004-08-16 Thread Pierre Sahores
Hello Andre, This point of vue is usefull too ;) Because i'm with Postgres as in Sancho's 'Tiags, i forget, some times that any body don't need nor like my second prefered shoes, after the Rev's ones, naturally ;D With you, back to the previous proposal : Valentina as local DB and Postgres as t

Re: Is this possible in RR?

2004-08-16 Thread Andre Garzia
On Aug 16, 2004, at 1:53 PM, Troy Rollins wrote: Also, another upcoming option with be SQLite. Though we don't yet know what the price of that option will be. Yes, I am eager to look into SQLite, thats why I didn't bought a valentina license yet... Cheers andre -- Andre Alves Garzia  2004  BRA

Re: Is this possible in RR?

2004-08-16 Thread Troy Rollins
On Aug 16, 2004, at 12:40 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: The big advantage of Valentina is that: there's no instalation proccess, there's no maintanance, in fact it will all be inside the mac bundle, he might not even see the vdb files. You'll spend $300 now, but the chance that this will free you from

Re: Is this possible in RR?

2004-08-16 Thread Andre Garzia
On Aug 16, 2004, at 1:15 PM, Pierre Sahores wrote: You could also use PostgreSQL locally and save yourself some licensing costs. Why didn't i think at this. Tied, probably ;-! Thanks, Frank for pointing us in this direction ;) 100 times true, even for a newbie under MacOS X in getting the cool

Re: Is this possible in RR?

2004-08-16 Thread Pierre Sahores
Le 16 août 04, à 16:38, Frank D. Engel, Jr. a écrit : Question: These records would typically be over 5000 animals with possibly 20 to 30 records each. Would I use a SQL database, XML, Arrays, or cards to store the data? (sorry, I've still a lot to learn, obviously!!!) Rev binded to Valentina (l

Re: Is this possible in RR?

2004-08-16 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
Question: These records would typically be over 5000 animals with possibly 20 to 30 records each. Would I use a SQL database, XML, Arrays, or cards to store the data? (sorry, I've still a lot to learn, obviously!!!) Rev binded to Valentina (local DB) and PostgreSQL (remote DB)... You could also

Re: Is this possible in RR?

2004-08-15 Thread Pierre Sahores
Le 16 août 04, à 03:43, Paul a écrit : Dear list, As a complete programming newbie, first I should say, that I'm glad to be in a community that actually welcomes us newbies, even try to attract us, thanks!!!. I haven't bought a Rev license yet as I'm not (100%) sure the application I'm planning

Re: Is this possible in RR?

2004-08-15 Thread Andre Garzia
Paul, Your app can be done in Rev. I would advise you to use some SQL database to store your data. You could use Valentina for your local solution and MySQL for your internet solution, since they both share the RevDB api, you build your code only once and just tell what DB your using when you o

Re: Is this possible in RR?

2004-08-15 Thread Sarah Reichelt
Hi Paul, 1.What I'm hoping to do is build a system where each of the breeding properties can record enter cattle weight (and other) details,and have the application work out an individual's daily weight gain and forecast future weights. Question: These records would typically be over 5000 anima

Re: Is this possible in RR?

2004-08-15 Thread Dan Shafer
Paul I agree with Troy. I'm building two fairly large-scale apps right now, both of which have many requirements that are similar to yours. The one area you'll find most difficult with out-of-the-box Rev is reporting. But there is at least one third-party reporting tool on the verge of rele

Re: Is this possible in RR?

2004-08-15 Thread Troy Rollins
On Aug 15, 2004, at 9:43 PM, Paul wrote: I know the first thing ppl will say is to 'try something less complicated first and work up to a project like this', which is what I will do, but although I think this can be done in Rev, I don't want to buy a license, without knowing that it can eventual

Is this possible in RR?

2004-08-15 Thread Paul
Dear list, As a complete programming newbie, first I should say, that I'm glad to be in a community that actually welcomes us newbies, even try to attract us, thanks!!!. I haven't bought a Rev license yet as I'm not (100%) sure the application I'm planning is possible in Revolution, so I have a