[aklug] Re: Speaking of GitHub and Google and Larry

From: Daniel Kranich <daniel@nusalaska.com>
Date: Mon Aug 19 2013 - 17:33:23 AKDT

On 08/19/2013 03:30 PM, Christopher Howard wrote:
> On 08/19/2013 12:51 PM, Bruce Hill wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:38:01AM -0800, Tim Johnson wrote:
>> Thanks, Tim! I'm not aware of or familiar with dazzlepod, but do see
>> they use
>> MySQL. Last week I got a 404 on the privacy info because the link was
>> incorrect, and it told me they use a RedHat server.
>>
>> Well, so far all they've done is import a spreadsheet file that was
>> the exit
>> file for Jackrabbit Class in March of this year. It was titled
>> Export_Happy_Penguin_Gym.xls. After Jackrabbit we used iClassPro for
>> about 2
>> months. Studio Director said, "I'm not able to read tupelo-export.txt
>> (the
>> iClassPro exit file), it's not a text file." My Linux box says this
>> about it:
>>
>> tupelo-export.txt: Little-endian UTF-16 Unicode text, with CRLF, CR line
>> terminators
>>
>> I've not installed, or looked at, MySQL. Wish it were as simple as
>> build,
>> install, launch, input data. I'd just do it myself. For now, I'm
>> inputting
>> data into The Studio Director's software. Just the little bit my
>> friend in
>> London told me about RDBMS clues me in to some things I'm seeing
>> entering data
>> into The Studio Director, and his answer to my questions, such as:
>>
>> Q. How do I enter a second guardian (parent)?
>> A. You can either put both names in the guardian field (e.g. Mark and
>> Jane),
>> or you can enter the second parent's name in the notes field.
>>
>> From my friend's intro over IRC, it appears that The Studio Director
>> does not
>> have a student_id field in their Guardians Table.
>>
>>
>> I'm only minutes into inputting data, and already have problems with
>> the way
>> The Studio Director has setup their db. That's very disappointing,
>> but maybe I
>> can make it work for the amount of time it takes me to learn MySQL
>> and setup
>> my own.
>>
>> ignorance != bliss
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Bruce
>
> There is another option: Libreoffice Base. It is more or less the free
> software equivalent of MS Access. Great for small, custom jobs.
>
> It has an interface and wizards for creating the tables, setting up
> entry forms, and generating reports. Stores the data on disk in a
> single file. Set up a script to back up the file once in a while and
> you're good to go. If you get 1000+ employees or so, you might want to
> go to a customized MySQL and Web interface... but if you have that
> many employees you can probably afford to have one of them doing all
> the coding for you. ;)
>
> BTW: I've wondered for a while if might be possible for a guy to make
> some money simply producing customized Base systems for people. I knew
> professor once who said that he used to have a full time job creating
> Access databases.
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Maybe a chance to look at MariaDB? A lot of linux distros have decided
to switch to MariaDB once news of oracle purchasing MySQL came out. I
personally have not taken a look at it yet, but since many Linux distros
are switching, I should probably learn the basics.

Daniel
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