On 6/27/06, Bud Beacham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am using SQLite to add a database engine to a product I hope to sell. One thing that is desirable is to allow the customers to enhance the database for their specific needs. For example, they could add new tables to reflect their environment, and then design queries that look at both the standard and added tables.
I've tried this myself. I've found unless your customers are technically savvy they won't use it. Your program is a tool. They want to push button X and get result Y. They don't care how it works and don't want to know. If they are technically savvy be prepared for service calls when they change or remove something your code relies on. The perfect example was when I let the users choose the colors of their screen and text. I get a call and the user says "I set the letters to black and the screen to black, how do I fix it?" ;) The next version was changed to use color palettes and not let the user pick individual colors. They liked it better and I didn't get calls. Give them a screen with fields from the database. Let them enter their search string into the field they want to search on and generate the queries yourself.
