Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application, Importing twice

2015-01-16 Thread Alexander Burger
On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 08:30:47AM +0100, Alexander Burger wrote: Then something else must be wrong. The expression Sorry! My fault!! Jon was in the unlucky situation of having installed an intermediate version, where the behavior of '+IdxFold' was just in the process of small modifications.

Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application, Importing

2015-01-15 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Jon, (de importAddr (F) (let (Cnt 0 L NIL) (in F (while (setq L (split (line) ^I)) (dbSync) (let Obj (request '(+Prs) 'nm (pack (car L))) (put Obj 'adr (pack (cadr L))) (put Obj 'em (pack (caddr L)))

Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application, Importing

2015-01-15 Thread Jon Kleiser
Hi Alex, Now I have got this import thing working. I added the following code at the end of the minDbGui.l file: # To import from tab-separated file, use: (importAddr myAddrDB.csv) (de importAddr (F) (let (Cnt 0 L NIL) (in F (while (setq L (split (line) ^I))

RE: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application, Importing twice

2015-01-15 Thread Jon Kleiser
Hi Alex, From: picolisp@software-lab.de picolisp@software-lab.de on behalf of Alexander Burger a...@software-lab.de Sent: 15 January 2015 16:42 To: picolisp@software-lab.de Subject: Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application, Importing Hi Jon, (de

Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application, Importing twice

2015-01-15 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Jon, Yes, I have now repeated my experiment from scratch, importing same file twice. I get duplicates. Here is my myAddrDB.csv file, just replace the vertical bars with tabs: Per|Veien 1|p...@no.no|11223344|712582 Pål|Veien 2|p...@no.no|11223345|712583 Espen Askeladd|Veien

Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application, Importing

2015-01-15 Thread Henrik Sarvell
Hi Jon, maybe this script will be of help: https://bitbucket.org/hsarvell/ext/src/tip/sqlimport.l?at=default It's very crude but it is trying to handle the SQL - PicoDB conversion through the constraint that you have to first run it on table A if A is referenced in table B, and then run it again

Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application, Telephone field

2015-01-14 Thread Rowan Thorpe
On 2015/01/14-14:37, Luis P. Mendes wrote: Hi, 2015-01-14 12:09 GMT+00:00 Alexander Burger a...@software-lab.de: I see. So Norway has different systematics with telephone numbers. I don't understand them, though. In Germany we have the rule that both 0049 123 456 and +49 123 456 are

Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application, Importing

2015-01-14 Thread Jon Kleiser
Hi Alex, On 13. Jan, 2015, at 15:37, Alexander Burger a...@software-lab.de wrote: . . . How difficult would it be to create export and import functions, e.g. to and from tab-separated files? This could be separate utilities, i.e. not a part of the GUI. That's very easy. There is a report

Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application, Telephone field

2015-01-14 Thread Luis P. Mendes
Hi, 2015-01-14 12:09 GMT+00:00 Alexander Burger a...@software-lab.de: I see. So Norway has different systematics with telephone numbers. I don't understand them, though. In Germany we have the rule that both 0049 123 456 and +49 123 456 are the same as 0123 456. The 00 to + conversion is of

Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application, Telephone field

2015-01-14 Thread Jon Kleiser
Hi Alex, On 14. Jan, 2015, at 13:09, Alexander Burger a...@software-lab.de wrote: Hi Jon, I don’t quite get this. I have done as you suggested, (locale NO no) and leading 0, so I can now enter a phone number as 099887766. You say it will be stored internally with leading 47 instead of that

Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application, Importing

2015-01-14 Thread Alexander Burger
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 05:54:17PM +0100, Alexander Burger wrote: A simple example would be (in myAdrDB.csv (while (split (line) ^I) (dbSync) (let Obj (request '(+Prs) 'nm (pack (car L))) (put Obj 'adr (pack (cadr L))) (put Obj ...)

Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application, Telephone field

2015-01-14 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Jon, Luis, Rowan, thanks! I see that this problem is non-trivial. We need to extend the localization files loc/??.l Probably some functional expression or pattern needs to be stored there, in addition to (or as a replacement of) the country code '*CtryCode'. Perhaps the Google library gives

Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application, Importing

2015-01-14 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Jon, I’ve got the dump and load working, but I have not yet figured out how to use the 'csv’ function for import from a file (I took a look at The 'csv' function can only generate the CSV file (TAB-separated data). It is not suitable for import. To import a CSV file, you need to write

Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application, Telephone field

2015-01-14 Thread Henrik Sarvell
Isn't this a non-issue, simply enter and store all numbers regardless of location with country code + number without leading zero, eg 4912345678? Will work for all countries everywhere, I never store numbers without the country code in my mobile nowadays and always works regardless if I'm in said

Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application, Telephone field

2015-01-14 Thread Alexander Burger
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 05:52:02PM +0100, Henrik Sarvell wrote: Isn't this a non-issue, simply enter and store all numbers regardless of location with country code + number without leading zero, eg 4912345678? Yes, as I said, simply use +TextField instead of +TelField. However, local

Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application, Telephone field

2015-01-14 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Jon, I don’t quite get this. I have done as you suggested, (locale NO no) and leading 0, so I can now enter a phone number as 099887766. You say it will be stored internally with leading 47 instead of that 0, but Right. You see that if you look directly into the DB. when I put the mouse

Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application, Telephone field

2015-01-14 Thread Alexander Burger
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 01:09:12PM +0100, Alexander Burger wrote: The '+TelField' (based on the functions 'telStr' and 'expTel') handles this. What are the exact rules for Norway? And how can we handle this flexibly? Alternatively, of course, you could replace '+TelField' with '+TextField'.

Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application, Search popup puzzle

2015-01-13 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Jon, I would like the Telephone field to accept 8-digit numbers, which is common in Norway. At the moment I have to prefix with +47, otherwise I get Bad phone number format. You should change the line in the 'main' function (locale UK) to (locale NO no) Then, entering a number

Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application, Search popup puzzle

2015-01-13 Thread Jon Kleiser
Hi Alex, Thanks. A few more questions: I would like the Telephone field to accept 8-digit numbers, which is common in Norway. At the moment I have to prefix with +47, otherwise I get Bad phone number format. How difficult would it be to create export and import functions, e.g. to and from

Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application, Search popup puzzle

2015-01-13 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Jon, When I’m typing in one of the search fields (Name or Address), a box with possible matches pops up, but quite often there are names/addresses missing in this box, and I haven’t been able to find a pattern in this. If I type a (single) j, k, l, e, i or s, then my name comes up, but not

Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application

2015-01-12 Thread Rowan Thorpe
On 2015/01/12-08:34, Alexander Burger wrote: Hi all, perhaps this is useful: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application http://picolisp.com/wiki/?minDbGui ♪♫ Alex Such clear, precise and informative little gems like this are why I am a fan of picolisp (the language and the

Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application

2015-01-12 Thread Jakob Eriksson
It's a really good example. On January 12, 2015 8:34:08 AM CET, Alexander Burger a...@software-lab.de wrote: Hi all, perhaps this is useful: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application http://picolisp.com/wiki/?minDbGui ♪♫ Alex -- UNSUBSCRIBE:

Re: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application

2015-01-12 Thread Mansur Mamkin
Hi Alex! That's great, thanks! Best regards, Mansur 12.01.2015 12:34, Alexander Burger пишет: Hi all, perhaps this is useful: A Minimal PicoLisp DB/GUI Application http://picolisp.com/wiki/?minDbGui ♪♫ Alex -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe