Tim Wright wrote:
On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Carl Cerecke wrote:
http://www.toylibrary.co.nz/whatisa.htm
If you give me a list of specs for the library, I'll write one over the
weekend. It'll be a PostgreSQL/PHP/Apache solution. Hope that's OK :)
Well, it would be OK for *me*, but ideally it should be cross-platform.
I was thinking mySQL/python/wxwindows, although I don't know if mySQL
runs on windows.
A large toy library might have 2000 toys and 300 members, with say,
400 loans and returns per week (each member may loan up to maybe 3
items). A toy can easily have 40-50 components (e.g. railway set, or
duplo). An SQL DB might be overkill perhaps, but does provide
multiple access without race conditions. Backups should easily
fit on a floppy. An HTTP front-end like you suggest does have
advantages. Support is needed for missing and then found pieces
of toys. Various reports etc. There's probably other specs
I've missed. I don't think it is a weekend job though. I whipped
up a python/CGI implementation in a day or two to test out
the cosc204 project a year or two ago. Polishing, testing, and
robustisizing (new word!) takes time.
Cheers,
Carl.
