good news! We have our model and are starting to work on the controllers. Thanks for the advice.
db.define_table('users', # Field('id','string'), ID is implicit Field('first', 'string'), Field('last', 'string'), Field('address', 'string'), Field('email', 'string'), Field('pw', 'password'), Field('role', 'string')) db.define_table('inventory', Field('item','string'), Field('type','string'), Field('price', 'decimal(9,2)'), Field('qty','integer'), Field('promotion','integer')) db.define_table('cart', Field('uid', db.users), Field('item', db.inventory), Field('qty','integer')) db.define_table('orders', Field('uid', db.users), Field('orderid', 'string'), Field('item', db.inventory), Field('qty','integer'), Field('date','date'), Field('status','string'), Field('total', 'decimal(9,2)')) On Apr 24, 8:52 am, Stifan Kristi <steve.van.chris...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi, josh > > please read the book first and keep your code dry (don't repeat yourself) > and kis (keep it simple). if you want to build your application there are a > lot of samples on the book e.g.http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/03 > <http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/03>and there are a lot of > appliances too onhttp://web2py.com/appliances > <http://web2py.com/appliances>if you are new in web2py, welcome, i'll > shared my course appliance code (please see attached file), you can download > it too on :http://web2py.com/appliances/default/show/76 > please focus first on models first, then controllers and then your views. > > On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 12:12 PM, JoshC <joshua.aaron.ca...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Dear Friends, > > > My partner and I are working on a small store website for a databases > > class. I have found that there is a lot of information about Web2py on > > the site and in the book. What I hope to find out from you guys is > > some pointers to specific parts of the technology and parts of the > > book that we will need to put this project together. In other words, > > there's a lot of stuff in the book that we seem not to need. > > > On one hand, I'm not asking anyone to do our homework for us. On the > > other, we can borrow code (like from existing apps, plugins, etc) as > > long as we design the SQL part. > > > This leads to another question. We need to know how difficult it will > > be on us since we need to do raw SQL to demonstrate our knowledge of > > it (and the prof wasn't very clear on how raw it needs to be). Advice > > on that is very helpful. > > > That's all. I'm just going to paste the relevant part of the > > assignment below. Please feel free to help even if you only have > > advice on one part. > > > Yours, > > Josh Cason > > --------------------------- > > > Objectives > > The aim of this project is to implement a client-side database e- > > commerce application. You may implement this in any language. You are > > also responsible for setting up the server-side database. You are > > required to team up with another student. Let’s assume that you have > > been hired by Big Blue Nation gift store to set up an online store. > > The company sells two types of products: books and toys. > > > Requirements > > > Your goal is to create an online store for the Big Blue Nation gift > > store. There will be three types of users: > > • customers > > • staff > > • manager > > > Customers In order to purchase from the store, customers must first > > register. Once they are registered, they query and purchase books or > > toys. These items are first placed in a shopping basket, and then > > ordered. Customers can see the status of orders (i.e., pending or > > shipped). > > Staff can check inventory, re-stock the online store with more > > components, view all customer orders, and ship orders to customers. A > > staff member has an on-line ID and a password that he/she can use to > > login into the company’s website to perform the previous listed tasks > > Manager can do all tasks a staff member can do. In addition, manager > > can (1) view statistics about sale information (in the previous week, > > month, or year), and (2) decide sales promotions. Manager needs to > > login into the company’s website to perform the tasks. > > > Your project must include the following functionality: > > > Customer Forms > > Register Allows a new customer to register with the store. > > Shopping Allows a registered customer to list books or toys. The > > purchased items may be stored in a shopping basket. > > Purchase Allows a registered customer to view their shopping basket > > and click "Purchase". This creates an order for the items that can > > then be viewed (and filled) by the store staff. The staff cannot see > > shopping baskets. > > Orders Allows a registered customer to view the orders they have > > places and see the status (either Pending or Shipped). > > > Staff Forms > > Login Screen Staff must login in order to perform these functions. A > > single login for all staff is fine. > > View Inventory See a list of all items and their quantity. > > Update Inventory Same as above, but with editable text boxes to > > change the quantity of any component. > > Ship Pending Orders View the list of pending orders (components, > > price, customer info). > > The staff member can click a "Ship It" button and, if all the > > components are available, the status of the order changes from > > "Pending" to "Shipped" and the quantities in the inventory are > > decreased. If the components are not available, some error page > > listing the missing components is generated and the order remains > > "Pending". > > > Manager Forms > > Login Screen may use the staff login form > > View Inventory, Update Inventory, Ship Pending Orders: the same as > > those of staff > > Sales Statistics View the list of all items and sales history in the > > previous (week, month, or year) > > Sales Promotion View the list of all items and decide the promotion > > rate. > > > > course.zip > 55KViewDownload