Even for a SQL you have to prepare the data in a texteditor if you not want to type in every piece of data by hand.
I assume you have your data ready in some kind of electronic format. For preparation I would keep these lists offline and merge them together in a master list that takes three parameters: entry english, translation, xxx for booksource. With this master list you would be able to generate the 26 pages for each starting letter. Then you could return the result with a template that replaces xxx for the full name of the source. It is all about planning. I think a feature like autocomplete could be essential for your application. This would be a good starting point even if you plan to add that feature later. Greetings, Martin On Mar 2, 1:58 am, Linly <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Martin. > > It's really a nice idea, but I'm afraid that would far beyond my > ability. > > Another consideration is about "relational database". The entries in > the database are come from book editors, I should honor that > "relation". When an entry is found, there will be an information > showing which book is it come from. If I sort the entries > alphabetically, I would lost the relation between entry and book. > > Or I have to keep both kinds of files, one are books with entries > inside, one are entries alphabetically sorted, and do some kind of sql > to connect the relation. That is even more beyond my ability. : > ( Anyway, thank for your good idea and all the help long long time > since. > > ( The first-app.-talk is just a gossip, please don't take it > seriously. :) > > Cheers, linly > > On Mar 2, 2:35 am, Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This looks interesting. > > > Did you think about sorting your entries alphabetically? That means > > you have 26 pages, one for each letter of the alphabet. > > > Then you could offer an autocomplete function. > > You could start a search or info report after two or three letters are > > typed and pull the results with an ajax call into a div or iframe > > beneath the input field. > > The first letter indicates the page, the next two show some first > > results. > > > There are some ready made scripts from scriptaculo.us or jquery.com > > which you can adapt for Boltwire. > > > Good luck! > > Greetings, Martin > > > P.S. I have a simple homepage using boltwire as CMS in public and a > > timetracking application which is only used internally. Both will not > > count for the first public boltwire app :) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BoltWire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/boltwire?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
