Hi all,
I know that I am the new guy here, but I have been thinking about a Base
guide for awhile now. The current layout looks vague to me and doesn't seem
to address the basic idea of a user guide; to show how to use the software.
Database concepts are not simple and we should focus on how
On Sun, 2012-03-18 at 23:46 -0700, Mail Dump wrote:
Hi all,
I know that I am the new guy here, but I have been thinking about a Base
guide for awhile now. The current layout looks vague to me and doesn't seem
to address the basic idea of a user guide; to show how to use the software.
Additional comment: I have added a new topic to discuss this on my
dashboard in Alfresco. Discussion is welcome there. I have also uploaded
my copy of Drew's outline to the Discussion Library for anyone who needs
one to join the discussion. I would like to see the details of the
proposed TOC.
Particularly because it's the cause of so much trouble, I'd suggest
it would be good not to focus on the native HSQLDB setup, though I
agree it would be good to show it.
I'd suggest using all sorts of example backends. A Here's how you'd
do x with the native HSQLDB and here's how you'd do it
Hi Dan,
Let me explain my point better than I did last night.
I really don't see what the vague look of the Base outline is that you
mention, nor do I understand what you mean by basic idea of a user guide.
The current toc looks like this. Correct?
1 Introducing Base
2 Planning/Designing
Mark,
This is another problem with using HSQLDB as an example that I overlooked.
It is cumbersome. And to be honest I would use a MySQL DB on localhost if
I wanted to create a database. Although PHPmyAdmin is better, Base is more
visual and seems to work well. Of course anyone with DB experience
I found this outline of help topics on the LibreOffice help online at:
http://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Database_1
Viewing a Database
Registering and Deleting a Database
Creating a New Database
Working with Tables
Working with Queries
Working with Forms
Creating Reports
