Now Kevin, haven't you written a new front end for this yet? You must be having a bad weekend. ;-)
On Sunday 23 January 2005 11:04 am, Kevin Toppenberg wrote: > Can anyone see Google doing their searches this way? > > Kevin > > --- Greg Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Given an arbitrary Boolean expression, how hard is > > it (in terms of > > complexity theory) to convert it to DNF? I don't > > know the answer to > > this question (but it's probably going to bug me > > until I convince > > myself it really is hard). > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > since the conditions A, B, C, etc can have a NOT > > > > in the relation, > > > > > this form basically reduces to a form called > > > > disjunctive normal form. > > > > > and all boolean expressions can be phrased in this > > > > form. > > > > > The tricky thing of course, is taking the > > > > expression you want, > > > > > and doing the reduction to DNF. > > > > > > David > > > > > > > --- Greg Kreis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > Actually, only & works at the IF: or the OR: > > > > prompt. > > > > > > > The strategy of FM > > > > > is that you AND terms on the prompts and let > > > > each of > > > > > > > these prompted > > > > > specifications be ORed. So... > > > > > > > > > > IF: A&B > > > > > OR: A&C > > > > > > > > > > Cameron Schlehuber wrote: > > > > > >You've defined "A" and "B", at the IF: prompt > > > > > > > > > > simply enter A&B or A!B, etc. > > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > > > >From: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > On Behalf Of Kevin > > > > > > > > > > >Toppenberg > > > > > >Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:31 AM > > > > > >To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > > >Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make > > > > custom > > > > > > > reports with Fileman? > > > > > > > > > > >Jim (and everyone else, too), replies below: > > > > > > > > > > > >--- Jim Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Kevin wrote: > > > > > >>>Hey All, > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>>It seems to me that Fileman is missing a > > > > report > > > > > > > >>>generator. Perhaps I am just overlooking > > > > it. > > > > > > > >>You overlooked it. > > > > > >>The Search and Print options from the > > > > > >>roll-and-scroll interface give you quite > > > > powerful > > > > > > > >>reporting capabilities. > > > > > > > > > > > >Talk about "if it had been a snake it would > > > > have > > > > > > > bit > > > > > > > > > > >me" Ha. > > > > > > > > > > > >I had completely overlooked the "Search" > > > > Function. > > > > > > > >This looks similar to what I want. But I > > > > still > > > > > > > can't > > > > > > > > > > >figure out how it works. I'm clueless as to > > > > what > > > > > > > it > > > > > > > > > > >wants at the "IF:" prompt. (Why can't > > > > Fileman be > > > > > > > less > > > > > > > > > > >terse?) Here's a screen log of my attempts > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >OUTPUT FROM WHAT FILE: PATIENT// > > > > > > > > > > > > -A- SEARCH FOR PATIENT FIELD: .01 NAME > > > > > > -A- CONDITION: ? > > > > > > Answer with CONDITION NUMBER, or NAME > > > > > > Choose from: > > > > > > 1 NULL > > > > > > 2 CONTAINS > > > > > > 3 MATCHES > > > > > > 4 LESS THAN > > > > > > 5 EQUALS > > > > > > 6 GREATER THAN > > > > > > > > > > > >YOU CAN NEGATE ANY OF THESE CONDITIONS BY > > > > PRECEDING > > > > > > > >THEM WITH "'" OR "-" > > > > > >SO THAT "'NULL'" MEANS "NOT NULL" > > > > > > > > > > > > -A- CONDITION: 2 CONTAINS > > > > > > -A- CONTAINS: wigle > > > > > > > > > > > > -B- SEARCH FOR PATIENT FIELD: sex > > > > > > -B- CONDITION: cONTAINS > > > > > > -B- CONTAINS: male > > > > > > > > > > > > ENTER A VALUE WHICH 'SEX' > > > > > > MUST CONTAIN, IN ORDER FOR TRUTH > > > > CONDITION > > > > > > > -B- > > > > > > > > > > >TO BE TRUE > > > > > > > > > > > >Use EXTERNAL VALUE (from list on the right) > > > > > > Enter 'M' for MALE, or 'F' for FEMALE. > > > > > > Choose from: > > > > > > M MALE > > > > > > F FEMALE > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -B- SEARCH FOR PATIENT FIELD: m > > > > > > 1 MARITAL STATUS > > > > > > 2 MEDICAID ELIGIBILE? ELIGIBLE FOR > > > > > > > > > > MEDICAID? > > > > > > > > > > > 3 MEDICAID NUMBER > > > > > > 4 METHOD OF DETERMINATION > > > > > > 5 MILT RET DUE TO DISABILITY? > > > > DISABILITY > > > > > > > RET. > > > > > > > > > > >FROM MILITARY? > > > > > >Press <RETURN> to see more, '^' to exit this > > > > list, > > > > > > > OR > > > > > > > > > > >CHOOSE 1-5: ^?? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -B- SEARCH FOR PATIENT FIELD: sex > > > > > > -B- CONDITION: cONTAINS > > > > > > -B- CONTAINS: M > > > > > > [ Will match 'MALE', and 'FEMALE' ] > > > > > > > > > > > > -C- SEARCH FOR PATIENT FIELD: > > > > > > > > > > > >IF: ? <?>?? > > > > > >IF: <TYPE '^' TO EXIT>?? > > > > > >IF: <TYPE '^' TO EXIT>?? > > > > > >IF: <TYPE '^' TO EXIT>?? > > > > > >IF: ?? <?>?? > > > > > >IF: 1 <1>?? > > > > > >IF: ^ > > > > > > > > > > > >Press RETURN to continue... > > > > > > > > > > > >>If you augment Fileman with M2Web, then you > > > > will > > > > > > > >>have additional capabilities for doing > > > > > >>database queries from a web browser and a > > > > great > > > > > > > many > > > > > > > > > > >>additional options for formatting the > > > > > >>results on-the-fly, including switching the > > > > output > > > > > > > >>type from html to xml or xls. > > > > > > > > > > > >Again, I really want to sit down with your > > > > M2Web > > > > > > > >technology someday and implement it. I just > > > > can't > > > > > > > get > > > > > > > > > > >diverted right now. Too much on my plate. > > > > It > > > > > > > looks > > > > > > > > > > >extremely powerful. I hope that it gets put > > > > > > > > > > formally > > === message truncated === > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. > http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting > Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time > by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. 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