Re: Online Tutorials and Reader Comments

"Grover Blue" <[email protected]> Thu, 22 Jun 2006 08:12:29 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.netbeans.webteam
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I don't know what an RFE is.

On 6/21/06, Tori Wieldt <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>  Is this already an RFE?
>
>
> Grover Blue wrote:
>
> If anyone has read tutorials and/or documentation like mySQL's online
> docs, you'll notice at the end of each section readers can leave feedback.
> This would be nice addition to the Netbeans article pages.
>
> For instance, I would like to add comments on where to find information on
> using Netbeans to configure database connections and datasources, which is
> needed to complete
> http://www.netbeans.org/kb/articles/security-webapps.html
>
> Or, that "find user query" should be "find-user-query"
>
> Or, SELECT GROUP_NAME FROM PERSON P, GROUP G WHERE P.GROUP_ID = G.ID AND
> USERID = ?
>         should be
>      SELECT GROUP_NAME FROM PERSON P, "GROUP" G WHERE P.GROUP_ID = G.IDAND USERID = ?
>
> Or, Derby documentation is at http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/ref/
>
> Or, SQL to create the tables could be something like:
>
> create table "GROUP" (
>     ID          SMALLINT NOT NULL GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY (START WITH 5, INCREMENT BY 5),
>
>     GROUP_NAME  VARCHAR(15),
>     ADDRESS     VARCHAR(100),
>     PHONE       VARCHAR(15),
>     CONSTRAINT GROUP_QU UNIQUE (ID)
> );
> create table PERSON (
>     IDENTIFIER  INT NOT NULL GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY,
>
>     UserID      Varchar(10),
>     password    varchar(10),
>     fname       varchar(20),
>     lname       varchar(20),
>     GROUP_ID    SMALLINT NOT NULL,
>     CONSTRAINT PERSON_PK PRIMARY KEY (UserID),
>     CONSTRAINT PERSON_FK FOREIGN KEY (GROUP_ID) REFERENCES "GROUP" (ID) ON DELETE RESTRICT
>
> );
> INSERT INTO "GROUP" (GROUP_NAME,ADDRESS,PHONE) VALUES ('user','123 Slow Cheetah Lane','973-770-3200');
> INSERT INTO PERSON (UserID,password,fname,lname,GROUP_ID) VALUES ('testuser','testpass','John','Doe',5);
>
>
> Most people that follow these tutorials are new to Java and/or new to
> Netbeans.  There shouldn't be an assumption that they know everything not
> explicitly covered, but which is required to get a project going.
>
> Perhaps there can also be a "Related Tutorials/Articles" section at the
> bottom of each article.
>
> In addition, the above mentioned article lists 3 possible results of
> testing the application.  The last being:
>
> "Password for this user is correct, but user does not have right to access
> the secured content -> browser displays Error 403 Access to the requested
> resource has been denied"
>
> The author, however, doesn't point to a resource that would help the
> reader resolve this.  Perhaps it's not the authors job, but if there were  a
> "Reader's Comments" section, someone certainly could.
>
> Thank you for listening, and I hope you consider these additions to an
> already great site.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Cheap hotels do really have a reason why they are cheap. It's not just a
> coincidence.     -Roman Strobl
>