IIRC, the Automobile database was created by Dan Lewis to use in classes he was teaching. I haven’t seen him around for a while. I can try to answer some of your questions.
On Fri, 31 Dec 2021 at 20:52 flywire <[email protected]> wrote: > 1. It seems I've failed to understand the Automobile database use case > then misunderstood the Fuel table use (which I understood was like a > personal vehicle log book). It's not clear to me what is being planned > for. > I understand the Automobile database is a personal database to track > holiday expenses within a group. With over 16,000 words plus figures in > > https://books.libreoffice.org/en/GS72/GS7208-GettingStartedWithBase.html#toc6 > it's hard to pick up on detail when you're familiar with most of it. Can > you explain Figure 35 > < > https://books.libreoffice.org/en/GS72/GS7208-GettingStartedWithBase-img/GS7208-GettingStartedWithBase-img036.png > > > in a sentence? Specifically: > 1. Why refuel a vehicle multiple times each day? The USA (where Dan lives) and Australia (where I live) are as large as all of Europe, and many people drive long distances each day when they go on holiday - sometimes as much as 1,000 km or more. So they might need to refuel several times, especially if they don’t want to let the fuel level get low. > > 2. Why would the vehicle odometer be close to zero rather than > something more typical of vehicles on the road? It’s the trip odometer, usually reset to zero at the start of a long trip, not the total distance travelled by the car since it was new. > > 3. Why are so many different people paying for fuel? Different adult family members or a group of friends travelling in one vehicle often do this, to share costs. > > 2. Using one definitive document is best to avoid inconsistencies. Is > the GS Guide consistent with > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/d/d5/Automobile.odb ? > I think it is. I and others have used it occasionally to recreate images. Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
