Hi, I would just like to say as a couchdb newbie I would like some sort of show functions libraries...
Best Regards, Bryan Rasmussen On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Wout Mertens <[email protected]> wrote: > QR generator in Javascript + Canvas: > http://www.cipherbrain.be/wp/posts/main/2010/05/canvas-qr-code.html > > QR generator via Google Charts API: > http://code.google.com/apis/chart/docs/gallery/qr_codes.html > > Either of these is trivial to put in design documents or show functions. > > Wout. > > On Jan 27, 2011, at 4:21 , Keith Gable wrote: > >> That's what I'm suggesting. QR codes can store data that's meaningful >> in a ton of different ways to different people (URLs, contact info, >> serial numbers, etc.). There ought to be a QR code function in the >> client-side JavaScript standard library (I don't use CouchDB for >> CouchApp functionality so I don't use show functions or anything... >> not sure how the client does any of that), but it would be up to you >> to define what goes in it. There's not a "standard" way that CouchDB >> could output the QR code and make everyone happy. >> >> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Nikolai Teofilov <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I am on manufacturing field and I am about to integrated the QR codes as a >>> part of the production system for tracking the URL to the document in the >>> data base that keep information about the product with 2D-barcode scanners. >>> There is API for generating uuid-s and I thought would be nice to have some >>> of the url features as utility APIs integrated. >>> But actually you are right it is application logic and could be easily >>> implemented as a show function in a couchapp. >>> >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>>> Date: 26. Januar 2011 23:31:04 MEZ >>>> Subject: Re: native support for url-shorteners and qr codes? >>>> Source: [email protected] Archives >>>> Author: Keith Gable >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Benoit Chesneau <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Nikolai Teofilov <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> I'm just curious why not ship couchdb with native support for url >>>>>> shorteners and >>>> qr codes. This might be very helpful. >>>>> >>>>> why native support ? >>>>> >>>> >>>> +1. >>>> >>>> My 2 cents follow: >>>> >>>> CouchDB is a database... You wouldn't SELECT QR_CODE() FROM users >>>> WHERE id = '1234' or SELECT BITLY_URL('appid', 'secret') FROM articles >>>> WHERE id = '1234'. >>>> >>>> Also, assume that CouchDB is able to figure out the self-referential >>>> URL for an object. Is that what you want in the QR code? If the >>>> document describes a person, wouldn't you want the QR code to have >>>> their contact info in it? Or if you're in manufacturing and the >>>> document describes a product, wouldn't you want the QR code to have >>>> tracking information, like what machine made it, when, and so on? >>>> >>>> It's application logic - put it in the application layer.. which >>>> could, in the case of a CouchApp, also be in JavaScript, but it could >>>> just as easily be your Ruby app or your shell script... >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Keith Gable >>>> A+ Certified Professional >>>> Network+ Certified Professional >>>> Web Developer >>>> >>>> >>>> Read more… >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Keith Gable >> A+ Certified Professional >> Network+ Certified Professional >> Web Developer >> > >
