On Thu, March 13, 2008 5:50 pm, Neil Schneider wrote: > > Lan Barnes wrote: >> On Thu, March 13, 2008 1:27 pm, Michael O'Keefe wrote: >>>> As I look at the web pages, I suspect the relative isolation of >>>> webcalendar might appeal to me more. However, having an address book >>>> is >>>> also nice. >>> >>> Yes, me too. >>> I just want a calendar, I don't want Exchange re-written >>> >>> >> >> This leaves me with the challenge of writing a c/s address book for my >> family. The Wolfe Doctrine (why the hell write it when someone else >> already has?) has exceptions, as in, it'll be fun/a learning experience. >> >> Requirements: >> >> - postgres >> >> - tcl/tk >> >> - simple enough so it doesn't become a career >> >> - complex enough so it's useful >> >> - multiuser (individual and group "ownership" of addresses) >> >> - able to do address labels from lists >> >> - able to print 5.5" X 8.5" Franklin-Covey "Classic" alphabetized pages >> >> My problem is, as I start to analyze the address schema, I see >> complication piled on complexity. Multiple numbers, metafiles of number >> types, splitting records (divorces etc) .... >> >> Better to just do a damned flat file with a fixed number of bins. >> > Or use the database that was already built for this purpose, namely LDAP. > > -- > Neil Schneider pacneil_at_linuxgeek_dot_net > http://www.paccomp.com > Key fingerprint = 67F0 E493 FCC0 0A8C 769B 8209 32D7 1DB1 8460 C47D > > I help busy professionals diversify their self-directed IRAs and > portfolios > with real estate they don't have to manage. Please let me know if you or > someone you know would like more information. > >
I've gone to ldap presentations and it sounds like time-intensive overkill. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
