Re: [O] Org-mode to feed a database

2015-01-04 Thread John Kitchin
Vikas Rawal vikasli...@agrarianresearch.org writes: It is possible, but not worth the effort. Even with moderately experienced users, you will be amazed at how org-files can get mangled by users. In a recent course I taught, I used links for some data entry; the links stored data as properties

Re: [O] Org-mode to feed a database

2015-01-04 Thread Vikas Rawal
It is possible, but not worth the effort. Even with moderately experienced users, you will be amazed at how org-files can get mangled by users. In a recent course I taught, I used links for some data entry; the links stored data as properties in a headline. Even then a handful of users

Re: [O] Org-mode to feed a database

2014-12-30 Thread Karl Voit
* Vikas Rawal vikasli...@agrarianresearch.org wrote: This is, in all likelihood, a crazy idea. Please excuse me for that. Hehe. I often need to get a number of people enter complex survey data into a database using some kind of forms. The forms I need are fairly complex (with several nested

Re: [O] Org-mode to feed a database

2014-12-30 Thread Vikas Rawal
2. In my case, people who would enter the data into org files would not have used emacs before. So, there is a learning curve. Is it worth it? Or should one just build a web-based graphic application for such people to use? My knee-jerk reaction was: Use Django, not org - but that may

Re: [O] Org-mode to feed a database

2014-12-30 Thread Vikas Rawal
Have you considered the Emacs Widget library? Thanks. Did not know about this. Very interesting. Vikas

Re: [O] Org-mode to feed a database

2014-12-29 Thread Marcin Borkowski
On 2014-12-29, at 03:01, Vikas Rawal vikasli...@agrarianresearch.org wrote: This is, in all likelihood, a crazy idea. Please excuse me for that. No. Have you considered the Emacs Widget library? HTH, -- Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Faculty of Mathematics

Re: [O] Org-mode to feed a database

2014-12-29 Thread Nick Dokos
Vikas Rawal vikasli...@agrarianresearch.org writes: This is, in all likelihood, a crazy idea. Please excuse me for that. I often need to get a number of people enter complex survey data into a database using some kind of forms. The forms I need are fairly complex (with several nested grids,

[O] Org-mode to feed a database

2014-12-28 Thread Vikas Rawal
This is, in all likelihood, a crazy idea. Please excuse me for that. I often need to get a number of people enter complex survey data into a database using some kind of forms. The forms I need are fairly complex (with several nested grids, for example). I need radio-buttons and drop-down