Re: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!!!

2005-12-14 Thread m christensen
Eric Bohlman wrote: m christensen wrote: What you are doing is needs analysis and by definition requires 'help' or input from others. This is not doing YOUR work for you. On the other hand needs analysis is much more complex than just asking users what they want. Most of the time they

Re: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!!!

2005-12-14 Thread Eric Bohlman
m christensen wrote: What you are doing is needs analysis and by definition requires 'help' or input from others. This is not doing YOUR work for you. On the other hand needs analysis is much more complex than just asking users what they want. Most of the time they simply don't know.

RE: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!!!

2005-12-14 Thread john.newby
for your time and comments. John. -Original Message- From: Clay Dowling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 December 2005 15:29 To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org Subject: RE: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required John, There's a package often found in the discount aisles

RE: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!!!

2005-12-14 Thread john.newby
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 December 2005 18:02 To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org Subject: Re: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required I hope I was clear in my post. 'I' didn't see your post as asking US to do YOUR homework. What you are doing is needs analysis and by definition

RE: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!!!

2005-12-14 Thread john.newby
] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required Robert L Cochran wrote: > It's better to learn something new than to sit in a lawn chair > swatting flies! This thread has been interesting to follow, since one of my main uses for computers is finding projects to work on in a

RE: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!!!

2005-12-14 Thread Clay Dowling
John, There's a package often found in the discount aisles of computer stores called My Database. My father (who doesn't pretend to know anything about databases or programming) uses it for his business and personal uses. The tool looked absolutely brilliant from the perspective of making it

Re: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!!!

2005-12-13 Thread Gerry Snyder
Robert L Cochran wrote: It's better to learn something new than to sit in a lawn chair swatting flies! This thread has been interesting to follow, since one of my main uses for computers is finding projects to work on in a futile but enjoyable attempt to keep my brain from ossifying.

Re: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!!!

2005-12-13 Thread m christensen
I hope I was clear in my post. 'I' didn't see your post as asking US to do YOUR homework. What you are doing is needs analysis and by definition requires 'help' or input from others. This is not doing YOUR work for you. On the other hand needs analysis is much more complex than just asking

RE: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!!!

2005-12-13 Thread john.newby
: John Stanton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 December 2005 15:15 To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org Subject: Re: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required Give him a break! He is working smart, not hard. "Who cares whether the cat is black or white when you want to catch

Re: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!!!

2005-12-13 Thread juan perez
ok, ok, I stand corrected. I was a little harsh. But you first need to look at current offerings out there like sqlite3explorer, sqlitespy, to name a few. Here's my $0.02: 10 things I would like in a Sqlite GUI: 1. Cross platform (C/C++ based, not Delphi) 2. Open source 3. 100% sqlite3

RE: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!!!

2005-12-13 Thread Fred Williams
a little more support. Fred > -Original Message- > From: John Newby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 4:26 AM > To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org > Subject: Re: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help > required > > > No, I'm not as

Re: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!!!

2005-12-13 Thread John Stanton
Give him a break! He is working smart, not hard. "Who cares whether the cat is black or white when you want to catch mice" - Deng Xiaoping. m christensen wrote: I wouldn't be THIS hard on him, BUT... juan perez wrote: So in a nutshell you are asking the community to do your homework.

Re: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!

2005-12-13 Thread Ran
Dear John, Unlike some other readers here, I appreciate very much your question. I find it very good that students choose to work with open source in their final projects. Many successful open source projects started this way. So I call this healthy cooperation and not "asking the community to do

Re: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!!!

2005-12-13 Thread John Newby
P.S. I can't start to build it until I have done the analysis of what I am trying to build, that is why I am asking what people would like out of a GUI. John. On 13/12/05, juan perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So in a nutshell you are asking the community to do your homework. What > a

Re: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!!!

2005-12-13 Thread Noel Frankinet
John Newby wrote: No, I'm not asking the community to do my homework for me, I need to do a user analysis phase for my dissertation, and as I don't know anyone who uses SQLite this is the only place I can get my questions answered. Many thanks. John. On 13/12/05, juan perez <[EMAIL

Re: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!!!

2005-12-13 Thread John Newby
No, I'm not asking the community to do my homework for me, I need to do a user analysis phase for my dissertation, and as I don't know anyone who uses SQLite this is the only place I can get my questions answered. Many thanks. John. On 13/12/05, juan perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So in a

Re: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!!!

2005-12-12 Thread Robert L Cochran
m christensen wrote: But, I'd presume the intent here is 'Experience' a software development process. Design and build in a vacuum and see what the users think after it's done, as suggested above, is an all too common and WRONG approach IMHO. I don't think you are INTENDING to 'ask us to

Re: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!!!

2005-12-12 Thread m christensen
I wouldn't be THIS hard on him, BUT... juan perez wrote: So in a nutshell you are asking the community to do your homework. What a shame. Start by analyzing the sqlite3 command line interface, make a GUI that replicates that (and more, heck its a GUI), contribute it to the sqlite project,

Re: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!!!

2005-12-12 Thread juan perez
So in a nutshell you are asking the community to do your homework. What a shame. Start by analyzing the sqlite3 command line interface, make a GUI that replicates that (and more, heck its a GUI), contribute it to the sqlite project, THEN talk about your dissertation. jp. John Stanton

Re: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!!!

2005-12-12 Thread Ralf Junker
Hello John, look here for SQLiteSpy, a popular SQLite GUI for Windows 32: http://www.yunqa.de/delphi/sqlitespy/ SQLiteSpy aims to take the philosophy behind SQLite to the GUI level: * Ease of use: SQLiteSpy comes as a single *.exe file, with no installation required * Simplicity:

Re: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!!!

2005-12-11 Thread Clay Dowling
john.newby wrote: > Why users use SQLite instead of other SQL databases? > Would a GUI detract users from using SQLite? I use SQLite as an embedded database for my content management system CeaMuS (http://www.ceamus.com). I use it because it allows me to distribute an application that takes full

Re: [sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!!!

2005-12-11 Thread John Stanton
john.newby wrote: Hi, I am doing my final year project/dissertation on "Creating a GUI to SQLite" I am after help for my analysis phase and would like any comments/help from members or if you could put me in the right direction as to where I could find out this information. I would like

[sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!

2005-12-11 Thread John Newby
Hi, I am doing my final year project/dissertation on "Creating a GUI to SQLite" I am after help for my analysis phase and would like any comments/help from anyone or if you could put me in the right direction as to where I could find out this information. I would like information regarding

[sqlite] Final Year Project/Dissertation help required!!!!

2005-12-11 Thread john.newby
Hi, I am doing my final year project/dissertation on "Creating a GUI to SQLite" I am after help for my analysis phase and would like any comments/help from members or if you could put me in the right direction as to where I could find out this information. I would like information regarding