Hello *, Andrew Jensen schrieb:
Well, I really don't know if I should be the one to do it or not - but it should be done I believe. Alex's and Regina's remarks where spot on about this being needed. I think also that there is a great benefit in having such a thing as part of the distribution package. It would, IMO, foster others abilities to write tutorials. The tutorial then could be on extending, or altering some function, without having to always (re)build the foundation.
Yes, also the help texts can become better. Up to now always "bibliography" is used, when an example is used. But that table is not complex enough to produce the difficulties for the user. To have a common example would be great.
So, for now lets just talk about what a good exmaple database would consist of - then I am sure someone will take a stab at writing it. ;-)
Here my wishes: It should have a n:m relationship and a 1:1 relationship and have very different fieldtypes, including picture. It should contain not only the tables but also views and queries, as well as forms and reports. It should be filled with some records, so that filtering and searching is possible. It should not be like "Nordwind" from Access, which is unclear because it is so big. It need not to be a real life example, but it should be reduced to an educational example. It should be in English and should not be translated, so that macros will always work.
I would be pleased to get such a database example as part of OOo. kind regards Regina --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
