2011/1/27 Jean-Francois Nifenecker <[email protected]>
> > Le 27/01/2011 00:37, Andy Brown a écrit : > > >> The Mid Level Base tutorial [1] is a very good "beginners" document as >> well. It contains three parts, the first two cover what a database is >> and how to design it. The third covers Base using SQL command to build a >> database. >> > > I find this to be a *very* good tutorial. A little too deep for a general > intro but could be an excellent start to make one (by pruning and > grafting... well, more pruning than grafting). > > As of a Base tutorial for beginners, here's the outline I'm thinking of: > > Part 1 > -- What a RDBMS is (principles, tables, relations, queries) > -- How to devise a database > -- Introduction to Base > -- Creating a DB with Base > -- Importing data from Calc and delimited text files > -- Querying a DB in interactive mode (not so sure about the English wording > here as I've got the French version installed) > -- Using a DB for mailmerge > > Part 2 > -- Introduction to SQL > -- Querying a DB using SQL > -- Useful tools (Sun/Oracle Report Builder, MySQLworkbench) > -- Reporting with S/ORB > -- Using Base as a front-end for MySQL (MySQLconnector extension) and > PostgreSQL (SDBC) > > This contents is what I currently intend to stuff into a series of in-house > training I'm planning. I reckon this outline to be quite progressive and, > from my experience, seems to be what newcomers want. > > > HTH, > -- > Jean-Francois Nifenecker, Bordeaux Jean I think if you manage to do something like this it would be grand, and I surely would translate it to Portuguese if you manage a English version :) Rogerio -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
